Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
Two of our 268 Arlington jobs are tagged as an ice maker or a freezer, and one of those two was a commercial machine — so on the face of it we have almost no local experience here. That is not true, and the reason is worth explaining before any price. We read the written description on every Arlington ticket, and found at least three further ice maker replacements sitting inside jobs that were never tagged as ice work at all: one at $385 recorded simply as ice maker replacement, one at $384.87 where the note reads that the ice maker had suffered mechanical damage, and one at $78 where we told the household the ice maker needed replacing and they stopped at the diagnosis.
In this district the ice work is real but it lives inside refrigerator and untagged tickets. We will not publish a local median off two invoices. Budget from the company figures: $415 for ice maker work across 2,091 repairs, $385 for freezers across 2,269.
Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
No ice, low ice, hollow or cloudy cubes, ice maker leaking, or a standalone freezer that has stopped freezing. Priority scheduling on anything with food in it, across 32225, 32277 and 32211.
Why the Tagged Number Is the Wrong Number
This is the clearest example in our Jacksonville book of why a job count needs reading rather than reporting. Across 268 Arlington jobs, 151 — that is 56.3 percent — record the work and the charge but never tag which appliance was involved. That is the highest share of unclassified work anywhere in our book.
When a page reports two ice maker jobs, it is reporting two tagged ice maker jobs, and in this district that is close to meaningless.
| Ticket | What the paperwork says | How it was tagged |
|---|---|---|
| $695.00 | Samsung, ice maker | Tagged ice maker · domestic |
| $403.00 | Commercial freezer | Tagged freezer · commercial, not a household machine |
| $385.00 | Ice maker replacement | Not tagged as ice work |
| $384.87 | Ice maker should be replaced, it has mechanical damage | Not tagged as ice work |
| $78.00 | Ice maker should be replaced — quote not taken up | Not tagged as ice work |
| $516.25 | Replacement of three water supply valves on a refrigerator | Tagged refrigerator · the water side of an ice system |
What Ice Maker and Freezer Repair Costs
Company-wide rows throughout, for the reason above. Each figure is the part, the labor and the service call together. Ice maker work is our most expensive appliance category on average, at a $415 median, largely because so much of it is water-line work behind and inside a cabinet rather than a simple swap.
| Repair | Median, full ticket | Source | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen fill tube cleared | $393 | Company-wide | 40 |
| Defrost heater or timer | $415 | Company-wide | 70 |
| Water inlet valve | $428 | Company-wide | 69 |
| Evaporator or condenser fan | $432 | Company-wide | 60 |
| Water filter replaced on the visit | $440 | Company-wide | 79 |
| Ice maker module | $449 | Company-wide | 57 |
| Control board | $488 | Company-wide | 32 |
| All ice maker jobs with a part replaced | $415 · middle half $340 to $512 | Company-wide | 2,091 |
| Freezer, defrost heater or timer | $364 | Company-wide | 203 |
| Freezer, door gasket | $389 | Company-wide | 77 |
| Freezer, thermostat or sensor | $390 | Company-wide | 81 |
| Freezer, compressor | $700 | Company-wide | 107 |
| All freezer jobs with a part replaced | $385 · middle half $302 to $500 | Company-wide | 2,269 |
Why Arlington Ice Makers Fail the Way They Do
This is the appliance where Arlington water matters most, and here we can give you the utility figure rather than an estimate. JEA draws from the Floridan aquifer about a thousand feet down, aerates it to strip the sulphur odour that groundwater carries, then chlorinates it.
There is no softening step anywhere in that process. JEA publishes the resulting hardness by ZIP code, and Arlington sits at the harder end of its own service territory: 32225 at 307 parts per million or 18 grains per gallon, 32211 at 297, and 32277 at 285 — all three classified Very Hard.
An ice maker is the appliance that handles the largest volume of that water through the narrowest passages: a fill tube perhaps six millimetres across, a solenoid valve that cycles many times a day, and a mould that freezes and thaws continuously.
The filter is the first thing to check and the most common thing we find FREE · SIXTY SECONDS
At 18 grains per gallon a refrigerator water filter has a harder life than the manual assumes, and a filter that is merely tight rather than fully seated behaves exactly like a blockage — reduced flow, small or hollow cubes, then no ice at all.
Push it in until it clicks and turns to its stop, then run several litres through the dispenser to purge the air. If the ice comes back, that was the whole fault.
Company-wide we have 79 jobs where replacing the water filter on the visit was part of the work, at a $440 median, and a share of those could have been a free reseat. Detail on when to change the water filter.
