We repair Sub-Zero built-ins in townhomes, condos and older houses here, including refrigerator columns, undercounter drawers, beverage centers and wine storage. Book a weekday morning online for the easiest parking.
Local housing, power events, water conditions, and installation styles all affect how we approach Sub-Zero diagnostics here.
Rice Military began as a street grid of small bungalows and shotgun houses, and the Old Sixth Ward earned the city's first protected historic district status. Roughly half of the 16,400 housing units date from 2000 to 2009, with attached townhomes and condos close to Washington Avenue making up much of that wave.
Those townhomes are now old enough for their first major refrigeration repairs. We ask which floor holds the kitchen so the technician can plan the stair route for parts.
The corridor runs on City of Houston water. In a three-story townhome the kitchen usually sits on the second floor, with the supply line climbing through the walls to reach it.
A partly closed valve or a pinched line in the wall can starve a Sub-Zero ice maker even when the unit is fine. We check the shutoff and the pressure at the inlet before replacing the valve, and a plumber handles anything inside the wall.
Buffalo Bayou bounds the area to the south, and White Oak Bayou runs along part of its northern edge. Townhome garages sit at street level, where water arrives first when heavy rain floods the block.
A garage freezer or second refrigerator down there is the unit most likely to take water. If it was wet, we inspect wiring and the machine compartment before powering it, and an electrician checks the garage outlet first.
Refrigerators carried up narrow townhome stairwells are sometimes set too close to the wall once they reach the kitchen. The 2000s townhomes put the kitchen on the middle floor, far from the garage door.
A Sub-Zero squeezed into its opening without the specified air gap runs hot, loud and nearly nonstop. We measure the clearances and clean the condenser before testing the sealed system.
We get here quickly from I-10, Memorial Drive and Washington Avenue. Street parking in Rice Military and along Washington fills up in the evenings and on weekends. A weekday morning slot is easiest, and please tell us where the technician can park without blocking a shared driveway.
Kitchens one floor above the garage depend on long water and power runs through the building. We check the outlet voltage and the supply pressure at the unit before opening the sealed system. If the line is pinched inside a wall or the circuit is shared with other loads, a plumber or electrician should fix that first.
Often the unit is too tight to the wall or the condenser is dusty. We check the clearance and clean the condenser, and only move on to the sealed system if that does not help.
Tell us about guest spots or a driveway we can use. Weekday mornings are the easiest time to find a space.
No. Let it dry and have the wiring and controls inspected first, since water in the machine compartment can short the board.
