Two small towns, two highways, one truck.
Monday–Friday 7:30–5:30 · Saturday 8–1 · closed Sunday
Pick a machine to read what fails around here, how the visit goes, and notes from stops nearby.
Refrigerator & Freezer Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repair
Washing Machine Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repair
Clothes Dryer Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repair
Dishwasher Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repair
Range, Oven & Cooktop Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repair
Ice Maker Repair$99 with a meter · rides inside the repairFrom the shop the two towns are reached the same way until Caldwell, then the route splits. Hwy 20-26 goes out past the sugar-beet dump to Notus, a grid of a dozen blocks with the school and the grain elevator, and then on toward Parma. Hwy 19 leaves the west side of Caldwell and runs to Greenleaf, past the Friends Academy and the meeting house, then continues to Wilder. Between the two highways are dairies, hop yards, seed fields and houses at the ends of gravel lanes. We often work both towns on the same morning and finish in Wilder or Homedale. The address never changes what you pay: no mileage line, no charge for the return trip when a part is ordered.
Inside the two town grids the houses are mostly 1920s to 1970s, small kitchens, laundry on a back porch or in a converted pantry. Outside the grids it is farmhouses and newer houses on split acreage, all on private wells. Well water in Notus and Greenleaf runs hard, frequently with iron and a trace of sand, and only the newer houses have a softener plumbed in. Scale is our main employer here. It narrows inlet valves, coats dishwasher elements, and plugs ice-maker fill lines. Summer adds dust off the fields to every dryer vent and condenser coil, and thunderstorm outages knock control boards offline. Winter fog and cold turn unheated garages into a problem for second refrigerators and chest freezers.
| Appliance type | The usual complaint here |
|---|---|
| Refrigerators | Second refrigerators in unheated garages that thaw in January and overheat in August, start relays failed, condenser fans seized by dust. |
| Washers | Sand in the inlet screens, front-load door boots torn by a zipper, top-loads that agitate but never spin because the lid switch failed. |
| Dryers | Long vent runs under porches packed with lint, thermal fuses open, gas valve coils dropping out on Greenleaf houses on propane. |
| Dishwashers | Element scale on well water, softener out of salt in the newer houses, drain pumps stopped by a broken glass. |
| Ovens & ranges | Bake igniters aging out, surface burner switches failing on 1970s electric ranges, propane burners set too rich. |
| Ice makers | Fill valves scaled, fill tubes frozen, and makers that quit after a summer brownout reset the board. |
A dishwasher in a 1940s house three blocks from the Friends Academy, every glass fogged and the tub smelling sour. Well water, no softener. We found the heating element scaled to the point it barely warmed the water and the spray arm holes half blocked. New element, arms cleaned out, and a plain rundown of what the water had been doing.
A chest freezer in a garage on the Notus grid, full of beef and starting to soften in a week of triple-digit heat. Dust had matted the condenser and the fan no longer turned. Fan motor replaced from the truck, coils cleaned, and the temperature was dropping before the technician finished writing the invoice.
A gas dryer on a dairy road between the two towns, heating for a short while and then going cold. The gas valve coils were dropping out as they warmed. We tested them hot, replaced the pair, and cleared a vent that had been collecting lint since the house was built. One visit, one written number.
A top-load washer in a crew house off Hwy 19, standing water and a loud hum. The drain pump had swallowed a child's sock and burned out. New pump, hoses checked for sand, a full cycle run to prove it. The housing manager approved by text and had the invoice and the warranty sitting in their email that same afternoon.
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
Most of the refrigerator calls from Notus and Greenleaf come in two seasons. In August the garage units cannot shed heat and the milk goes warm; in January the same garage drops below the thermostat setting and the freezer thaws because the compressor never gets called. In the kitchen it is fans, defrost heaters and start relays. We meter the compressor and the defrost circuit before naming anything. Say yes and the $99 is swallowed by the repair total; that total goes on paper only after the diagnosis, never earlier.
| Observed | Probable cause | Repair path |
|---|---|---|
| Clicks, hums briefly, not cooling | Start relay or overload failed, compressor trying to start | Check the compressor windings, fit a new relay, read start and run current |
| Fresh side warm, back wall frosted | Defrost heater or thermostat open, or a control that never triggers a defrost | Test the heater and thermostat, replace the failed part, clear the evaporator |
| Water pooling under the crisper | Defrost drain frozen or clogged with debris | Clear the drain, check the heater loop, dry the pan and floor |
Usually. A garage unit that quit in August typically has a dust-clogged condenser, a seized condenser fan or a failed relay, and those parts ride on the truck. If the compressor itself is done, you hear that at the diagnosis with the $99 still the only number on the table.