Water valve work turns up in Arlington more than anywhere nearby FIVE TICKETS ACROSS THE DISTRICT
Across our 268 Arlington jobs, five separate invoices name a water valve, and one of those replaced three water supply valves on a single refrigerator at $516.25. No other district on this side of the city shows more than two.
Five is too few for a statistical claim and we will not make one, but it is exactly consistent with what JEA prints: a solenoid opening and closing into 300 parts per million of dissolved calcium and magnesium is a wear part rather than a lifetime one.
The company median for that repair on an ice system is $428 across 69 jobs. A failing inlet valve is also the usual cause of an ice maker that leaks or overfills.
One household was quoted an ice maker and walked away at $99 AND THAT WAS REASONABLE
An Arlington ticket at $78 records that the ice maker needed replacing and the household went with a new machine. Another, at $384.87, records an ice maker with mechanical damage that was replaced. Both are honest outcomes.
An ice maker module at a $449 company median is a real sum against a refrigerator that otherwise works perfectly, and plenty of households decide that a bag of ice is cheaper. We would rather quote the number and let you decide than assume.
All ice work here is on refrigerators, not standalone machines NO DEDICATED ICE MACHINE IN 268 JOBS
Every domestic ice job we can identify in Arlington happened inside a refrigerator — the module, the fill tube, the valve, the filter. We have not been called to a dedicated under-counter or standalone ice machine in this district at all, and the only standalone unit in the book is the commercial freezer at $403.
That shapes what to expect from a visit: the technician is working inside a refrigerator cabinet, which is why the ice maker median of $415 sits above the general refrigerator median of $394. See the Arlington refrigerator page for the rest of that book.
Anything with food in it jumps the queue. Freezer calls take priority across 32225, 32277 and 32211. Book online or call (954) 902-6229.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Cause
- No ice at all, water dispenser still works — the ice maker module at $449, or the arm switched off. If the water side works, the supply is fine and the fault is in the maker itself. Company-wide, no ice at all is 348 repairs at a $420 median.
- No ice and no water — filter, then inlet valve at $428, then the supply line. Reseat the filter first; it is free. One Arlington refrigerator needed three water supply valves at $516.25.
- Small, hollow or cloudy cubes — restricted flow. Filter, a partly closed shut-off valve, or a fill tube starting to ice up. Clearing a frozen fill tube is $393 company-wide and is the cheapest thing on the ice table.
- Ice maker leaking, or a sheet of ice in the bottom of the freezer — usually the inlet valve failing to shut fully, or the fill tube misaligned. Company-wide ice maker leaking is 515 repairs at a $380 median.
- Freezer not freezing but the fridge is fine — defrost heater or timer at $364, evaporator fan at $396, or the thermostat at $390. Company-wide 488 repairs at a $377 median. See freezer frost buildup.
- Standalone freezer warm, compressor running constantly — sealed system, at a $700 company median across 107 jobs. On a chest or upright freezer more than about ten years old this is where replacement becomes a serious argument. See how long freezers last.
Where in Arlington We See This Work
The two tagged jobs are one in 32225 and one in 32211. The three untagged ice maker replacements are two in 32225 and one in 32211. That gives 32277 nothing at all on this page, which is a gap in our record rather than a claim about 32277 — it has 71 jobs on the book and 285 ppm water like everywhere else here.
On the name: the Postal Service lists all three ZIPs as Jacksonville and nothing else, with Jax as a name to avoid. Arlington is the district name, used by residents and by the City of Jacksonville, which runs Greater Arlington as one of six planning districts.
| ZIP | Ice and freezer work we can identify | Water hardness | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32225 Jacksonville | 1 tagged, 2 untagged ice maker replacements | 307 ppm · 18 grains | Very Hard |
| 32211 Jacksonville | 1 tagged (commercial freezer), 1 untagged | 297 ppm · 17 grains | Very Hard |
| 32277 Jacksonville | None identified | 285 ppm · 17 grains | Very Hard |
| Water source | Floridan aquifer, about 1,000 feet down, aerated then chlorinated. No softening step | JEA | |
Around Arlington
Ice and freezer work in the neighbouring districts is on its own pages, and several of them carry the same warning as this one. East over the Intracoastal are Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach. South is the University of North Florida area in 32224, where a single ice ticket ran to $931.
West across the river are Riverside, Avondale and Springfield and Northwest Jacksonville. Down the river are San Marco and San Jose, where we have never had a paid ice job at all, and Mandarin. In St. Johns County, Nocatee sits on the hardest water JEA publishes anywhere. The Arlington set starts at the Arlington appliance repair hub.
