Freezers fail in fairly predictable ways, and many repairs are a single part that a technician can replace in one visit. The Silver Lake list below starts with companies that show freezer or refrigeration work in their listings, followed by other appliance repair companies nearby.
Local Freezer Repair in Silver Lake, NC
Our data shows 14 appliance repair companies inside a 30-mile radius of Silver Lake. The rest are spread across Wilmington (11), Navassa (1), and Rocky Point (1). The farthest listed company is about 17 miles out. 3 list freezer or refrigeration work specifically. A & D Appliance Repair is the nearest, roughly 3.0 miles from Silver Lake. The 13 rated companies in range average 4.4 stars.
Listings come from public business data. A brand or service mention means the company names it in its listing or website; it is not a certification. Verify experience, licensing and insurance before hiring.
| Name refrigeration work in their listing | 3 |
|---|---|
| Distance to the three closest (mi) | 3.0, 4.0, 4.4 |
| Refrigerator repair in their categories | 3 |
| Appliance repair companies in range (30 mi) | 14 |
| With 4.5+ stars and at least 10 reviews | 7 |
| Open on Saturdays (per listing) | 6 |
Closest matches for Silver Lake: Mr. Appliance of Wilmington NC (10.5 miles away, based in Wilmington, 4.8 stars from 1,215 reviews); Appliance Service Co (4.4 miles away, based in Wilmington, 4.7 stars from 240 reviews); Jamerson Appliance Repair (17.1 miles away, based in Southport, 4.9 stars from 830 reviews); Island Appliance Repair (9.6 miles away, based in Navassa, 4.8 stars from 647 reviews).
Signs Your Freezer Needs a Technician
- Food is soft or ice cream will not stay firm
- Compressor hums but will not start
- Clicking, buzzing or a loud fan
- Freezer is too cold and freezing everything solid
What Usually Goes Wrong
What a Freezer Technician Checks
Troubleshooting first? Start with freezer not freezing or repair or replace a freezer or ice maker?.
Freezer Safety Notes
Before discarding an old wine cooler or beverage center, take the doors off and leave the shelves in place so children cannot easily climb inside. Source: Frigidaire - Wine Cooler Use & Care Guide (A15310502)
Manual-defrost freezers use about half the energy of automatic-defrost models, but only if they are defrosted before frost reaches about a quarter inch. Source: ENERGY STAR - Freezers
What Freezer Repair Costs in Silver Lake
A freezer repair is usually a fan, a defrost part, a control or a gasket plus labor. Reference ranges from published cost guides:
- Control board replacement: $300–$650 Source: Fixr - How much does it cost to repair a freezer?
- Compressor replacement: $400–$800 Source: HomeGuide - How much does freezer repair cost?
- Upright freezer repair: $50–$500 Source: Fixr - How much does it cost to repair a freezer?
- Typical freezer repair: $250–$500 Source: ConsumerAffairs - Cost to Repair a Freezer
- Service call / diagnostic minimum (usually credited toward the repair): $70–$130 per visit Source: HomeGuide - How much does freezer repair cost?
When several freezer parts have failed at once, replacement is usually the more cost-efficient choice. Source: HomeGuide - How much does freezer repair cost?
Ranges are published estimates, not quotes. See the freezer repair cost guide and when to repair or replace.
What Silver Lake Owners Should Know
Most freezer calls in Silver Lake come down to the same handful of parts: the defrost system, a fan, the temperature control, the door gasket and dirty condenser coils.
North Carolina has no license specific to appliance repair; work on gas appliances, fuel piping and heating equipment is regulated by the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, with an exemption for minor repairs that don't change fuel type, venting or piping. Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. ยง 87-21 (NC General Assembly)
In North Carolina, you can check a license with the NC Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Board public license search or report a problem to the North Carolina Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Division.
How to Choose a Freezer and Ice Maker Technician Near Silver Lake
- If a part has to be ordered, how soon can you come back to finish?
- Can you give a written estimate before ordering parts?
- How often do you repair your brand freezers, and how quickly can you get parts?
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A thermometer reading, a note on whether the compressor is running and the model number in hand make any freezer repair in Silver Lake faster and cheaper.