SQ Squalicum Appliance Repair

Appliance Repair Priced Like the Old Counters: One Figure, All Found

From an Old Town shop between the creek and the harbor, Squalicum fixes the dryers, washers, fridges, ranges, dishwashers and ice makers of Bellingham, Ferndale, Lynden and Blaine — and quotes every repair as a single number with the part, the labor and the diagnosis already inside.

from $245 all-found repairs $100 flat if you stop at the answer Warranty in writing, on file
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Mon–Fri 8–7 · Sat 9–3 · 711 Astor St, Old Town Bellingham · a warming fridge takes the first opening

The Squalicum counter — Old Town Bellingham illustration
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One All-Found FigureThe number quoted holds the part, the labor and the diagnosis. It is the whole bill.
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$100 to KnowIf the figure doesn't suit you, the visit closes at $100 flat and you keep the plain answer.
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The Old Town ShopAstor St, between the creek and the harbor — the whole north county inside an honest drive.
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Warranty in WritingEvery finished repair leaves with written coverage — kept on file at the shop, too.
The counter, photographed
Technician kneeling at a top-load laundry pair on a Bellingham visitThe laundry pairFront-load washer opened for pump service, lower panel offPump-side workFrench-door refrigerator diagnosis with meter at handCold diagnosisElectric oven with the bake element glowing under inspectionElement checkDishwasher checked by flashlight from a service stoolThe flashlight lookRefrigerator ice maker module examined in handThe ice module
The slate

Six Machines, Six Starting Figures, Zero Asterisks

Every figure below is all-found: the replacement part, the labor and the diagnosis travel together in one number. Your exact figure gets said after the fault is proven at your door — and it never grows afterward.

Technician at work — Squalicum illustration
MachineWhat the Figure HoldsAll-Found
Dryer RepairElement, rollers, belt or control — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $245
Washer RepairPump, lock, valve or suspension — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $265
Refrigerator & Freezer RepairDefrost chain, fans, relays or seals — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $295
Stove, Range & Oven RepairElements, igniters, switches or sensors — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $285
Dishwasher RepairPump, heater, gasket or valve — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $255
Ice Maker RepairModule, valve or fill-line cure — plus the labor and the lookingfrom $260
Four steps

How the Counter Works

The whole arrangement, start to finish — no fine print waiting at step five.

Step 01
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Say What It's Doing

Phone or form, plain words — 'the drum won't turn', 'the fridge is warm'. The callback brings a window you can plan around.

Step 02
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The Look

The fault gets found and proven at your door — gauges, meters and the habits of a shop that's opened a few thousand cabinets.

Step 03
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One All-Found Figure

Part, labor and the diagnosis itself, in a single number from $245. It's the whole bill — approve it or close the visit at $100 flat.

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Fixed & Written Down

The repair finishes, the machine runs a proving cycle, and the warranty goes on paper — with a copy kept at the shop.

Asked at the counter

Straight Answers, Counter Style

Still weighing it?

Weighing a repair against a replacement?

Say the machine's age and symptom on the phone — you'll get the honest lay of the land before anyone drives anywhere.

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What exactly does 'all-found' mean?

An old waterfront word for wages with room and board included — and this counter's word for a repair figure with everything included. The number quoted after diagnosis holds the part, the labor and the diagnosis itself. It is the bill. If you'd rather not repair, the visit closes at $100 flat and you keep the answer.

So there's no separate diagnostic fee?

There's no separate anything. Approve the figure and the whole visit — looking included — lives inside that one number. Stop at the answer and the whole visit is $100 flat. Two possible totals, both known in advance.

What if the repair turns out harder than expected?

Then the shop absorbs the difference — that's the discipline the figure imposes. The number said at approval doesn't move afterward, whichever way the job bends.

How soon can someone come?

The book runs honestly: early callers take early windows, cold emergencies outrank everything, and no promise gets made that a real route can't keep. Bellingham addresses sit minutes from the shop; the county towns ride scheduled runs plus every gap the day offers.

Do you warranty the work?

In writing, on every completed repair — the part and the labor both. The paper rides home with you and a copy stays on file at the shop, so a warranty question never depends on your filing system.

