My refrigerator is old. Is it worth fixing?

That depends on what failed. A fan, defrost part or water valve is usually worth replacing. A sealed-system leak on an older unit often is not, and we will tell you which one you have.

Why are my ice cubes getting smaller every month?

Mineral scale or a loaded filter is restricting the water. Replace the filter first. If the cubes stay small, the inlet valve may need replacing.

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Refrigerator repair in Spring Hill

Spring Hill's single-story homes, built from the late 1960s onward, give refrigerators a steady but demanding life: mineral-heavy groundwater, storm outages and garages that bake all summer. We cover 5 ZIP codes in Spring Hill.

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What Wears Out a Spring Hill Fridge

Most of Spring Hill gets its water from Hernando County Utilities, which pumps it from deep wells in the Floridan aquifer and treats it lightly. That water carries dissolved minerals, and over the years they scale the inlet valve, the dispenser tube and the ice maker fill cup. A slow dispenser and shrinking cubes are the usual first signs. ZIP 34610 is a different case: it lies in Pasco County around Shady Hills and is on Pasco County Utilities, and some rural properties on both sides of the county line run private wells with their own sediment.

Garages are the other story. A second refrigerator in a closed garage can sit in heat well past its rated range from June through September, so the compressor rarely rests and the door gaskets sweat.

Outages, Seasonal Homes and the Visit

Withlacoochee River Electric serves most of the area, and storms like Milton cut power across much of Hernando County. After a long outage, give the refrigerator a full day to pull down before judging it. Owners who leave for part of the year should shut off the fridge's water supply and either keep it running or prop the doors open if it is unplugged, which prevents mold. The technician tests the sealed system, fans, defrost circuit and water valve, then explains the fault and the price before any work.

Before You Book: Refrigerator Checks

Safe first steps for the most urgent refrigerator problems, and when to leave it to a technician.

Not Cooling: Make sure nobody has knocked the temperature dial or display to off or to a warmer setting, then take off the grille at the base and see whether dust is packed onto the condenser coil.
Freezer Not Freezing: With the freezer open, hold in the door switch and listen for the fan, and move any food that is blocking the air vent on the back wall.
Leaking Water: Close the refrigerator's water supply, dry the floor, and watch whether water comes back; if it returns with the supply off, the drain or defrost system is the more likely source.
Compressor Failure: This is not a do-it-yourself repair: the compressor sits inside the sealed refrigerant circuit. Only note whether a click repeats from the back every few minutes, and pass that along to the technician.

Symptoms, causes and repair-or-replace advice for every type of refrigerator are in our complete refrigerator repair guide.