Fridge repair in Ruiru.
Fridge and freezer repair at your home in Ruiru, Kiambu, including Kamakis, Membley, Tatu City and Kimbo. Price agreed before any work starts.
Homes, shops and offices.
We repair home fridges, chest freezers and shop coolers in Ruiru and nearby Kamakis and Membley. Tell us what the fridge is doing and where you are, and we give you the earliest time a technician can reach you.
Most jobs are done in one visit. If a part has to be ordered, we tell you the price and how long it takes before we leave.
Homes and businesses we visit.
Ruiru has family homes, growing estates and a busy trading centre. Power is less steady in some parts, so start relays and control boards are among the most common repairs we do here.
Estates such as Kamakis, Membley and Tatu City have many newer fridges, while older parts of town still run fridges that have served for a decade or more.
Ruiru has many family homes and a good number of shops and small businesses. Power is less steady in some parts, so boards and start relays are common repairs.
We repair fridges across Ruiru, Kamakis, Membley, Tatu City and Kimbo. Tell us the estate name when you call, and we give you the earliest time a technician can reach you.
What goes wrong here.
Start relay failure
The relay gives the compressor the push it needs to start. When it fails the compressor hums, clicks and stays off. It is a small part, but fitting the wrong one can damage the compressor, so we match it to the model.
Board faults after outages
A fridge that will not start after a power cut, or that restarts again and again, often has a damaged board. We test the board before replacing it, because a loose connector is sometimes the real cause.
Worn door seals
A tired seal lets warm damp air in. The freezer frosts up, the compressor runs longer and the bill rises. Replacing the seal is quick and makes a real difference.
Shop chest freezers
Freezers in shops are opened constantly. We check the lid seal, hinges and thermostat first, because cold stock cannot wait.
Care for Ruiru kitchens.
Use a voltage guard and wait a few minutes after power returns before switching the fridge on, so the board and compressor start on a stable supply.
Repair is usually the better choice in Ruiru. If a fridge is too old to repair sensibly, we tell you before you spend money.
What we fix.
Brand-specific repair in Ruiru.
If you know the brand, go straight to the page for that brand in Ruiru. The usual faults and how we fix each one, written for your model.
How a Ruiru visit works.
Tell us what is wrong
Call or WhatsApp with what the fridge is doing and a photo of the model sticker inside.
We come to you
A technician visits your home or business and finds the fault.
You approve the price
You get the full price before any work starts. Nothing is done without your OK.
Cold again
We repair it, test the temperature and show you what was fixed.
Good to know about your fridge.
How a fridge actually keeps things cold
A fridge does not make cold. It moves heat. Inside the sealed pipework there is a refrigerant gas. The compressor squeezes the gas, which makes it hot, and the hot gas flows through the coil at the back or underneath, called the condenser, where it gives its heat to the room. The gas turns to a liquid, passes through a very thin tube that drops its pressure, and arrives in the cold coil inside the fridge, the evaporator, where it turns back to a gas and soaks up heat from the food. Then it returns to the compressor and the cycle repeats.
That is why the back of a fridge feels warm and why a fridge squeezed into a cabinet struggles. If the heat cannot leave, the cycle slows and the compressor runs for longer. It is also why gas does not get used up: it travels round in a closed loop. When a fridge is low on gas there is a leak, and the leak has to be found and sealed first.
In a no-frost fridge a fan blows air over the evaporator and into the compartments, and a small heater melts the frost off the coil a few times a day. Most cooling faults come from these supporting parts, the fan, the heater, the sensor and the board, long before the compressor itself fails.
Reading the rating plate inside your fridge
Almost every fridge has a sticker or metal plate inside, usually on a side wall or at the back of the fridge compartment. It tells a technician almost everything: the brand, the model number, the voltage and frequency, the type of gas the fridge uses and how much of it, and often the manufacturing date.
Take a clear photo of that plate before you call. With the model number we can check which thermostat, seal, fan or board fits, which saves time on the visit. The gas type matters too. Modern fridges often use R600a, a flammable gas used in small amounts, while older ones commonly use R134a. The two are not interchangeable, and a fridge must always be charged with the gas printed on its own plate.
If you cannot find the plate, look for a sticker behind the vegetable drawers, on the inside of the door frame or on the back of the cabinet. Send us whatever you can find and the brand, and we will help you identify the model.
Protecting a fridge from power cuts and surges
Power cuts and surges are hard on fridges. When the supply returns it can arrive with a spike that damages the control board or the parts that start the compressor. Inverter fridges are the most sensitive, because a board sits between the plug and the compressor.
A good voltage guard, also called a fridge guard, delays the power coming back for a few minutes and cuts it if the voltage is too high or too low. It costs far less than a board repair. Choose one rated for the fridge, plug the fridge into it directly and avoid sharing the socket with a heater or an iron.
After any outage, wait a few minutes before switching the fridge on if you do not have a guard. Keep the door closed during the cut. A full fridge holds its cold for several hours if it is not opened, and a full freezer holds it for longer. Do not keep switching the fridge off and on at the wall; it puts strain on the compressor.
Food safety when a fridge stops cooling
Bacteria multiply quickly above about five degrees. If the fridge side is warm, move milk, meat, fish and cooked food to the freezer or a cool box with ice, and keep the door closed as much as you can. If the freezer is still frozen, do not open it more than you need to.
As a rule of thumb, fresh meat, fish, dairy and cooked leftovers should not stay in a warm fridge for more than a few hours. Food that has thawed and warmed should not be refrozen if it has been warm for long. When in doubt, throw it out: a repair is cheaper than being ill.
Medicines that need refrigeration should be moved to a cool box and kept as cold as the label asks. If you are not sure whether something is still safe, check the instructions on the packaging or ask a pharmacist.
Why gas is rarely the first thing we check
Many people ask for a gas refill as soon as a fridge stops cooling. In practice, a fridge uses no gas. It circulates the same sealed charge for its whole life. If the charge is low, the fridge has a leak, and a refill without finding the leak means paying again in a few weeks.
Most cooling faults are something else: a blocked air channel, a stopped fan, a dirty condenser, a failed defrost heater, a worn door seal, a start relay, a thermostat or a board. These are found with a few tests, and they are usually cheaper to put right than a gas job.
When the tests point to a leak, we find it first, usually at a joint, a pipe that has rubbed or a corroded coil, repair it, pull a vacuum to remove air and moisture and then charge the exact gas the fridge was built for, by weight. That is the only way a gas job lasts.
Fridges and freezers we work on.
Fridge trouble in Ruiru?
Call or WhatsApp with what the fridge is doing and a photo of the model sticker. We tell you when a technician can come.