Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Denton

Ice makers fail more than any other part of a refrigerator, and in Denton County they get used hard. Denton County sees about 88 days a year at 90 degrees or hotter, the ice bin empties daily from May through September, and moderately hard lake water shortens the life of every valve and mold in them.

Problems we fix

• No ice: water inlet valve, frozen fill tube, ice maker module, control arm or sensor.
• Slow or small, hollow cubes: low water pressure, a clogged filter, or a weak inlet valve.
• Ice tastes or smells off: old filter, contaminated bin, or a mold issue in the chute.
• Leaking or ice clumping from a stuck fill valve or a bin that is not cooling evenly.
• Under-counter and built-in ice machines (Scotsman, U-Line, KitchenAid, Sub-Zero, GE Monogram) not cycling, not harvesting, or leaking.
• Chest and upright freezers not freezing, frosting heavily, or running constantly.
• Refrigerator freezer sections warm while the fresh food side is cold, or vice versa.

Water quality

Denton County tap water is treated lake water, Lewisville Lake and Ray Roberts through Denton Water Utilities and the Upper Trinity plants that serve most of the suburbs, and it comes out moderately hard at roughly 7 grains, while Pilot Point runs entirely on Trinity aquifer wells and Sanger mostly on its own wells, so inlet valves, screens, filters and ice maker molds scale up faster than the manufacturer expects. Filters should be changed every six months and more often where the water is hard; a clogged filter mimics a failed ice maker and is the first thing the technician checks.

Pricing

The service call in Denton is $89 to $119, waived with the repair. Most ice maker repairs run $175 to $400 parts and labor. Built-in ice machine repairs are quoted after diagnosis.

A six-month-old filter is the first suspect when the ice stops, so check its date before anything else. Then call (940) 290-6068; ice maker calls in Denton and across Denton County get the filter checked first.