Appliances are expensive investments. Although appliance repairs can be quite costly, many times the repairs are still less than replacing the appliance. This is a guide about repairing versus replacing appliances.
Appliance repair can be very costly. Many times they can be repaired rather than replaced. Often you can do the repairs yourself. How do you determine when a repair will be more cost effective?
You can always get an estimate first, our appliance repair man is always helpful, as he has worked on my washer and fridge twice each. The last time for each, he said he wouldn't recommend more than 2 repairs, then get a new or good used replacement. I always figured as long as the repairs didn't go over half the cost of a new comparable machine, it was okay.