Request refrigerator service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Refrigerator & Freezer Repair, the county-wide page →
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
A washer on Notus or Greenleaf well water tells you about the well before it tells you about itself. Slow fills, a fill error on the display, grit in the tub after a cycle. Then the usual mechanical failures: a lid switch that no longer confirms, a pump choked on a sock, a slit door boot on a front-load. Valve, pump and motor get metered, and the repair goes on paper as a single figure, the $99 already swallowed by it. Pass on the work, and $99 alone is the charge.
| Complaint | Usual failure | What follows |
|---|---|---|
| Washes fine, never gets to spin | Failed lid switch or lock, or a stripped drive coupler | Check switch, coupler and belt, swap the bad one, spin a load |
| Front-load leaks at the door | Door boot cut by a zipper or worn at the fold | Replace the boot, check the drain filter for the object that cut it |
| Fill takes forever or stops with an error | Well sand and scale packed into the inlet screens | Clean the screens, meter the valve, confirm fill time against spec |
It comes up the well and through the supply hoses. The inlet screens catch most of it, which is why they plug. We clean the screens, flush the hoses, and check the tub for buildup. A sediment filter at the pressure tank is the fix on the house side, and we will say so if that is where the problem lives.
Request washer service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Washing Machine Repair, the county-wide page →
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
Dryer vents in these two towns run long and collect everything the fields put in the air. A load that needs a second cycle, a dryer warm to the touch but never hot, a burnt-lint smell from the laundry porch. Restricted airflow trips the thermal fuse, and on propane dryers a weak igniter or worn gas coils shut the burner off. Fuse, thermostats and element or burner all meet the meter, the vent gets cleared, and the repair comes back as a single figure with the $99 absorbed.
| Dryer symptom | Where to look | Job on site |
|---|---|---|
| Drum spins, no warmth | Thermal fuse open, element broken, or the gas igniter has quit | Check fuse and element or igniter, swap the failed one, clear the vent right to the outside |
| Heats then quits partway through | Gas coils or cycling thermostat failing when hot, vent restricted | Test the coils hot, replace them, check airflow at the outside flap |
| Drum will not turn, motor hums | Belt broken or the motor seized with lint | Replace the belt, check rollers and idler, clean the blower housing |
When the vent caused the failure, clearing it is part of the job. Most Greenleaf vents we open are packed with lint and field dust from the run under the porch. If the vent needs rerouting or a new run rather than clearing, that goes on paper as a separate line before you approve anything.
Request dryer service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Clothes Dryer Repair, the county-wide page →
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
Dishwashers here fail from the water first and the machine second. Glasses come out white, plates feel gritty, and one day there is a puddle in the bottom after the cycle. On a well with no softener the heating element scales over and the spray arms clog; in a newer house a softener that ran dry makes itself known at the dishwasher first. We test the element, drain pump and wash motor, strip the scale off whatever is worth keeping, and the $99 is already sitting inside whatever figure we write.
| At the sink | Typical culprit | Service step |
|---|---|---|
| White film and spots no towel removes | Scale on the element, softener empty or absent | Test the element, descale the tub and arms, check the softener before we leave |
| Puddle left in the bottom | A label or broken glass jammed in the drain pump, or a kinked hose | Clear or replace the pump, clean the sump, confirm the hose loop |
| Panel dark, nothing lights | Summer power bump took out the control board or door switch | Meter the board supply, test the switch, replace the failed part |
It matters here more than for anything else in the house. Let the softener run dry and the dishwasher is where it shows first, with fogged glasses and a gritty film. Before you call, check the salt. If it is full and the glasses are still white, the element or a clogged arm is the likely cause and that is what we come to test.
