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Appliance Repair in Medical Lake, WA

Owner-Operated | Same Rate as Spokane, No Distance Surcharge | Open 7 Days | Licensed, Bonded and Insured in Washington

Licensed, Bonded and Insured in Washington◆ Owner-Operated◆ Repairing Appliances Since 2013◆ Open 7 Days, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.◆ No Weekend or Holiday Surcharge◆ Military Discount◆ 4.8 Google Rated◆

Ice built up on a frozen refrigerator water line

If the dryer has stopped heating, the refrigerator is running constantly and still not cold, or the dishwasher will not drain, you are on the right page.

Medical Lake is about forty minutes west of the South Hill, out past Fairchild, and it is charged at the same rate as a job on the South Hill. Appliance repair in your home, in a house or an apartment.

SD Appliance is Sergei Dergunov, working out of the South Hill since 2020 and repairing appliances since 2013. Call (509) 866-6767.

A small city with more apartments than its size suggests

Medical Lake has been an incorporated city since 1890, which makes it older than most of what surrounds it. Its population has been effectively flat since the 2020 census, moving from 4,874 to an estimated 4,890.

What separates it from the other small communities on this map is its housing mix. About 16 percent of homes here are in buildings with 20 or more units, which is a real apartment stock for a city this size and is something Colbert and Otis Orchards have almost none of. Two-thirds are owner-occupied, and a third are rented.

The median home was built in 1986, which puts Medical Lake almost exactly halfway between the postwar housing north of Spokane and the post-2000 building out on the Idaho side. About 44 percent of the stock predates 1980. In practice, that means no single kind of appliance dominates the work here the way it does in a town built in one decade.

16%

of homes in 20-plus-unit buildings

1986

median year built

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Two institutions, a base, and a town that has not moved

Almost everything unusual about Medical Lake comes back to the same three things, and none of them is the housing.

Eastern State Hospital and Lakeland Village have been here since 1891 and 1914, and both still operate. About one resident in nine lives in group quarters rather than in a household, so the city has fewer front doors than its population suggests, and its household count has barely moved in decades.

Fairchild is immediately north, and Medical Lake sits on the same West Plains run as Cheney and Airway Heights at an identical rate. The military discount for active-duty service members and veterans applies here as anywhere else, and the detail is on the financing page.

The practical effect of a town that does not turn over is that appliances stay put. A machine here is more likely to be on its second or third repair than on its first, and if you know what was done to it last time, say so on the phone. It is the fastest way to shorten a diagnosis.

Where the apartment stock does matter is that some of these calls come from an owner or a manager rather than a resident. How that side works is on the property management page.

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~22 mi

just under forty minutes from the South Hill, out past Fairchild

Getting out to Medical Lake

About 22 miles from the South Hill and just under forty minutes, which puts it alongside Cheney rather than beyond it.

Scheduling, not price

The run out past Fairchild changes the scheduling rather than the price. Whether a visit can happen today depends on the hour you call, where the day already is, and whether the part is on the van, and you get that answer straight on the phone.

Every appliance we repair in Medical Lake

Everything he repairs at home in Spokane, he repairs at home in Medical Lake. The details for each one are on the appliance page.

Refrigerators Freezers Ice makers Washers Dryers Dishwashers Ovens Ranges, stoves and cooktops Range hoods Microwaves Wine and beverage coolers Trash compactors Garbage disposals, replaced

What people say about the work

Straight from Google, unedited, from customers across the Spokane area.

Booking a visit in Medical Lake

The call comes to Sergei rather than a booking service. There is no call center and no dispatcher, so you are talking to the person who will do the work. Give him the brand, the model number if you can find it, what the appliance is doing, and what was repaired on it last time, because on machines that stay in place for decades that last answer often shortens the diagnosis.

Common parts ride on the van. Anything less common is ordered in, and nothing gets ordered without your approval on the part and the price. Local counter stock for appliance parts is thin, so anything less common comes from out of town and takes a few business days.

The same person diagnoses it, prices it and does the work, on the first visit and again on the return visit if a part has to be ordered.

You talk to Sergei

(509) 866-6767

What the visit costs

Service call

$89applied to the repair

The same $89 twenty-two miles west as on the South Hill, in a house or in an apartment. It covers travel, inspection and diagnostic time, goes toward the repair if you go ahead, and stands on its own if you decide not to.

Flat, upfront pricing

Once the fault is known you get a flat price for the repair, before any work starts, and the price quoted is the price paid. It does not move because the job ran long or because the part sat somewhere awkward.

30 to 90 day warranty

Parts and labor are warranted for 30 to 90 days as stated on your invoice. Repairs only, in your home: no installations, no commercial work, no drop-off and no factory warranty work. The full terms, exclusions included, are on the warranty page.

No weekend or holiday premium

There is no weekend or holiday premium. A Saturday, a Sunday or a holiday is billed like a weekday.

Financing & military discount

Zero-interest financing through Wisetack is available on repairs over $500 for eligible customers, and active-duty service members and veterans get 15% off labor. Terms are on the financing page.

Questions people in Medical Lake ask

No. Same rate as the South Hill, no distance surcharge and no minimum job size.

Yes. Units inside apartment buildings and duplexes are residential work. Commercial kitchens and commercial laundries are not.

Yes. More on property management repairs.

Yes. 15% off labor for active-duty service members and veterans. It does not come off the service call or off parts. Fairchild is immediately north of here, so ask when you book rather than at the end of the job. Terms are on the financing page.

Sometimes yes, and sometimes not; what decides it is which part failed, not the year. Say what was fixed last time when you call. More on repair or replace.

Getting hold of him

Call (509) 866-6767 with the brand, the model number and what the appliance is doing.

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