East and North Valley · sector 02
Studio City Viking Appliance Repair
Viking repair in Studio City, where the second unit is out at the bar taking the heat.
The unit at the bar is the one that suffers
An undercounter refrigerator built into an outdoor bar sits two feet above paving that has been in the sun since ten in the morning. It is drawing its cooling air from the hottest layer in the garden, through a grille that collects leaf litter, and it is expected to hold the same temperature as the one in the kitchen. When one of the two drifts warm in August, it is nearly always this one, and nearly always the airflow rather than the sealed system.
Open-plan kitchens and where the heat goes
Taking the wall out is good for the room and hard on the equipment. A professional range and a built-in column in one continuous run share the cabinet space behind them, and with nothing between them the warmth thrown by an oven on a long roast is warmth the refrigeration has to shift. That shows up as a fridge that runs on and on in the evenings and behaves perfectly at eight in the morning.
Which unit, before the van sets off
Tell Viking Repair HQ Los Angeles on (213) 320-7007 whether the machine is the indoor one or the outdoor one — they are built differently and they carry different parts, and knowing which saves a second visit. Read the model and serial off the plate while you are on the phone. The flat $89 covers the trip and the full diagnosis.
Reviews
What Los Angeles owners say
Calls in Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Studio City and Sherman Oaks.
4.9 / 51,778 reviews
The door dropped open on its own and landed on my foot more than once. Both lift cables had frayed off their spools and one spring was slack. He rethreaded and replaced them, and it holds at any angle now.
Katarina M.Studio City
The undercounter unit at our pool bar quit cooling overnight. Gauges showed the charge was fine and the start relay was dead. Twenty minutes to find, one part, running before he packed up. No scare story.
Kenji B.Studio City
A grinding noise started behind the back wall whenever convection ran. The fan motor bearing had gone dry and was close to seizing. Ordered off the rating plate and fitted, quiet since. Four stars: it took eight days.
Boone T.Studio City
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Studio City is in sector 02, East and North Valley, and one desk books all six of them — say the street and what the machine is doing and it is in the diary.
Flat $89 to get someone out and the fault found · on site 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days · desk answered 24/7
