McKinley’s Appliance Service

We’re so grateful to have been referred to Chris. He fixed the cause of our GE Profile dishwasher leak. A water valve needed to be replaced. He was prompt, efficient, competent, and friendly. Highly recommend him.

Although he didn’t end up fixing my dryer, he deserves a 4 star because
1) he called me right back
2) came same day
3) told me right away he couldn’t fix it
4) didn’t charge me
Class act!!! Extremely professional!!!

My washing machine is still working, some year and half later of using McKinley’s. Glad I called Chris.

FANTASTIC! I would highly recommend. Timely, professional and fixed my dryer in just a few minutes.

McKinley is a good guy. The first time I called him many months ago he was a no-​show, but he did call me and apologize profusely. I believe that the bottom line here is that this is 1 person, not an entire company. Which means that from time to time he’s going to drop the ball. Big companies do this too, BTW. But he is friendly, he is competent, and his pricing is fair. So I recommend you give him a shot and if you have an issue call Hi-​Tech.

Chris came to our house to fix our refrigerator. He was not able to fix it so he said he would have to see if he could get the parts and that he would contact us. That was a month ago. I have left him two phone messages and he does not have the decency to return my call. Seemed like a nice guy when I met him. We are confused by these reviews about how great he is. That was not our experience.

I called Chris on a Sunday after I discovered that our that oven was broken and I had to bake my biscuits on the bbq. He called me back first thing Monday morning, and agreed to come and check the oven on Wednesday (my request). Unfortunately, a debacle on the 405 snarled traffic completely near our house, and he wasn’t able to get to us on Wednesday as planned. He called me as soon as he knew he would need to reschedule, and was very flexible in rescheduling. Since my husband and I both work full time, Chris came to our house Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. He was on time, courteous and friendly, and we had a working over by 8:00 a.m. His rates were also reasonable. Next time I have a problem appliance, he will be my first call.

The reason I give Chris 5 stars is that he came to fix two appliances for us — our dryer and fridge.
After looking at the fridge, he said, «I’m not your guy to fix this.» He doesn’t specialize in Sub-​Zeros, and I appreciated that he didn’t get in there and try to fix something he doens’t really know. He was honest.
On to the dryer, took him 10 mins to locate the issue, fix it, then charged us $ 20. I was ecstatic. Even though our dryer is old he said it’s in fine shape and not to worry. Haven’t had any problems in the few months since.
Honest guy, reasonable prices. What more can you ask for in an appliance repair man?

I have a 16 month old, so a broken washing machine put me in panic mode. Found Chris on Unilocal last night, and this afternoon, he made time to take a look. I was complaining about the machine and making excuses, Chris said it was actually a good machine, and the problem was some lint caught inside the water pump.
The whole visit was no more than 15 minutes, and I’m back in business. He was on time, charged a fair price, and a gentleman. I can say this b/​c I’ve used another guy a few months ago for the same washer who showed up a day later, couldn’t really explain the problem, and was way more expensive!

Chris is a nice guy! Did not charge me to look at my broken down washer machine, told me he could fix it but might be better off buying a new one, since it would be over three hundred bucks to fix it! He show up when he said he would! Hope this review does not make him too busy like my dad. Yama

I’m almost mechanically retarded.
No, seriously, when I was going to high school in Washington State in the late Cretaceous, you had to take the Washington State Aptitude Test, along with the SAT for college, and they tested a variety of things besides English and math skills. I scored in the 33^rd percentile in both spatial relations and mechanical reasoning, and my counselor told me that the 30^th percentile and below was considered legally mentally retarded (this was 1976, so they could say that back then).
Plus, the only thing that keeps me from appearing downright effete is my straight guy lack of fashion sense and my tell-​tale heterosexual beer gut, so I really get paranoid whenever I have to get anything repaired because I feel like I have a big neon SUCKER sign flashing above my ahead and a KICK ME sign attached to my butt.
Thank God for guys like Chris McKinley. We have aging appliances of all kinds in our kitchen and if a pilot light goes out, we’re like, completely buffaloed. Chris McKinley, who was recommended to us years ago when we first moved to our humble abode, has looked at and repaired our oven, our dishwasher, our washing machine and our dryer… and I’ve been meaning to Unilocal him every time. I mean, more than once, the problem has been linked to my retardation in the mechanical reasoning sphere of my brain, and he DIDN’T CHARGE US. MORE THAN ONCE.
Usually, it’s something like today, where he saw that one of the thermostats in our dryer had migrated too close to a heating element and was kicking off too often and too soon, so he just moved it. Boom, cheap repair, he stuck around to make sure his theory was correct, and he was on his way. And when I asked him, «What’s it look like in there? Does it look like we’re going to have to be replacing that sucker soon?» he said that this one looks good to go for years — it’s a good machine and it isn’t making weird noises, so he could tell that we’ve got years of service left.
Got appliances? Call McKinley’s — he’s a good guy, he’s honest, and he doesn’t make you feel retarded, even if you are.