Plenty of appliances in Stone Mountain homes have earned their keep. Twenty-year-old refrigerators that still hum along, coil-burner ranges that have cooked a thousand Sunday dinners, chest freezers older than the kids. When one of them finally needs help in Stone Mountain, call Hank's crew. Mars Appliance Repair fixes refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, wine coolers, ovens and ranges, and we'll tell you honestly whether an old-timer is worth another repair. Same- or next-day visits are available.
We answer the phone around the clock: (470) 516-8711. Or fill in the form on this page, and someone will call you back to pick a time.
Tell Hank's crew what's acting up and the best number to reach you. We'll call you right back to lock in a Same- or Next-Day slot — no obligation, no upsell circus.
Our techs drive every side of it:
Stone Mountain ZIP codes: 30083, 30087 and 30088. Enter yours in the form, and we'll confirm right away.
older top-freezers, side-by-sides and newer French-door models.
chest freezers and uprights that stopped holding zero.
ice makers that went dry or started leaking.
wine and beverage fridges that run warm.
electric and gas ovens, including older thermostat models.
coil burners, glass tops and gas burners.
Plenty of Stone Mountain kitchens still cook on electric coil burners, and that's good news. They're some of the most repairable appliances in the house.
Find out what failed with a swap. With the range off and the coils cool, unplug the dead coil and plug it into a working spot of the same size. If it heats there, the coil is fine and the problem is in the receptacle or the switch. If it stays cold, the coil is the part to replace.
Look at the receptacle. The socket the coil plugs into can scorch and loosen over the years. A burned or blackened receptacle needs replacing, and so does the coil that was plugged into it, since a damaged end can ruin the new socket.
Suspect the switch. The knob controls an infinite switch behind the panel. When a burner only works on high, or won't shut off, the switch is the usual suspect.
Watch the drip bowls. Bowls packed with burned-on grease can short out or overheat a receptacle. Clean or replace them now and then.
If a burner sparks, smokes from the socket or won't turn off, switch the range off at the breaker and leave it off until it's repaired.
Here's a pattern that turns up in older fridges. The fridge is warm. You can hear a hum from the back, then a click, then nothing for a few minutes, then it starts again. What's going on?
Most of the time, the compressor is trying to start and can't. A small start relay or overload sits on the side of the compressor and gives it a kick when it starts up. When that part fails, the compressor hums, overheats a little, and the overload clicks it off to protect it. The cycle repeats.
The good news: the start relay is a small part that's quick to replace, and swapping it often brings the fridge right back. The less good news: sometimes the compressor itself is worn out, and on an older fridge that changes the math. We test both before saying anything, and we'll tell you plainly which one you've got.
While you wait, don't keep unplugging and replugging the fridge; that strains the compressor. Leave it unplugged, keep the doors shut and move the most perishable food to a cooler.
An electric oven that browns food on broil but stays cool on bake is telling you something specific. The two jobs use different heating elements: broil runs the element at the top, bake runs the one at the bottom, often hidden under the oven floor on newer models. When only bake fails, the bake element is the first suspect, followed by the relay on the control board that powers it. On an exposed element, look for a blister, a split or a section that never glows. On a gas oven with separate bake and broil burners, the same logic applies to the lower igniter. Either way, it's a common, very fixable repair. Details on our oven repair page.
Much of Stone Mountain was built from the sixties through the eighties, so many homes are ranches and split-levels with kitchens that have been updated at least once. A few patterns worth knowing:
You call and a person answers, any hour, and books a same- or next-day window. The tech checks the power, the settings and the parts behind your symptom, then walks you through what failed and what the repair involves. No work starts without your yes. Once you've said yes, genuine or OEM-approved parts go in and the tech runs the appliance before leaving. The warranty on that work runs up to 6 months for parts and labor.
I'll be honest with you either way. Fans, relays, thermostats, defrost parts, coils, switches and elements are worth replacing even on an older appliance. A sealed-system failure on a fridge that's fifteen or twenty years old usually isn't. If that's what we find, you'll hear it from us, along with what we'd do in your shoes.
Here's the short version. Same- or next-day visits in 30083, 30087 and 30088. Phones answered by a person 24/7. EPA 608 certified techs on refrigerant jobs, every tech background-checked, all work insured. Genuine or OEM-approved parts. A warranty covering parts and labor for up to 6 months. And a family-owned company that's been at it 15+ years.
Brands we service in Stone Mountain include Whirlpool, GE, Frigidaire, Kenmore, Maytag, Amana, Hotpoint, Roper, Samsung, LG, KitchenAid and Electrolux, plus Bosch, Haier and higher-end built-ins. My techs have years of practice with these brands, old models and new.
Mars is independent and family-owned. We aren't part of any brand, and no brand endorses us; the names only tell you what we work on.
Stone Mountain calls go out from 1945 The Exchange SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.
Call (470) 516-8711, picked up by a person 24/7, or send the form and we'll get back to you with a same- or next-day time in Stone Mountain.
Slots for a fridge that just quit on you.
Original manufacturer (OEM) parts whenever we can.
Workmanship warranty on our labor.
Of fixing fridges, ovens and ranges.
For the refrigerant side of the job.
A small crew that treats your home like our own.
Yes. All three ZIP codes, 30083, 30087 and 30088, including Smoke Rise and the Annistown Road area.
Same- or next-day visits are available. Calling in the morning opens up the most choices.
Often not. A failed start relay causes exactly that pattern, and it's a small part. We test the relay and the compressor before saying which one it is.
With the range off and cool, swap the coil into a working spot of the same size. If it heats there, the receptacle or switch is the problem.
It depends on the failure. Relays, fans, thermostats and defrost parts usually are. A failed compressor on a fridge that old usually isn't.
Yes, when parts are still made. We'll tell you before starting if they aren't.
Genuine or OEM-approved parts made to fit your model.
Parts and labor are both covered, for up to 6 months.
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