Repair or Replace
Ice makers and freezers pull in opposite directions here. An ice maker module at $449 is being weighed against a refrigerator that is otherwise perfectly good, so replacement is not really on the table — the honest alternative is living without built-in ice, which is what 37 percent of households quoted this work choose.
That is a legitimate decision and we will not push against it. A standalone freezer is the reverse: a chest or upright unit costs perhaps $400 to $900 new, so the $700 company median for a freezer compressor is genuinely close to a replacement, and on a unit over about ten years old we will usually say so ourselves.
Everything below the sealed system — defrost heater at $364, gasket at $389, thermostat at $390, fan at $396 — is comfortably worth doing. Framework: repair or replace guide and ice maker not making ice.
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Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Arlington — Questions We Get
How much does ice maker repair cost in Arlington, Jacksonville?
We will not quote a local median, because only two Arlington jobs carry the ice or freezer tag and one of those two was a commercial freezer. Budget from our company figures instead: $415 for ice maker work with a part replaced across 2,091 repairs, with a middle half of $340 to $512, and $385 for freezers across 2,269 repairs.
By component: clearing a frozen fill tube $393, defrost heater or timer $415, water inlet valve $428, ice maker module $449, control board $488. Each figure is parts, labor and the service call together.
You say two jobs but also that you have done more. Which is it?
Both, and the difference is tagging rather than work. Two of our 268 Arlington tickets carry an ice maker or freezer tag.
When we read the written descriptions on the rest, we found at least three more ice maker replacements inside jobs that were never tagged as ice work: one recorded simply as ice maker replacement at $385, one at $384.87 noting mechanical damage to the ice maker, and one at $78 where the household went with a new machine the replacement.
Overall, 151 of our 268 Arlington tickets never record which appliance was involved at all — the highest share in our Jacksonville book — so tagged counts here are floors, not totals.
Why does hard water matter so much for an ice maker?
Because the ice maker handles a large volume of water through the narrowest passages in the appliance: a fill tube a few millimetres across, a solenoid valve cycling many times a day, and a mould that freezes and thaws continuously.
JEA publishes hardness by ZIP and Arlington reads 307 parts per million or 18 grains per gallon in 32225, 297 in 32211 and 285 in 32277, all classified Very Hard, with no softening step anywhere in JEA treatment.
The practical result is that filters and fill tubes need attention sooner than the manual suggests, and inlet valves are a wear item. Across our Arlington book five separate invoices name a water valve, more than any neighbouring district.
My ice cubes are small and hollow. What causes that?
Restricted water flow, almost every time — the mould is not filling completely before the harvest cycle runs. Work through it in this order, and the first three are free. Reseat the water filter until it clicks and turns to its stop, then run several litres through.
Check the shut-off valve on the supply line under the sink or behind the machine is fully open. Put a thermometer in the freezer, because below about 10°F the cycle slows. If all three are right, the fill tube is starting to ice up, which we clear at a company median of $393, or the inlet valve is failing, at $428.
Do you repair commercial ice machines and freezers in Arlington?
Yes. One of our two tagged jobs in this district was a commercial freezer at $403. We flag it on this page for a specific reason: a commercial machine sitting inside a two-job sample would distort any local median we published, so we have not published one.
Commercial equipment is a different job — different duty cycle, different parts, different access — and if that is what you have, tell us when you book so the visit is scheduled with enough time and the right expectations.
Is it worth replacing an ice maker module?
That is genuinely your call and we will not lean on it. At a company median of $449 you are spending real money on a refrigerator that otherwise works, and the alternative is not a new refrigerator — it is a bag of ice. Company-wide that quote splits close to even, and one Arlington household did exactly that at the $99 diagnostic.
What we will not do is let you approve it without knowing the number first. If the fault turns out to be the filter, the fill tube or the freezer temperature instead, those are much cheaper or free, which is why the checks on this page come before the booking button.
My standalone freezer has stopped freezing. Repair or replace?
It depends entirely on whether the sealed system is involved. If it is the defrost heater at $364, the door gasket at $389, the thermostat at $390 or the evaporator fan at $396, repair wins comfortably against a replacement chest or upright at roughly $400 to $900.
If it is the compressor, our company median is $700 across 107 jobs, which is close enough to a new freezer that on a unit over about ten years old we will usually tell you to replace it. Either way we diagnose first and give you the total before anything is ordered. Freezer calls take priority in our schedule because food loss runs on a clock.
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Priority scheduling on anything holding food, across 32225, 32277 and 32211. $99 diagnostic applied to the repair, 90-day parts and labor warranty, and honest company figures where our local sample is too thin to quote.