Few things are as frustrating to homeowners as when one of their major appliances stops working. You depend upon your washer and dryer, furnace, air conditioner and your dishwasher every day and it is a major inconvenience when it breaks down. You may have to contact an appliance service company to get it fixed because you simply cannot afford to be without it for more than a day or two. However, there are a few things you should make sure to do before you call an appliance repair specialists to make sure that their special skills are really needed.

The very first thing you should check before contacting a service company to come to your house is the simplest thing to fix. It sounds crazy, but people really have called service technicians to their house only to find out that the only problem with the appliance is the fact that it was not plugged in. First, make sure the appliance is plugged in. Then, make sure it is turned on (if there is an on/off switch). If it still does not work, plug something else into the same plug to make sure that the problem is not with the outlet or the electrical circuit.

The next thing you should do is to check out the user’s manual that you received when you purchased the appliance. There may be settings that are not right or something that is not plugged in correctly. Other times, you may find out that the thing that you think is broken is not actually an option that is available on the appliance you bought.

Once you check out those two simple things, the next thing you need to do is to find your warranty. That will determine what your next steps are. If you’re a fix-it-yourself type, you may want to investigate further to see if you can identify the problem and possibly fix it yourself. However, there are some things that you may want to do that will actually cause your warranty to be invalid. Before you start making any changes to the appliance, you have to know exactly what is ok for you to tinker with and what types of things you have to stay away from. If you are not careful, you may try to fix it, but actually cause an additional problem that makes it worse. Then you are likely to find out that the warranty is no longer any good and you will have no choice but to spend the money to buy a new one.

If you decide to find a professional to fix your appliance, you need to choose one very carefully. The warranty is an issue again so you need to make sure the business you choose is acceptable through your warranty. They will usually need to be certified to work on the particular brand name of your appliance. The best way to find a quality shop for your repairs is to ask your friends and family for recommendations. Chances are that if they were happy with the repair they got, you will be happy with them too.

Author Bio: Stewart Wrighter contacted a Mahwah NJ Appliance Service company to come to his house to repair his dishwasher. He scheduled a Mahwah NJ Appliance Repair company to fix his mother’s refrigerator.

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