Appliance Repair in Buford, GA
Across Buford, GA, Bozmanfix invoices with a replaced part have a $350 median, and the middle half of them falls from $288 to $412. Seven in ten of them stayed under $400. Behind the figures sit 353 jobs at Buford addresses across 282 households since January 2023.
On refrigerators that median is the one number on this page you should not lean on. Our Buford refrigerator work splits into two separate groups with almost nothing between them, and the median of the whole set describes only the lower one.
Book a Buford Appliance Repair Visit
Refrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher, oven, freezer and ice maker, on both sides of the Gwinnett and Hall county line. One rate card across both Buford ZIP codes, and a firm price after the diagnosis and before any work starts.
Two Kinds of Refrigerator Repair, and Almost Nothing In Between
Here is every Buford refrigerator repair with a part replaced that our method counts, recomputed on our October 2026 records and grouped by price.
| Group | Repairs | Range | Median of the group | What the line items say |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The ordinary repair | 16 | $208 to $539 | $382 | Evaporator fan, damper diffuser, defrost part, support heating element, ice maker |
| One combined ticket | 1 | $710 | $710 | A refrigerator and a dishwasher repaired on the same visit |
| The major repair | 5 | $780 to $1,455 | $1,130 | The itemized ones are a sealed-system repair and a compressor |
Freezer cold and fridge warm points at airflow or defrost, and the itemized fan, damper and defrost repairs we have done here all sit in the lower group. Both compartments warming together, with the compressor running and the cabinet failing to pull down, points at the sealed system, and the itemized sealed-system and compressor jobs sit in the upper group. On a Buford refrigerator the useful question is not how much but which of the two, so tell us what you see when you book. Background: refrigerator not cooling and signs of a bad compressor.
What Appliance Repair Actually Costs in Buford
| Appliance | Buford median with a part | Buford middle half | Georgia median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oven and range | $394, small sample | $350 to $448 | $368 |
| Washer | $369, small sample | $297 to $403 | $378 |
| Dishwasher | $367, small sample | $314 to $385 | $343 |
| Refrigerator | see the two groups above | $208 to $539, or $780 and up | $412 |
| Dryer | company-wide $355 | $295 to $440, company-wide | $354 |
| Freezer and ice maker | company-wide $385 and $417 | $304 to $505 and $341 to $517, company-wide | $385 |
The dryer, freezer and ice maker rows come from our whole book, as the local sample for those three is too thin to price. The Georgia column is the Bozmanfix statewide median, with freezers and ice makers taken together. Every figure is the full ticket, part, labor and the service call in one number, on jobs where something was replaced, with commercial accounts and any customer billed $1,500 or more kept out.
Why Buford Behaves This Way
Buford was incorporated on 24 August 1872 and now spans the Gwinnett and Hall county line, with most of the city in Gwinnett. At the 2020 census it held 17,144 residents, 6,085 housing units and 5,684 households. It runs its own school district, and the city itself supplies water, sewer, natural gas and electric service, which shows up on the oven and dryer pages more than on this one.
The refrigerator gap, stated without guessing 16 BELOW, 5 ABOVE
The southern end of Lake Sidney Lanier and the Lake Lanier Islands sit inside Buford, and Interstates 85 and 985 run through it. Our records do not say which kind of house each refrigerator sat in, so we do not use the lake to explain the gap.
What the records do say is this. The jobs in the lower group that carry a line item are ordinary faults: evaporator fan, damper diffuser, defrost, a support heating element, an ice maker. In the upper group two carry a line item or a technician note, a sealed-system repair and a compressor, and the other three are recorded only as diagnostic call-outs, so we can tell you what they cost but not what was inside them. Three more Buford cooling-failure invoices, each above $1,500, sit outside the table because our method drops any customer billed $1,500 or more.
The shape needs no inference: one shared ticket between $539 and $780 in close to four years of work here, and a single median across both groups hides the upper one.
A Buford postmark covers far more than the city 110,757 PEOPLE, 17,144 RESIDENTS
The two postal areas that deliver as Buford cover 73.82 square miles of land and counted 110,757 people at the 2020 census, against 17,144 residents inside the city. That is more than six times the city’s population. Many addresses we visit with a Buford postmark are in unincorporated Gwinnett or Hall County rather than inside the city limits.
Two consequences worth knowing. The Mall of Georgia uses a Buford mailing address while sitting outside the official city limits. And one of the two postal areas, 30518, is also delivered as Sugar Hill and Rest Haven. Jobs we filed under a Sugar Hill address in 30518 stay out of every figure on this page; they belong to the Sugar Hill page.
If your mail says Buford or Sugar Hill, you are on the same rate card.
