Refrigerator in a three-year-old Wimauma house already warm on the top shelf? Ice maker on a well-water street making cloudy half-cubes? I'm Anatoli — the owner who answers (813) 522-0014; I or Nick, my technician, comes to your door. I handle appliance repair in Wimauma for refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, washers, dryers, ovens and dishwashers, from the new subdivisions along SR 674 to the farm roads south of them, in Hillsborough County, FL. The $69 diagnostic applies 100% to the repair, the price is in writing before I open anything, and if I can't fix it, you don't pay.
- $69 diagnosticApplied 100% to the repair
- Same-dayCall before 2 PM, Mon–Sat
- 90-day warrantyParts & labor on every repair
- Owner-operated20+ years hands-on
- Licensed & insuredFlorida · EPA 608
- No fix, no feeIf I can’t repair it, you don’t pay
The repairs I take in Wimauma
Refrigerator repair
Not cooling, warm fridge with a cold freezer, leaks, noise. French door, side-by-side, counter-depth.
Details →Sub-Zero & built-in
Sealed-system diagnostics, evaporator and condenser work, 12-month parts & labor warranty on built-ins.
Details →Ice maker repair
No ice, hollow cubes, ice room frozen solid — hard-water symptoms first.
Details →Washer repair
Not draining, not spinning, leaking, walking across the floor.
Details →Dryer repair
No heat, long cycles, squeal or thump. Gas and electric.
Details →Oven & range repair
Igniters, bake elements, control boards, a door that won’t seal.
Details →Also dishwashers, stand-alone freezers, wine coolers and commercial refrigeration for restaurants and stores in Wimauma ($129 commercial diagnostic).
My Wimauma route
I cover all of Wimauma under ZIP 33598: Ayersworth Glen, Southshore Bay, Sereno and the newer streets off SR 674 and Balm Wimauma Road, the 55+ neighborhoods of Valencia Lakes and Valencia del Sol, the old town center near Lake Wimauma, and the acreage and farm roads out toward Little Manatee River State Park. I come down I-75 to SR 674 and east through Sun City Center, so everything between US 301 and the county line is a normal stop.
Wimauma borders Sun City Center to the west, Balm to the north, Ruskin beyond US 301, and Riverview up Balm Riverview Road. I run south Hillsborough calls as one loop, so a Wimauma address gets the same $69 diagnostic and the same written price as anywhere else — no zone fee, no rural surcharge.
ZIP codes 33598
What breaks in Wimauma homes — and why
Well water on the old streets. Outside the subdivisions many Wimauma houses are on private wells, and Hillsborough groundwater is hard and carries iron and sulfur. Scale builds in the ice maker fill tube and the water inlet valve, so the first symptom is small, cloudy cubes and a dispenser that trickles; iron stains the ice and then the valve sticks open or shut. A dishwasher on the same water grows a white crust on the heating element and the spray arms clog. The ice maker guide shows what to check before anyone sells you a new ice maker — a filter, a valve or a descaled fill tube is usually the whole repair.
Builder packages at the five-year mark. Ayersworth Glen, Southshore Bay and the Valencia communities were sold with a matching set of appliances, and those sets are now past the warranty. The pattern is predictable: a Samsung or LG ice maker that freezes into a block, a front-load washer with a drain pump clogged by a sock, a dryer with a long vent run under the slab that blows its thermal fuse. On some LG refrigerators of that era the compressor loses capacity — a known failure, and the reason I keep the LG compressor parts on the truck. The washer not draining guide explains why the front-loader stops with water in it so often.
Acreage, garages and storms. A lot of Wimauma homes have a second refrigerator or a chest freezer in a garage or a barn, and it runs in 100°F air all summer with a coil full of dust; the compressor never cycles off and the gasket goes hard. After a summer storm or a flicker on a long rural line, control boards on refrigerators and ranges fail while everything else looks fine — a plug-in surge protector behind the fridge is cheaper than the board. My honest line: a 12-year-old side-by-side on well water with a sealed-system leak is not worth the repair, and I will say so and put the $69 toward advice instead of a part.
Repair or replace? The honest math
Age and the kind of failure decide most of it. No prices here — you get the real number in writing after the diagnostic.
Brands I work on in Wimauma
Independent, not factory-authorized — which means I fix the appliance in front of me instead of following a warranty script, and I carry the parts that actually fail on these models.
Also Viking, Wolf, Thermador, Miele, Electrolux, Kenmore and the rest — every brand page.
GE in Wimauma: dryers in new builds, ice makers on wells
GE is the name in the searches. Wimauma's numbers are small, but when someone types a brand, it is GE with Frigidaire behind it. On a GE refrigerator three faults repeat: an evaporator fan that quit, an ice maker fill tube frozen shut, and a defrost fault that leaves a sheet of ice on the back wall of the freezer. All three are parts I carry, and on a GE under ten years old all three are worth doing.
Dryers, then ice. Dryer searches lead this page, and the reason is under the floor: in Ayersworth Glen and Southshore Bay the vent runs a long way under the slab, fills with lint, and the thermal fuse gives up. A new fuse on a blocked vent just blows again, so my dryer repair includes the vent. On the old farm roads the trouble is the well: hard water with iron scales the ice maker's inlet valve and fill tube until the cubes come out small and cloudy. A valve, a filter or a descaled tube usually settles it. No new ice maker, whatever the internet says.
Google Search Console — how many times a search from this area showed this page, Jul 3 – Oct 1, 2026, with the page's older address (wimauma-hillsborough-fl) added in. A small town gives small numbers; these are impressions, not calls.
When can I be in Wimauma?
Search data: Ubersuggest, U.S. monthly volume, Dec 2024 – Nov 2025 — "appliance repair sun city center fl" shown because Wimauma is too small to have a reliable monthly number of its own. In the Wimauma / Sun City Center area, searches for appliance repair climb in December and January, when the winter residents are back and the kitchens are full, and drop in August and September. In season, call before 2 PM and the same-day slot is usually still there; in summer a next-morning visit is almost guaranteed.
What Wimauma customers describe
BBB Accredited, A+ rated, and more than 200 five-star reviews across major platforms. I don't write testimonials for this page — read them in customers' own words, with names, towns and my replies, on the reviews page.
What Wimauma customers describe is plain: the owner answered the phone and one of two people came out — me or Nick — the fault was explained in plain English, the price was in writing before any work started, and the refrigerator was cold again by dinner. When the honest answer is that the machine is not worth fixing, you will hear that too — and it won't cost you a dollar.
Towns next to Wimauma I also cover
Wimauma questions I get on the phone
How much does appliance repair cost in Wimauma, FL?
What is the 50/50 rule for appliances?
Is it worth it to fix an appliance, or should I replace it?
Is there a lemon law for appliances in Florida?
Can you come to Wimauma the same day?
Does well water really wreck an ice maker?
How do I choose a reliable appliance repair service in Wimauma?
Same-day appliance repair in Wimauma
Call or text (813) 522-0014, or book online. $69 diagnostic applied to your repair, written price before any work starts, and if I can’t fix it, you don’t pay.