Request dishwasher service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Dishwasher Repair, the county-wide page →
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
Kitchens in Notus and Greenleaf run on Intermountain Gas inside the grids and on propane outside them, plus a good number of older electric ranges. An oven that clicks and clicks before it lights, a burner that will not catch, an electric coil that stays cold, a glass top where one zone stays cold. We meter the igniter under load, test elements and switches, and check the flame on every burner. The repair goes on paper as one figure, the $99 diagnostic already inside.
| In the kitchen | Part that fails | Our response |
|---|---|---|
| Oven clicks for ages before lighting, or never lights | Bake igniter weakened with age, not drawing enough to open the valve | Meter the igniter, replace it, confirm ignition inside the normal time |
| One electric burner dead, others fine | Surface element or its switch failed, receptacle burned | Meter element and switch, swap the dead one, look at the receptacle |
| Propane burner yellow and sooty | Air shutter or orifice wrong for propane, regulator not converted | Check the conversion, set the shutters, confirm a clean blue flame |
Yes. A 1970s or 1980s electric range is a simple machine, and for most of them elements, switches and receptacles can still be had. Each part gets metered and you are told what failed before a figure is written. When a part is out of production for good, that comes out at the diagnosis and not afterward.
Request range service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Range, Oven & Cooktop Repair, the county-wide page →
$99 to meter it, and that $99 rides inside the repair total · no figure before the meter, none off paper
An ice maker in Notus or Greenleaf lives on well water, and well water wins over time. The cubes shrink and turn cloudy, the maker starts skipping fills, and eventually the tube behind the freezer wall freezes into a plug. A summer brownout can also leave the maker switched off in the control without anyone knowing. The fill valve gets metered, the tube thawed and looked over, and a full harvest cycle run. The written price already has the $99 in it; decline, and $99 by itself is the bill.
| Ice maker sign | Usually behind it | The visit |
|---|---|---|
| Days without a cube | Scale closed the fill valve, the tube froze, or an outage switched the maker off | Meter the valve, thaw the tube, reset and cycle the maker, replace what failed |
| Cubes small and cloudy | Restricted flow through a scaled valve or an old inline filter | Check flow, replace the filter or valve, confirm a full fill |
| Bin holds a single fused block | Warm freezer, or a bin sensor that stopped reading | Check freezer temperature, test the sensor, correct the cooling problem first |
Almost always the ice maker or its fill valve can be replaced on its own; the refrigerator does not need to go. The exception is a maker built into a door on some newer models where the part is priced close to the appliance. Which kind you have is settled at the diagnosis, and you see the figure in writing before a panel comes off.
Request ice maker service in Notus & Greenleaf → · Ice Maker Repair, the county-wide page →
Both towns are on the route, along with the farms between them and the acreage out toward Wilder and Parma. The truck comes out Hwy 20-26 or Hwy 19 from Caldwell depending on the day. Whichever town you are in, the diagnosis runs $99, and approving the repair turns that $99 into a slice of the total instead of an add-on.
The $99 pays for a technician to meter the machine and tell you in plain words what failed. Once you okay the work, the figure on the page already contains your $99. Walk away instead, and you owe $99, nothing further, with no travel line. An ordered part means a second visit, and that visit carries no fee of its own.
Expect scale. Inlet valves on the washer and ice maker narrow, the dishwasher element crusts over, and glasses turn white. We fix the parts the water killed and tell you which ones will go again without treatment. A softener is the real fix for the dishwasher; we say that up front rather than sell the element twice.
Yes, as long as the part still exists. A 1970s electric range with a bad surface switch or a 1990s top-load with a worn coupler is a normal call. When the maker no longer supplies the part, we say so at the diagnosis and you decide whether to hunt for one or replace the machine.
Roughly 12 minutes from Davis Ave · ZIP 83605 · 83607
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Open →Roughly 22 minutes from Davis Ave · ZIP 83641
Open →Roughly 30 minutes from Davis Ave · ZIP 83660
Open →Roughly 25 minutes from Davis Ave · ZIP 83676
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Open →The phone is quicker; the form lands on the same desk. Both get you a text with a window, and until a technician has had a meter on the machine the only figure anyone quotes is $99.
Open the request formRing the shop or fill in the form; dispatch answers with a window, and a text follows as the truck pulls off Davis Ave — first stops go to the Boise commuters, Saturday mornings to everyone else.
Measurements come before opinions: amps at the compressor, degrees on the shelf, ohms across the element. The failed part gets its everyday name from the technician, who then writes the repair as a single figure, $99 folded in.
The shelves on the truck hold what this valley wears out — inlet valves, defrost heaters, heating elements, igniters, drain pumps, rollers. When something must be ordered, the return trip happens on our calendar and the figure you approved stands.
The machine runs a whole cycle while you watch, panels and floor go back the way they were, and the invoice that reaches your email carries the warranty term.
Roughly 20 minutes out from Davis Ave, and the miles never reach the invoice. $99 for the meter, the repair as one figure on paper, warranty term printed on the invoice.