Whirlpool leads and the premium brands stay rare WHIRLPOOL 44 OF 157 BRANDED JOBS
Across 157 Buford jobs tagged with a brand the order runs Whirlpool 44, Samsung 36, GE 27, Maytag 21, Frigidaire 13, LG 6, Bosch 3, Kenmore and KitchenAid 2 each, and one each of JennAir, Electrolux and Amana. Whirlpool alone is 28 percent, which is a mainstream, mass-market profile rather than a luxury one.
Whirlpool, Samsung and GE together account for 107 of the 157 branded jobs. As always this counts how many times we are called to a brand, not how reliable it is, and most reliable appliance brands is the page for that question.
Close to four years on the books, and no seasonal claim to make 353 JOBS, 282 HOUSEHOLDS
Our first Buford job is dated 28 January 2023, and 82 of the 353 came in during the last twelve months.
We do not publish a busy season for Buford: the calls for any one appliance in a year are too few to separate a seasonal pattern from ordinary scatter. Where the appliance pages mention a season, the figure is company-wide and labeled that way.
Name the appliance and the symptom when you call, and the technician arrives knowing what to look at first. Book online or call (470) 777-7697.
Do We Cover Your Address?
Two postal areas carry Buford mail, and both are on the same rate card. One of them also delivers under two other names. They are 30518 and 30519.
| Postal area | People, 2020 census | Buford jobs | Households | Last 12 months | Also delivered as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The area shared with Sugar Hill | 56,149 | 132 | 104 | 29 | Sugar Hill, Rest Haven |
| The Buford-only area | 54,608 | 221 | 179 | 53 | none |
The two are near-identical in population and nothing like each other in our Buford workload: 30519 produces 221 jobs against 132, and 53 of the last twelve months against 29. The shared postmark is part of the picture: many 30518 households have Sugar Hill addresses, and jobs at those addresses are counted on the Sugar Hill page rather than here.
On jobs with a part, the 30518 median is $344 with a middle half of $294 to $405, and the 30519 median is $360 with a middle half of $286 to $415. Across both ZIP codes the visit costs the same: a $99 diagnostic that comes off an approved repair, then 90 days of cover on parts and labor.
Around Buford
Buford sits at the northern end of our Gwinnett coverage. Every Georgia city we cover is listed on our Georgia service area, and the metro-level pricing frame is in what appliance repair costs in Atlanta. North up the lake is Gainesville, the Hall County seat, and between the two sits Flowery Branch. East along Interstate 85 is Braselton. We share postal code 30518 with Sugar Hill, which has its own page and its own figures.
South down Interstate 985 and GA-20 is Lawrenceville, south-west down Interstate 85 Suwanee, west of it Duluth on the Chattahoochee, and below it Snellville and Loganville. East across the county line are Winder and, beyond it, Athens in Clarke County.
Nearby: Appliance repair in Dacula, GA and Appliance repair in Jefferson, GA.
Already know what failed? Each appliance now has its own Buford page: refrigerator repair in Buford expands on the two groups described above, and there are separate Buford pages for dishwashers, washers, dryers, ovens and ranges and ice makers and freezers. Metro Atlanta component pricing, including cooktop repair, sits on the metro pages listed at the foot of this page.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Cause
- Fresh-food side warming while the freezer still holds: on a refrigerator this points at the lower group in the table above. Evaporator or condenser fan $423 company-wide, defrost heater or timer $396, thermostat or sensor $376. See refrigerator not cooling and the correct refrigerator temperature.
- Both compartments warming, compressor running without stopping: this points at the upper group, where the compressor runs about $846 company-wide. Tell us the make and model when you book. See signs of a bad compressor.
- Dishwasher leaving standing water or stopping part-way: on a dishwasher the drain pump is a $358 company-wide repair and the circulation motor $377. Buford dishwashers sit at $367 with a part, half between $314 and $385, on a small sample. See a dishwasher that will not drain.
- Washer refusing to spin out, or walking during the cycle: on a washer suspension runs $370 company-wide, drain pump $383, door lock or lid switch $359, belt $342. Buford washers sit at $369 with half between $297 and $403, on a small sample. See washing machine out of balance.
- Oven overshooting or undershooting the dial: on an oven or range the thermostat runs $422 company-wide and the control board $454. Tell us how far off it runs when you book. See gas burner will not light.
- Dryer running its full cycle on a damp load: on a dryer the heating element runs $367 company-wide, the thermostat $349, the belt $322, and a cleared vent $357. Mention whether the drum still turns; that splits the list before we arrive. See dryer not heating.
