Quiet, family-oriented San Gabriel Valley community with well-kept homes — and appliances that need the same care. Samsung, LG, GE, Whirlpool, Sub-Zero, all brands. Same-day service, OEM parts, 90-day warranty. Saturdays available.
Same Day Appliance Repair Pasadena
(626) 376-4458We are a service-area business. We serve customers on-site across the area.
When an appliance fails in Temple City, our techs at Same Day Appliance Repair trace it to a handful of patterns: SGVMWD hard-water scale blocking LG ice maker inlet valves, mineral-clogged Samsung dishwasher spray arms, Whirlpool dryer thermal fuses blown from obstructed vent runs, and GE oven igniters glowing but not lighting. We dispatch same-day across the Live Oak Ave corridor, Las Tunas Drive, the Longden Ave neighborhood, and the Broadway corridor. $89 residential diagnostic, waived with repair. BHGS #A49573, EPA 608 Universal certified (#1346255700410).
Temple City is one of the quieter, more residential cities in the San Gabriel Valley — predominantly single-family homes, well-maintained, family-oriented. The appliance calls here are straightforward: a refrigerator not cooling on Live Oak Avenue, a dishwasher leaving spots on Longden, a dryer that stopped heating on a Saturday morning before family plans. Nothing complicated about what you need — same-day, done right, transparent invoice.
Hard water is a consistent factor. Temple City is served by the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, drawing from the mineral-rich San Gabriel Valley groundwater basin. Ice maker inlet valves and dishwasher spray arms accumulate scale faster here than in softer-water cities. We test for this on every relevant Temple City call involving ice makers and dishwashers — it's a recurring pattern throughout the San Gabriel Valley, and Temple City is no exception.
Diagnostic fee: $89 — waived with repair. Written estimate before we start. 90-day warranty on parts and labor. Available Saturdays; Sunday by arrangement.
Hard water tip for Temple City: SGVMWD groundwater accelerates mineral scale on refrigerator ice maker inlet valves and dishwasher spray arms. If your ice output has been declining gradually — not a sudden stop, but a slow decrease over months — the inlet valve is almost certainly the cause. Replacing your refrigerator's in-door filter every 6 months instead of 12 makes a meaningful difference in San Gabriel Valley hard water cities like Temple City.
All brands · SGVMWD hard water aware · Single-family homes · 91780
COMMERCIAL KITCHENS
Temple City's commercial kitchens are neighborhood kitchens — the Las Tunas Drive blocks, the Rosemead corridor, the bakeries, cafes and family restaurants that serve the people living two streets away. They are small operations, most of them owner-run, and the equipment is expected to last because replacing it is a real expense against a real margin. The city's water is the constant. Temple City draws the same mineral-heavy San Gabriel Valley supply as its neighbors, and on a commercial ice machine or a dish machine running all day that scale is not a slow nuisance — it is a measurable loss of production every week, and it is the reason behind a large share of the calls we get here. We treat the water path as part of the diagnosis on Temple City accounts rather than as an afterthought.
What we service
Commercial diagnostic $120 · waived when you approve the repair
Outdoor Kitchens & Patio Equipment
Temple City's outdoor equipment fights the same water the kitchen inside does, and it fights it worse. The grills and patio setups here are ordinary and well kept — this is a city of tidy yards — but anything outside with a water line on it is running mineral-heavy San Gabriel Valley supply on a seasonal schedule, which is the exact combination that scales a valve shut. The water sits in the line all winter, the minerals settle out, and the outdoor ice maker or fridge dispenser that worked in September will not run in May. It presents as a dead unit and it is usually a blocked path. The grills have a simpler story: flat lots, no wind, no salt, and failures that are honestly just age and spiders in the venturis. Our techs check the water side first on anything plumbed here, and we tell Temple City owners the filter interval that actually applies to this water rather than the one in the manual.
Diagnostic $89 · waived with repair
Every neighborhood and street in the city
We don't have a completed job on record in Temple City yet, so these are recent ones from the nearest cities we serve — each marked with the city it was in.
Problem: The pilot would not light, so the oven could not start.
The gas safety system had a fault and the thermocouple needed replacing. The thermocouple was replaced and the gas safety system repaired on a return visit, once the part arrived.
Problem: A two-year-old undercounter ice maker had stopped making ice.
The technician found the ice maker transformer and the circulation pump both needed replacing. Diagnostic visit only; no repair was carried out.
Problem: The washer was leaking from the bottom.
The technician found the transmission had failed. Diagnostic visit only; no repair was carried out.
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District groundwater accelerates mineral scale on ice makers and dishwashers throughout Temple City. We test inlet valves and check for deposits on every relevant call — it comes up regularly in 91780 and across the SGV.
Same-day visits when a technician is available — call early for the best chance. Temple City is a regular part of our San Gabriel Valley route from Pasadena — not a special trip. Same-day means same day, not "we'll try our best for next-day."
Technicians work Mon–Sat 8am–6pm, Saturdays included. Sunday by arrangement; phone answered 24/7. When your appliance breaks on a Saturday with family plans, we're there. Not every Temple City appliance company offers Saturday service — we do.
Every repair backed by 90 days on parts and labor. Genuine OEM parts only — never aftermarket. $89 diagnostic waived with repair. Written estimate before we start. California licensed.
These reviews come from customers in nearby cities, not from Temple City — each is labelled with its real city and quoted word for word from Housecall Pro.
“Showed up the same day and on time, diagnosed the problem with the refrigerator quickly (blocked freon tube), replaced the section that was causing the issue, put new freon in the system, cleaned it all up, and everything is working beautifully. The whole affair took two and a half to three hours. Very pleasant experience. … Will use them again if I need repairs. I recommend this company. The manager explained everything clearly on the phone about the repair and cost, and was both professional and friendly.”
“Mike was at my house within 4 hours of calling SAME DAY APPLIANCE. Viking fridge is now ice cold. A bit pricey but worth it.”
“Excellent service call . The Technician arrived right on time. Installed the Ice maker straight on.”
Written estimate before we start. $89 diagnostic — waived with repair.
SGVMWD hard water specialists · All brands · Saturdays available. 91780. $89 diagnostic waived with repair. 90-day warranty. OEM parts.