From the workshop
What we check first, what the error codes actually mean, and when an appliance has reached the end of its life. Written by the people attending the jobs.
The rangehood is the first thing to die near the beach
Grease from inside, salt from outside, and a motor nobody has cleaned in a decade. Rangehoods fail earlier than anything else in a coastal kitchen, and usually for a fixable reason.
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Repair or replace? How we actually make the call
There's no universal rule, but there is a short list of faults where the repair stops making sense. Here's what we tell people, and why we say it before charging them.
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Why your fridge runs constantly near the water
A fridge that never switches off, and still isn't properly cold, is the classic beachside suburb fault. Nine times out of ten it starts at the condenser coils.
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Dishwasher not draining? Work through it in this order
Water sitting in the base after a cycle is the most common call we get, and about half of them clear without a technician. Here's the order to check things in.
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