Hank's Crew Fixes Appliances in Smyrna, GA

The Smyrna Streets We Cover

• Market Village and downtown — new townhomes and condos around the Village Green and the library.
• Old Smyrna — the brick ranch neighborhoods off Atlanta Road and Concord Road.
• Spring Road and Cumberland — townhomes and apartments close to I-285 and Cobb Parkway.
• Windy Hill Road and South Cobb Drive — apartment communities, condos and rentals on the west and north sides.
• The Silver Comet Trail side — neighborhoods near the trail and Taylor-Brawner Park.

Smyrna ZIP codes: 30080 and 30082. Type yours into the form and we'll let you know right away if we cover your street.

What Hank's Crew Fixes in Smyrna

Ice Makers in New Construction: The First Few Weeks

An ice maker in a brand-new Smyrna townhome often isn't broken at all. New ice makers need a little patience, and new plumbing has its own quirks.

• Give it a day. A new refrigerator can take up to 24 hours to get cold enough to make its first batch. Throw out the first few batches; they can taste odd or contain bits from new lines.
• Check that it's switched on. Many ice makers have a power switch, a wire arm or a setting on the control panel. Builders and movers sometimes leave them off.
• Purge the air. Air trapped in a new water line makes the dispenser sputter and the ice maker short-fill. Run a few glasses of water through the dispenser to clear it.
• Check the shutoff. The valve that feeds the fridge is sometimes left partly closed after construction.
• Look behind the fridge. If the unit was pushed in tight, the plastic supply line can kink and choke the flow.

If you've done all that and the bin is still empty after a couple of days, something needs fixing: often the inlet valve, a frozen fill tube or the ice maker module itself.

Induction Cooktops: What's Normal and What Isn't

Induction is showing up in more Smyrna kitchens, especially in new construction and remodels. It behaves differently from gas or a regular glass top, so not every odd thing is a problem.

Normal:

• A hum or buzz at high settings. Heavier or multi-layer pans make it louder.
• A fan that keeps running after you turn the cooktop off. It's cooling the electronics.
• A zone that won't start without a pan, or with a pan that isn't magnetic. If a magnet won't stick to the bottom, the pan won't work on induction.
• A pan icon flashing when the pan is too small for the zone.

Not normal:

• An error code that comes back after you switch the cooktop off at the breaker and back on.
• One zone dead while the others work, with a proper pan.
• The whole cooktop shutting off mid-cook over and over.
• Clicking or crackling from under the glass with a burning smell.

Those usually point to the power board, a coil, a cooling fan or a sensor. They're repairable, and we'll explain the options.

Postwar Ranches in Old Smyrna

The brick ranches off Atlanta Road and Concord Road were mostly built in the fifties and sixties, and many have had their kitchens redone. When newer appliances go into older kitchens, a few problems tend to follow. Refrigerators end up jammed into cutouts sized for smaller models. Ranges share circuits that weren't sized for today's appliances. A water line run to the fridge during a remodel may be tapped into an old pipe with a valve that's started to drip. We look at those things as part of the visit, because an appliance can only work as well as the setup around it.

The Ten-Minute Coil Cleaning Hank Recommends

If you do one thing for your refrigerator this year, clean the condenser coil. It's where the heat pulled out of your food gets released, and in a Smyrna summer it needs every bit of airflow it can get.

1. Unplug the fridge or switch off its breaker.
2. Find the coil. On most freestanding models it's behind the toe grille at the bottom front; on some older ones it's on the back; on built-ins it's often up top behind a vent panel.
3. Pop off the grille and use a long, narrow coil brush to loosen the dust.
4. Vacuum it out with a crevice tool, working from the front.
5. Wipe the grille, snap it back on and plug the fridge back in.

Do it once or twice a year, more often with pets. A clean coil means shorter run times, a cooler compressor and fewer warm afternoons for your groceries.

What Breaks in Smyrna Kitchens

• A townhome ice maker that has never made ice since move-in day.
• An induction cooktop flashing an error and refusing to start.
• An apartment-size fridge that's cold at the back and warm at the door.
• A counter-depth refrigerator dripping under the crisper drawers.
• A slide-in range whose oven won't reach temperature.
• A wine cooler in a condo that rattles every time the compressor kicks on.

How a Visit Works in Smyrna

Book it: call or use the form. A person answers 24/7 and sets a same- or next-day window.

Check it: the tech starts with power, water, gas and settings, then tests the parts that match your symptom, and explains what's wrong before anything happens.

Fix it: with your okay, genuine or OEM-approved parts go in, and the tech runs the appliance before leaving. The repair is covered by a warranty of up to 6 months, labor included.

Apartments and Condos Along Cobb Parkway

If you rent in one of the many communities along Cobb Parkway or Windy Hill Road, maintenance usually handles appliances, so check with your leasing office before booking. Owners and investors with condos or rentals can call us directly. Tell us about gate codes, parking and building access when you book, and mention which floor you're on.

Every Smyrna Visit Comes With

• Same- or next-day timing in 30080 and 30082.
• A person on the phone, 24/7.
• EPA 608 certified techs whenever refrigerant is involved.
• Background-checked techs and insured work.
• Genuine or OEM-approved parts.
• Up to 6 months of warranty on the parts and labor.
• 15+ years of experience from a family-owned company.

Brands We Repair in Smyrna

Samsung, LG, GE, GE Profile, GE Café, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Maytag, KitchenAid, Bosch, Electrolux, Kenmore, Haier and Hisense are among the brands we service in Smyrna. In remodels and newer homes we also work on Thermador, Monogram, Jenn-Air, Miele and Fisher & Paykel. My techs have spent years on every one of these.

Mars Appliance Repair is an independent company. We're not linked to any manufacturer, and none has endorsed us; brands appear here only to show what we fix.

Other Cities Near Smyrna

• Marietta — north, up Cobb Parkway
• Mableton — southwest, along South Cobb Drive
• Austell — west, past Mableton
• Kennesaw — north, past Marietta
• Powder Springs — west, along the Silver Comet Trail
• Sandy Springs — northeast, across the Chattahoochee

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

Book Hank's Crew in Smyrna

Call (470) 516-8711, answered by a person 24/7, or send the form, and we'll call you back to set a same- or next-day visit in Smyrna.