Hank's Crew Fixes Appliances in Tucker, GA

Tucker Neighborhoods We Cover

• Main Street and downtown — older homes near the tracks and the restaurants on Main.
• Lawrenceville Highway — neighborhoods along US 29 on both sides of town.
• Hugh Howell Road — homes heading east toward Smoke Rise and Stone Mountain.
• Chamblee Tucker and LaVista Roads — subdivisions on the west side, toward Northlake and I-285.
• Mountain Industrial Boulevard — homes and businesses on the east end.

Tucker ZIP codes: 30084 and 30087. Part of 30087 carries a Stone Mountain address, and it's covered just the same. Type your ZIP into the form to check your street.

What Hank's Crew Fixes in Tucker

Ice Packed Solid in the Door of a French-Door Fridge

Many French-door refrigerators keep the ice maker in a small insulated box on the inside of the left fridge door. It's a clever use of space, but that little compartment has to stay below freezing while it sits in a fridge kept around 37°F. When cold air leaks out of it, or warm air leaks in, you'll notice:

• Frost or a layer of ice on the walls of the ice compartment.
• Ice cubes fused into one block in the bucket.
• Water dripping from the compartment onto the fridge shelves.
• A dispenser that won't push ice because the chute or the auger is frozen.

Here's what to check:

1. The compartment's own seal. Its small cover has a gasket of its own. If it's torn or doesn't sit flat, warm air gets in. Wipe it clean and press it closed.
2. The bucket. If it isn't fully seated, the cover won't close tight.
3. The chute flap. A flap in the dispenser chute should close after each use. If ice holds it open, warm air flows in through the door.
4. How often the dispenser runs. Long stretches of crushed ice can pack the chute.

Clearing the ice by hand is fine: take out the bucket, let it thaw in the sink and dry the compartment. Don't use a hair dryer close to the plastic or a knife on the walls. If the ice is back in a week or two, a fan, a heater or a sensor in the cold-air path may be failing, and that's a job for a tech.

A Dispenser That Keeps Dripping

A few drops after you fill a glass are normal. Water left in the line at the end of each fill simply runs out. Steady dripping that goes on for minutes, or a puddle on the floor in the morning, is not. The usual suspects:

• A new filter with trapped air. Air in the line pushes water out in spurts long after you stop. Run a few glasses through after every filter change, as the filter instructions say.
• A filter that isn't fully locked in. It can seep at the housing. Take it out and twist or push it back until it clicks.
• The water inlet valve. If the valve at the back of the fridge doesn't close all the way, water keeps creeping into the dispenser line.
• A frozen line in the door. When ice blocks the line, water can sputter and drip around it as it thaws.

Wipe up the water, put a towel down and note when the drips happen. If they continue long after you dispense, close the water valve behind the fridge and book a visit. Can't find a valve back there? In many homes the fridge line branches off a valve under the kitchen sink, and in houses with a basement it may start at a valve below the kitchen. Knowing where yours is saves a lot of mopping when a leak starts at night.

Wine Cooler Fogging on the Inside of the Glass

A wine cooler's glass door lets you see your bottles, which is also why fog on that glass gets noticed fast. Fog on the outside of the door on a humid day is condensation from room air and nothing to worry about. Fog or drops on the inside are another matter.

• The door isn't sealing. A torn or flattened gasket, a door bumped out of line or a shelf that sticks out too far lets warm, humid air in.
• It's being opened a lot. Every opening lets in moist air. A cooler opened often in a humid room may fog for a while after each opening, then clear.
• The drain is blocked. Like a refrigerator, most compressor wine coolers melt off frost and drain the water away. If the drain clogs, water collects in the bottom.
• The cooler sits in the sun. Direct sunlight on the glass forces the unit to work harder and can lead to condensation inside.

Check the seal with a sheet of paper: close the door on it and tug. If it slips out easily at any spot, the seal is weak there. Fog that stays all the time, water collecting inside or labels peeling from the damp all mean a visit is due. Until then, keep the door closed as much as you can and move the cooler out of direct sun if it's freestanding.

Tucker Repairs on Hank's List

• Ice frozen into a brick inside a French-door fridge's ice box.
• A dispenser leaving a puddle on the floor overnight.
• A wine cooler fogged inside with water on its floor.
• A glass-top range with one element that won't come on.
• An oven running 30 degrees cooler than its display.
• A freezer that hums but stays at 10°F.

How a Mars Visit Works in Tucker

Booking: call or send the form. A person answers 24/7 and books a same- or next-day slot that fits your day.

Diagnosis: the tech checks power, water, gas and settings, then tests the parts connected to the symptom and shows you what has failed.

Repair: after your OK, genuine or OEM-approved parts go in, and the tech runs the appliance to confirm the fix. You get up to 6 months of warranty, and our labor is part of it.

Mars in Tucker, at a Glance

• Same- or next-day visits throughout 30084 and 30087.
• A live person on the phone, 24/7.
• EPA 608 certified techs for sealed-system work.
• Background-checked crew members, and insured work.
• Genuine or OEM-approved parts in every repair.
• Up to 6 months of warranty, our labor included.
• A family-owned company, 15+ years in appliance repair.

Brands We Service in Tucker

In Tucker we repair Whirlpool, GE, GE Profile, Frigidaire, Maytag, Kenmore, Amana, KitchenAid, Samsung, LG, Electrolux, Bosch and Haier. My techs have years of hands-on time with each of these brands.

Mars Appliance Repair is family-owned and independent. We have no ties to any manufacturer, none of them endorses us, and the brand names here only show the equipment we repair.

Other Cities Near Tucker

• Stone Mountain — east, out Hugh Howell Road
• Lilburn — northeast along Lawrenceville Highway
• Norcross — north, up Jimmy Carter Boulevard
• Chamblee — northwest, past I-285
• Decatur — southwest of Tucker
• Clarkston — just to the south

Tucker visits start from 1945 The Exchange SE, Atlanta, GA 30339.

Book Hank's Crew in Tucker

Call (470) 516-8711, and a person will answer 24/7, or send the form; we'll line up a same- or next-day visit in Tucker.