Hank's Crew Fixes Appliances in Conyers, GA

Conyers Neighborhoods We Cover

• Olde Town Conyers — older homes and newer townhomes close to the historic downtown and the tracks.
• Sigman Road and the I-20 corridor — homes, apartments and shopping near the interstate.
• Along GA 138 — subdivisions on the roads leading in and out of town.
• Milstead — the old mill village and the streets around it.
• Near the Georgia International Horse Park — neighborhoods surrounding the park.
• South Rockdale — wooded subdivisions and larger lots in the southern part of the county.

Conyers ZIP codes: 30012, 30013 and 30094. Type yours into the form, and it'll confirm your street right away.

What Hank's Crew Fixes in Conyers

Pollen Season and the Condenser Grille

Every spring, Conyers turns yellow. Pine pollen coats cars, porches and patio furniture, and it drifts indoors on shoes, pets and open windows. Some of it ends up where you'd never think to look: the condenser grille at the bottom front of the refrigerator.

The condenser is where the fridge gets rid of the heat it pulls out of your food. When pollen, dust and pet hair mat over the coil, the compressor runs longer and hotter to do the same job. Over time, that wears it out.

A spring cleanup takes about ten minutes:

1. Cut the power at the plug or the breaker.
2. Pop off the toe grille and wipe the yellow film off it.
3. Brush the coil with a long, narrow brush, working gently so you don't bend the fins.
4. Vacuum the loose dust from under the fridge.
5. Snap the grille back on and restore power.

If you keep a beverage fridge or a second refrigerator on a screened porch, give it the same treatment, and check it again after the pollen settles.

When the Fridge Runs Too Cold

A warm fridge gets all the attention, but a fridge that freezes your lettuce and turns the milk to slush is a problem too. Here's what to check:

• The setting. Someone may have bumped the dial or the display. For the fresh-food side, about 37°F is a good target.
• What's in front of the vent. Cold air from the freezer enters the fridge through a vent, often on the back wall or near the top. Food pushed up against it freezes, even when the rest of the fridge is fine. Leave a little space.
• A damper stuck open. On many models, a small motorized or manual damper controls how much freezer air reaches the fridge. If it sticks open, the fridge side runs too cold.
• A failing sensor or thermostat. If the setting is right and the vent is clear, the control may not be reading the temperature correctly.

Put a thermometer on the middle shelf for a day. If it stays well below 34°F with a normal setting, it's time for a repair. One more cause in winter: a fridge on an unheated porch or in a cold garage can freeze food simply because the room is doing the cooling.

Heading Out of Town? Set Up the Kitchen First

Before a long trip, a few minutes in the kitchen can save you a bad homecoming:

• Use up or toss the perishables that won't keep until you're back.
• Leave the fridge running at its normal setting. Turning it off for a short trip invites mold and odors.
• Shut off the ice maker and close the water valve that feeds the fridge. A leak with nobody home can do a lot of damage.
• Freeze a cup of water, then set a coin on top of the ice. If the coin has sunk to the bottom when you return, the freezer thawed while you were gone.
• Check the gaskets so the doors seal properly while the house sits closed up.

For a long absence, some people unplug the fridge entirely. If you do, empty it, clean it and prop the doors open so it can air out.

Thermoelectric or Compressor Wine Cooler?

Wine coolers come in two types, and knowing which one you have explains a lot:

Thermoelectric coolers have no compressor. They're quiet and vibrate very little, which wine lovers like. But they can only cool to roughly 20 degrees or so below the room around them. In a hot garage or a sunny room in a Georgia summer, they simply can't keep up.

Compressor coolers work like a small refrigerator. They handle warm rooms much better and hold steadier temperatures, though you'll hear them cycle on and off.

If your thermoelectric cooler runs warm only in summer, the room may be the problem, not the cooler. If a compressor cooler runs warm in any season, the fan, the thermostat, the sensor or the sealed system needs a look.

Placement matters for both types. Keep a wine cooler out of direct sun, and give a freestanding model a few inches of open space around its vents. A built-in model breathes through a vent at the front, so it can sit flush in a cabinet; a freestanding model tucked into a cabinet will overheat and run warm.

Conyers Kitchen Problems We Fix

• A fridge that freezes produce on the top shelf.
• A thermoelectric wine cooler that's warm every July afternoon.
• A freezer that thawed and refroze during a trip.
• A refrigerator whose grille is caked with spring pollen and runs nonstop.
• An oven that bakes darker on one side.
• A gas cooktop burner with a weak, uneven flame.

A Mars Visit in Conyers

Booking: call or use the form. A person picks up 24/7 and offers a same- or next-day window.

Diagnosis: the tech checks power, settings, gas and water, then tests the parts linked to your symptom. You hear what failed before any work begins.

Repair: once you approve, genuine or OEM-approved parts go in, and the tech tests the appliance before leaving. The warranty on that work lasts up to 6 months, labor included.

Mars by the Numbers in Conyers

Three ZIP codes covered: 30012, 30013 and 30094. Phones answered by a person 24/7. Same- or next-day visits. A warranty of up to 6 months on every repair. 15+ years of experience as a family-owned company. On top of that, EPA 608 certified techs handle refrigerant work, every tech is background-checked, our work is insured, and the parts we install are genuine or OEM-approved.

Brands We Repair in Conyers

We repair Whirlpool, GE, GE Profile, Frigidaire, Maytag, Kenmore, Amana, KitchenAid, Samsung, LG, Bosch, Electrolux and Haier, plus wine coolers and beverage centers from a wide range of makers. My techs have spent years working on these brands.

Mars Appliance Repair is independent and family-owned. We're not connected to any manufacturer, and none endorses us; brand names only show what we service.

Other Cities Near Conyers

• Lithonia — west, along I-20
• Stonecrest — west, near the I-20 exits
• Stockbridge — southwest, on GA 138
• Snellville — north, into Gwinnett
• Grayson — north, past the county line
• Loganville — northeast, in Walton County

Conyers visits head out from 1945 The Exchange SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.

Book Hank's Crew in Conyers

Call (470) 516-8711 — someone answers 24/7 — or send the form, and we'll set a same- or next-day visit in Conyers.