Viking
Viking Appliance Repair in Escondido
Viking is the other professional line that turns up in these kitchens, usually as a range or a rangetop, sometimes as refrigeration, and now and then outdoors. It is built heavier than domestic equipment and it wears where that weight and heat land: oven igniters, thermostats, door hinges and springs. The classic Escondido call is an oven that has been taking longer and longer to light and then one morning does not, which is a glow-bar igniter still glowing brightly while drawing too little current to open the gas valve.
On Viking the door is a temperature component, not trim. These are heavy doors on heavy hinges, and after enough years the springs give a little and the door stops closing square against its seal. The cavity then loses heat along the top edge, browning goes uneven, the oven runs longer to hold its setting, and every one of those symptoms reads like a control fault to somebody who has not put a gauge on the hinge. Bringing a door back into line and reseating the gasket is a shorter job than most owners expect it to be.
Equipment we service
- Professional gas and dual-fuel ranges, including the Tuscany, 5 Series and 7 Series
- Rangetops, gas and induction cooktops, and single and double wall ovens
- Built-in and freestanding Viking refrigeration, including undercounter units
- Outdoor grills and outdoor refrigeration, which take the full valley summer
Factory-approved parts, and a technician who has seen this fault before. Call (858) 947-1121.
Start from the fault instead
- Why is my Sub-Zero refrigerator not cooling?
- Why is there water under my refrigerator?
- What is the loud humming or rattling from my refrigerator?
- Why does frost keep building up in my freezer?
- Why is my wine cooler not holding temperature?
- Why has my ice maker stopped making ice?
- Why is my oven not heating properly?
Reviews
Everything I baked wanted another twenty minutes and I was ready to price a new range. He put a probe on the middle rack, showed me the oven sitting way under the setting, and replaced the sensor. Bread came out right that night for the first time in a year.
- ★★★★★
Our Viking had been taking longer and longer to light and then one morning it just didn't. I gave the gate code when I booked and he came straight up the drive. Igniter, tested under load rather than guessed at. Range works, and he took the old part away.
- ★★★★★
We run a kitchen downtown near Grape Day Park and the undercounter ice machine had halved its output in July. He came in before we opened, cleared the grille at floor level and let it recover instead of selling us parts. Production was back to normal by service.
Appliance down in Escondido?
Tell us the brand and what it is doing — we can usually name the likely repair before we arrive.
What to expect when we come out
- A time you were actually given. You are told the window when you book, and told again if anything moves.
- Testing, not guessing. On this equipment the display is frequently the last thing to notice a fault, so readings are taken at the component. A working freezer over a warm refrigerator, for instance, rules out the compressor before anyone opens a toolbox.
- One number, up front. Parts and labor together, before the repair starts.
- Factory-approved parts only, fitted the way the manufacturer specifies, so the appliance stays serviceable for the next technician.