Kenmore dryer repair
Kenmore Dryer Repair in Maryland
We repair Kenmore dryers at homes and businesses in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Electric and gas dryers, largely Whirlpool (110) and LG (796) designs. Thermal fuses, heating elements, igniters and gas valve coils, belts, rollers and idlers.
Booking online works too. With the Kenmore dryer's model number in the form, we can check part availability before we come.
First the appliance and its location, then your contact details. We follow up to schedule.
dryer brands we repair
Kenmore Dryer Repair in Houses, Townhomes and Condos
We are independent: not a Kenmore service center, and not authorized by Kenmore. If your dryer is still inside the Kenmore warranty, go to the manufacturer first. Once it's past that coverage, a model number in your booking lets us source parts ahead of the visit.
How a Dryer Repair Visit Works
Book the Visit
Call or use the form. Name the make and describe the fault; a model number, if handy, speeds up parts.
Find the Fault
At your place, the technician checks the appliance and whatever feeds it (power, water, drain, gas or venting) until the cause is clear.
Approve the Price
You get a plain explanation and a price for the repair. The work starts only if you say yes.
Fix and Check
The new part is fitted and the appliance is run through a cycle, so you can see it working.
What's inside a Kenmore dryer
A 110-prefix Kenmore dryer is a Whirlpool machine, most often the long-running 29-inch design with a thermal fuse, cycling and high-limit thermostats, a pair of drum rollers at the back, a felt-lined front bearing, the belt and its tensioner pulley. Electric versions heat with an element in a housing; gas versions use a glow-bar igniter and a pair of valve coils on the burner. Dryers coded 796 are LG machines, and their sensors and controls follow LG's playbook instead. Whatever the builder, the most common heat complaint begins in the vent. A long run through a basement ceiling, a crushed foil connector behind the machine, or a lint-packed hood on the side of the house overheats the dryer and blows its fuse, and until the vent is cleared the new fuse will go the same way.
Parts that tend to fail on Kenmore dryers
- Thermal fuse open from lint-choked vent
- Electric heating element burned through
- Gas valve coils failing when warm
- Idler pulley or drum rollers squealing
- Belt snapped, drum not turning
If your symptom isn't listed, the dryer symptoms and causes page goes wider.
Where we repair Kenmore dryers
Local pages for each area we serve. Book a visit when you're ready.
Guides for Kenmore and other dryers
Kenmore Dryer Repair Questions
The questions that come up most often. Anything not covered here, ask us when you call, or add it to the booking form's notes field.
Have a different question?
Tell us what make it is and what's going wrong. A few things can be settled over the phone, and anything else gets looked at during the visit.
With airflow and the thermal fuse, because a blocked vent is what usually blows the fuse. Then we test the element and the thermostats. Replacing the element without checking the vent is a common way to have the same problem a month later.
On Whirlpool-built gas dryers, valve coils that weaken once they warm up are the usual reason. The igniter works, the flame starts, and then the valve fails to reopen on the next cycle. The coils are normally replaced as a pair, and we leak-check the gas connection afterward.