Ready for a number that behaves?

One call starts it: the look, the figure, the fix — or just the answer at $100 flat. Your choice at every step.

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The wall

Pick the Machine That's Misbehaving

Dryer Repair — illustration

Dryer Repair

Endless cycles, cold tumbles, scorched smells — airflow gauged before any part takes blame.

All-found figure: from $245

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Washer Repair — illustration

Washer Repair

Mid-cycle strikes, roaring spins, letter codes — drained cleanly, diagnosed in order, priced once.

All-found figure: from $265

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Refrigerator & Freezer Repair — illustration

Refrigerator & Freezer Repair

Warming shelves and silent freezers take the day's first opening — then one number fixes it.

All-found figure: from $295

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Stove, Range & Oven Repair — illustration

Stove, Range & Oven Repair

Burners, igniters, drifting ovens — safety first, thermometer second, one figure third.

All-found figure: from $285

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Dishwasher Repair — illustration

Dishwasher Repair

Machine sorted from plumbing before pricing — half these visits end cheaper than feared.

All-found figure: from $255

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Ice Maker Repair — illustration

Ice Maker Repair

The water chain read in order; the module is the last suspect, not the first purchase.

All-found figure: from $260

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The Route

Four Towns, One Slate

One slate for the whole route — the figure reads the same on Astor St and at the border.

Bellingham Appliance RepairZIP 98225 · 98226 · 98229Ferndale Appliance RepairZIP 98248Lynden Appliance RepairZIP 98264Blaine Appliance RepairZIP 98230 · 98231 The Whole MapEvery ZIP we drive
From the counter

Why a Bellingham Shop Prices This Way

The all-found figure isn't nostalgia — it's an answer to the trade's least-loved surprise: the modest labor quote that grows a parts bill at signing time. Fold everything into one number and the incentives straighten themselves. The shop must diagnose carefully, because a sloppy diagnosis costs the shop, not you. The quote must be honest, because it can't be rescued later by a creative parts sheet. And the fix-or-replace advice must be straight, because a counter that talks people into doomed repairs doesn't keep a town's trust past the second winter.

Built where Bellingham started

The shop keeps its counter on 711 Astor St in Old Town — the blocks where the city began, between Whatcom Creek's last bend and the working docks of Squalicum Harbor. It's a fitting address for the pricing: this end of town ran on plain-dealing counters for a century before anyone invented the service upsell. The name on the door comes from the creek and the harbor, and the radius of the work follows the old wagon roads — south into every Bellingham neighborhood, north up the Guide to Lynden, up I-5 to Ferndale, and out to Blaine where the county runs out of country.

The machines and their nameplates

The route's stock runs from Whirlpool, Maytag, GE and Kenmore workhorses through the Samsung and LG generation to Speed Queen's stubborn classics — plus the quieter labels built on the same lines. Parts stocking follows what the county actually owns, which is why the van so often carries the cure on the first visit.

WhirlpoolGESamsungLGMaytagFrigidaireKenmoreKitchenAidAmanaSpeed QueenRoperInglisCaféCrosley

A note that saves more than any coupon

Twice a year, give ten minutes to two chores: vacuum the refrigerator's condenser coils, and check that the dryer's outside flap swings free and blows strong while the machine runs. In this wet-air county, those two habits prevent more repair calls than everything else a household can do combined.

Something's already broken? Call (564) 221-8332 — Mon–Fri 8–7 · Sat 9–3 — or ask for your figure online and the counter rings back with a window.

French-door refrigerator diagnosis with meter at hand
Cold diagnosis on a Bellingham call — the counter's own hands, not stock art.
Book the visit

Put It on the Counter

Phone reaches a person through the working day; the form works after hours. Either way the callback comes with a real window, not a maybe.

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Mon–Fri 8–7 · Sat 9–3 · a warming refrigerator takes the day's first opening

Ask for Your Figure

Say what the machine is doing — the callback brings a window and, once the fault is confirmed at your door, one all-found number.

All-found figures start at $245 and never split into surprises — the part, the labor and the looking ride in one number. Just want the answer? $100 flat closes the visit.

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