--- title: "Appliance maintenance" description: "KitchenAid appliance maintenance — a planned visit rather than an emergency one: filters, drains, coils, seals and ducts on whichever appliances you want…" url: "https://kitchenaidmiami.support/services/appliance-maintenance/" date_modified: "2026-08-23" Appliance type: "Cooktops, Dishwashers, Dryers, Freezers, Ice makers, Microwaves, Range hoods and vents, Ranges, Refrigerators, Wall ovens, Washing machines, Wine cellars and beverage centers" --- # KitchenAid appliance maintenance ### What a year of South Florida does to a kitchen Three things, and all three are maintenance rather than repair. **Hard water** leaves film on glassware and scale in a dishwasher heater and an ice maker’s water path — both counties soften at the treatment plant and the maker still recommends a softener at 15 grains or more, which is worth checking against your own utility’s number. **Humidity** loads a condenser with dust that is damp and mats instead of blowing off, and packs a dryer duct with lint that will not blow clear. **Heat** keeps compressors and induction electronics working closer to their limit for more of the year than anywhere north of here. ### What is actually done - Dishwasher: the tub filter, the spray arms, the drain path and the door seal - Refrigeration: the condenser, the defrost drain, the door seals and the water filter counter - Ice: the machine’s own cleaning cycle, the bin and scoop it cannot clean, and the drain - Cooking: burner caps and electrodes, the oven door seal, and the cooling fan path - Ventilation: grease filters, the charcoal filter on a recirculating hood, and the damper on a ducted one - Laundry: the whole dryer duct to the flap outside, and the washer hoses and shut-offs ### What it is not It is not a diagnostic visit and it is not a repair. If something is already wrong, say so when you book and we will come to fix that instead — a maintenance visit is a poor way to buy a diagnosis. The exact cost is confirmed after an on-site diagnostic in either case. What this involves Several appliances in one visit rather than one call each Filters, drains, coils, seals and ducts A written note of anything worth watching You tell us what is in the kitchen Which appliances, roughly how old, and anything that has been slightly off without being wrong. That last part is the useful one — the things people do not call about are the things this visit is for. The owner-serviceable half, done properly The dishwasher tub filter. The refrigerator condenser and its defrost drain. Hood grease filters, and the charcoal filter if the hood recirculates. The ice maker cleaning cycle. A vented dryer duct, all the way to the flap outside. The half you cannot see Door seals checked with paper, hinges and latches, water lines and shut-off valves, levelling, and airflow where an appliance is boxed into cabinetry with less room than it needs. A written note, not a sales pitch What was done, what is worth watching, and what will need doing within the year. If nothing does, that is what the note says. What a year of South Florida does to a kitchen Three things, and all three are maintenance rather than repair. Hard water leaves film on glassware and scale in a dishwasher heater and an ice maker’s water path — both counties soften at the treatment plant and the maker still recommends a softener at 15 grains or more, which is worth checking against your own utility’s number. Humidity loads a condenser with dust that is damp and mats instead of blowing off, and packs a dryer duct with lint that will not blow clear. Heat keeps compressors and induction electronics working closer to their limit for more of the year than anywhere north of here. What is actually done Dishwasher: the tub filter, the spray arms, the drain path and the door seal Refrigeration: the condenser, the defrost drain, the door seals and the water filter counter Ice: the machine’s own cleaning cycle, the bin and scoop it cannot clean, and the drain Cooking: burner caps and electrodes, the oven door seal, and the cooling fan path Ventilation: grease filters, the charcoal filter on a recirculating hood, and the damper on a ducted one Laundry: the whole dryer duct to the flap outside, and the washer hoses and shut-offs What it is not It is not a diagnostic visit and it is not a repair. If something is already wrong, say so when you book and we will come to fix that instead — a maintenance visit is a poor way to buy a diagnosis. The exact cost is confirmed after an on-site diagnostic in either case. ### How often is this worth doing? Once a year covers most households here. Two things push it to twice: an undercounter ice maker, which in this water and this heat asks for more attention than the manual assumes, and a vented dryer with a long duct run. ### Can you do several appliances in one visit? Yes, and it is the point of booking this rather than a repair. A second and third appliance seen on the same visit cost far less than a second and third visit, so tell us everything you want looked at when you book. ### Will you find things wrong on purpose? No. The note at the end says what was done and what is worth watching, and where nothing needs doing it says that. We would rather you booked this again next year than felt sold to once. ### What does it cost? From $165 for the visit, and it moves with how many appliances you want covered and how they are fitted. The exact cost is confirmed after we have seen what is there. --- **[Read full article: Appliance maintenance](https://kitchenaidmiami.support/services/appliance-maintenance/)**