- Ice maker gone quiet while the water dispenser still runs: on an ice maker the supply reaches the door, so the module ($451), the fill tube ($432) or the filter come next. Saying which of the two still works saves a step. See ice maker not making ice.
Repair or Replace, on the Buford Numbers
On washers, dishwashers, dryers and ovens the Bozmanfix company-wide medians with a part run from $340 for dishwashers to $385 for ovens and ranges, and the Buford figures we print sit between $367 and $394. Set that against the replacement you would buy and the age of the current machine.
The refrigerator is where this city splits. In the lower group, a fan, damper or defrost fault at $208 to $539, weigh the repair against the price of a new refrigerator of the same size. In the upper group, five jobs at $780 to $1,455 sit next to a Bozmanfix company-wide compressor median of about $846, and that is the figure to weigh instead. On any refrigerator you get the number after the diagnosis and before anything is ordered, and the $99 diagnostic comes off it if you go ahead.
The method is in the repair or replace guide, the lifespan side of it in how long refrigerators last, and part prices across our whole book in appliance repair parts cost.
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Appliance Repair in Buford: Questions We Get
How much does appliance repair cost in Buford, GA?
The median is $350 once a part is actually replaced, part and labor and the service call in one number, and the middle half of those invoices runs from $288 to $412. Seven in ten came in under $400. Ovens and ranges come to $394 here, washers $369 and dishwashers $367, each a median with a part on a small sample. Refrigerators do not have a single useful median here, for the reason set out below. For dryers, freezers and ice makers we quote the Bozmanfix company-wide figures, $355, $385 and $417.
Why will you not give one price for a refrigerator repair in Buford?
Because the Bozmanfix record here has a hole in it. Sixteen Buford refrigerator repairs with a part came in between $208 and $539 and five between $780 and $1,455. The only invoice between $539 and $780 is a $710 ticket that covered a refrigerator and a dishwasher on the same visit. The median of all twenty-two is $424, inside the lower group, so it hides the upper one. The lower group, where it is itemized, is ordinary faults: fan, damper, defrost, heating element, ice maker. In the upper group the two itemized jobs are a sealed-system repair and a compressor, and the other three are recorded only as diagnostic call-outs.
How do I know which of the two my refrigerator is?
Check the freezer. If the freezer is still holding temperature while the fresh-food side goes warm, the fault points at airflow or defrost, such as a fan, a damper or a defrost heater, and the itemized jobs of that kind in Buford all sat in the lower group. If both compartments are drifting warm together and the compressor runs without stopping, that points at the sealed system and the upper group. Tell us which one you are seeing when you book, along with the make and model, and the technician arrives knowing what the job may be.
Do you cover Sugar Hill addresses too?
Yes, at the same price. Postal area 30518 delivers as Buford and also as Sugar Hill and Rest Haven. Jobs at Sugar Hill addresses are counted on the Sugar Hill page and kept out of the figures here. Coverage, rate card and warranty are identical either way.
Do you work outside the Buford city limits?
Yes, and much of our Buford work is outside them. The city counted 17,144 residents at the 2020 census, while the two postal areas cover 73.82 square miles of land and counted 110,757 people at the same census. The Mall of Georgia is the well-known example: it carries a Buford mailing address and sits outside the official city limits.
Where does Buford water come from, and does it matter?
The City of Buford draws its water from Lake Sidney Lanier and buys a small portion from the Gwinnett County water plant. The Buford Waterworks opened in 1934 to filter 500,000 gallons a day, was rated to two million gallons a day in 1994, and a membrane ultrafiltration plant opened in early 2024. The city’s 2025 water quality report does not list a hardness figure, so we do not publish one or tie any repair to it. With a dispenser or ice maker in the door, the date of the last filter swap is a useful thing to pass on.
What have you actually repaired in Buford?
Since January 2023 we have logged 353 Buford jobs for 282 households, and 82 of those jobs fell in the last twelve months. Across 157 jobs tagged with a brand the order is Whirlpool 44, Samsung 36, GE 27, Maytag 21, Frigidaire 13 and LG 6. We publish no busiest season for Buford; the appliance pages quote company-wide seasonal figures only, and say so.
Buford Appliance Pages
One page for each appliance in Buford, with local, Georgia and company-wide figures side by side.
Appliance Repair Services Across Metro Atlanta
Buford sits at the top of our Gwinnett coverage. These metro pages hold the part-by-part pricing for the whole region.
The full Georgia map: which cities we cover and what each one costs How Buford compares with the metro as a wholeBook Appliance Repair in Buford
353 Bozmanfix jobs behind the figures on this page, 82 of them in the last twelve months. You pay $99 for the diagnosis, it comes off the bill when you approve the repair, and our parts and labor stay under warranty for 90 days.