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Huge role in happiness of your family plays property where you live, no mater if it is yours or you rent it. The mood and relationship will be affected of the condition of the property. Even more important for you will be to maintain the property and appliances that you own. Why? Because the home will be both your liability and biggest asset.

One of the most common mistakes that homeowners think is that renovation, home repair and maintenance will cost them a lot of money. That is why most homeowners just do half-baked repairs and wait until they can undertake a major renovation. This is wrong way to go about it. If something major is wrong with the structure, you will have even bigger expenses. It is better to resolve the issue as soon as it occurs. This applies to everything, from home appliances to facilities like heating, plumbing, electricity.

There are a few tips on how to avoid expensive repairs on your appliances and home.

• Take preventive steps with utilities and appliances and check them and service them yearly. Fixing small issues before they become expensive problems. These servicing calls are inexpensive and can prevent expensive repairs down the line
• Other thing that you will need to do is regularly clean carpets, gutters and appliances.
• Third thing is to have a plan. Never leave servicing and cleaning to chance. Set dates one year in advance for servicing and cleaning tasks.

If you are not up to this, you can set up a contract for each utility and appliance. These contracts usually cover parts and labor. It will make you stress free from maintenance. This is a little more expensive option.

• Selecting repair business that is both bonded and insured is worth considering

Your refrigerator may not cool properly for a number of reasons. First thing that you need to determine is what exactly is wrong with the fridge. There are basic diagnostic procedures that will help you determine what can be a problem and then fix the issue before you call technician.

These preliminary procedures are even used by professional repairmen to determine if the problem is easy or more complex. Bellow we will run through these preliminary tests.

Check the refrigerator’s power

First thing that you need to check if the refrigerator have power. The easiest way is to see if the light is turning on. You can also put your hand on the grill on the back of the refrigerator to feel it’s warm. If the light is turning on and the grill is warm you don’t have power issue. But if you determine power is off, there are steps that you need to go through:

• First check if the power cord has been plugged in
• Check the socket if it is working as it should. You can test socket with multi-meter or a tester. You can also try to plugin some other device into the socket. If the socket is not working then that is the issue, if it is working you need to go to the next step
• Some models of refrigerators has power switch. Check to see if your refrigerator has a power switch and if it has check is it turned on

The refrigerator doors needs to be closed

One of the obviously thing is to make sure that the refrigerator doors are closed. Check also is it refrigerator in flat surface, so the doors can be closed properly. Check if there is something in the unit that prevents doors to be closed. If the doors are closed and the refrigerator isn’t cooling this can lead to the gas leaking and it will require extensive fridge repairs.

Defrost the refrigerator

If you open a fridge and you see ice is accumulating inside, then defrost it. Accumulated ice inside the fridge can be hindering its performance. Turn off the fridge and keep it like that until the ice melts. Clean the fridge and then turn it on.

Hear if the fan in the fridge is working

At the bottom of the fridge there should be a 2 fans. Put your ears at the bottom of the fridge to check if the fans are working. If the fans are not working or one of them is not working then you should check if something is blocking a fan. If not is blocking the fans you will need to call fridge repairs specialist.

If you think that making your own washer repair is good idea, think again. That is not always the case. Washing machine have a lot of parts and depending of model of your washing machine the parts can vary quite a bit. There are some simple washer repairs that you can check yourself, but there are lot of more that require professional.

Is the circuit breaker popped or is it a bad lid switch?

A bad or defective lid switch is one of the most common problems that may occur with washing machine. The washing machine can’t spin and may not work at all if the lid switch isn’t working properly. On some models of washing machine you may find that is is not filling with water. One of the main reasons of this problem can be either the damaged water pump or a special lid fuse.

Your washer spins but won’t drain

Sometimes a sock or a small piece of apparel goes missing. This can end between the clothes tub and the outer tub that holds water. This small piece of clothing or a sock can find its way down into the drain hose or pump itself. In this case you need to remove the hoses from the pump and pull it out.

But, there is a times when you will not be able to remove the sock from underneath. In this case you will probably have to remove the agitator and the top of the outer drum shield and the inner clothes tub. Did you thought it would be easy? On top of that you will need special tools.

To avoid spending a few hours of frustration hire a professional who will done the washer repair in a fraction of time that you will spend.

Professional washer repair technician will save you a lot of time and frustration. If you decide to do washer repair by yourself you will save a few dollars but you will lose lot of time.