Sub-Zero Repair on the North Slope, Tacoma

What we see here

1. 01 A built-in set into an opening cut close around it leaves the supply line very little slack, and a line bent too hard behind the unit cuts the flow before it ever leaks.
2. 02 The first sign of a squeezed line is usually the cubes themselves: Sub-Zero links small or hollow ones to low water pressure.
3. 03 Where the line comes up through the floor from a basement, the shut-off is often downstairs; the basement is one of the places Sub-Zero says to look.

On your side of the Shut-Off Line

1. 01 Tip a few fresh cubes into your hand; small or hollow ones in a snug install point at a squeezed line rather than at the water.
2. 02 If the line rises through the floor, look downstairs for its shut-off, because the basement is one of the places Sub-Zero names.
3. 03 Leave the built-in where it stands; easing it out of a tight opening to reach the line is technician work.

Then the five that apply anywhere, in order: switch, filter, supply valve, fill tube, arm and bin.

Booking

When you book, say whether the shut-off is in the basement and how it is reached, so the visit can start at the valve.

The $89 visit pays for the trip and the whole diagnosis, and once you approve the repair that $89 is deducted from its price. The phone is answered 24/7; visits run 8 am to 8 pm, Monday through Sunday.

What the visit covers is on the Sub-Zero ice maker repair page. On this water, read Is Tacoma Water Hard Enough to Scale an Ice Maker first.