Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Oakleaf, FL
This is the thinnest page in our Clay County coverage and we would rather open with that than bury it. We have two freezer and ice maker jobs inside ZIP 32065. One of them was a commercial ice machine, which is a different class of equipment on a different price list.
Neither needed a part. So there is no honest local figure here at all — plan on the company medians of $385 for a freezer repair with a part replaced across 2,269 jobs, and $415 for an ice maker across 2,091.
What Oakleaf does have is real water and ice work, and it arrived on refrigerator invoices: one machine needed a water inlet valve with its flow meter at $448, and another visit repaired a refrigerator ice dispenser drawer.
Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Oakleaf, FL 32065
Freezer and ice maker calls get the same priority as refrigerators, because food loss is on the clock. One price across ZIP 32065, no travel surcharge.
What Freezer and Ice Maker Repair Costs, by Component
Two appliances, two columns, because they are genuinely different repairs with different economics. A freezer is a cooling appliance — defrost circuit, fans, gaskets, sensors, and at the far end a compressor. An ice maker is a water appliance bolted into a cold box — fill tube, inlet valve, filter, harvest module.
The prices reflect that: the cheapest common freezer repair is $364 and the cheapest common ice maker repair is $393, and the ice maker median sits $30 above the freezer median. All of these are company-wide, because our local sample is two jobs and neither of them involved a part. Every figure is the part, the labour and the service call together.
| Repair | Median, full ticket | Appliance | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defrost heater or timer | $364 | Freezer | 203 |
| Door gasket | $389 | Freezer | 77 |
| Thermostat or sensor | $390 | Freezer | 81 |
| Frozen fill tube cleared | $393 | Ice maker | 40 |
| Evaporator or condenser fan | $396 | Freezer | 135 |
| Defrost heater or timer | $415 | Ice maker | 70 |
| Water inlet valve | $428 | Ice maker | 69 |
| Water filter replaced on the visit | $440 | Ice maker | 79 |
| Ice maker module or assembly | $449 | Ice maker | 57 |
| Control board | $488 | Ice maker | 32 |
| Control board | $494 | Freezer | 51 |
| Compressor | $700 | Freezer | 107 |
| All freezer jobs with a part replaced | $385 | Freezer | 2,269 |
| All ice maker jobs with a part replaced | $415 | Ice maker | 2,091 |
| Oakleaf 32065 | no local figure · zero residential component jobs | 0 | |
Both of Our Local Jobs, and Why Neither Sets a Price
Two jobs is small enough to simply list. The first, in July 2026, was tagged as a commercial ice machine and finished at $150 on the visit. The second, in March 2025, was a freezer visit that ended at $99.
The commercial one matters and this is the sort of thing that quietly corrupts local price pages elsewhere. Commercial ice equipment — undercounter and modular machines in offices, clinics, restaurants and short-term rentals — is a different class of machine with different components, different access and a different price list from the ice maker in your kitchen refrigerator.
Averaging one into a residential sample of two would produce a number that describes nothing. We have hit this before in this metro: on one nearby cluster both ice jobs in the local book turned out to be commercial Hoshizaki and Imperial machines, and publishing a local ice maker price there would have been actively misleading.
If your machine is a commercial or built-in modular unit rather than the ice maker inside a domestic refrigerator, tell us when you book. We will say plainly whether it is something we take on and what the visit costs before anybody is dispatched.
The Ice Work Oakleaf Actually Has
A thin freezer page does not mean nobody in 32065 loses their ice. It means the ice work here is written on refrigerator invoices instead, which is what you would expect in family housing built from 2002 onward — French-door and side-by-side refrigerators with the ice maker and dispenser built into the door, not standalone machines.
In our Oakleaf refrigerator book: one job replaced a water inlet valve together with its flow meter at $448, another visit was logged as a refrigerator ice dispenser drawer repair at $310 alongside other work, and a third was a freezer compartment cleaning at $99.
So if your ice problem is in a refrigerator — which in this ZIP is the common case — the page you want is the Oakleaf refrigerator page, where the local median stands on 16 component jobs at $405.
Most freezer calls come down to airflow and temperature WORTH CHECKING FIRST
Company-wide, 56.1 percent of paid freezer visits end with a part fitted needed — the highest of any category — and ice makers are 37.0 percent. Both sit above our all-appliance average of 36.9 percent.
The reason is that so many complaints here are not component failures: a door left slightly ajar, a fill tube frozen because water pressure dipped, a filter nobody has changed in three years, or a cabinet packed so full that air cannot circulate.
Both of our Oakleaf jobs in this category were settled on the visit, which is a sample of two but entirely in character.
A frozen fill tube is the cheapest fault and looks like the worst one $393 · 40 JOBS
The fill tube is the short plastic pipe delivering water into the ice mould. If the freezer runs a little too cold, or water pressure drops mid-fill, water sits in that tube and freezes into a plug. The symptom is absolute — no ice at all — which is exactly what a dead harvest module at $449 or a failed inlet valve at $428 looks like from the outside.
They are indistinguishable without opening the machine, and that is why we will not diagnose a no-ice call over the phone. The good news is that the cheapest of the three is also common.
Defrost is the biggest freezer repair and the cheapest one $364 · 203 JOBS
203 defrost heater and timer replacements make this our largest freezer component job, and at $364 it is also the least expensive line in the freezer column. The mechanism is the same one driving refrigerator work across north Florida: every door opening admits humid air, which condenses on the evaporator coil and freezes.
A working defrost cycle melts it off. When the heater or timer fails, frost builds until air cannot move through the coil, and the cabinet warms while the coil itself is buried in ice.
The garage freezer is doing far more work than you think AMBIENT LOAD
A chest or upright freezer in an unconditioned garage in north Florida spends the summer holding zero degrees against ambient temperatures in the nineties. A compressor and condenser fan that cope easily in a kitchen run long cycles out there, and a marginal component that would have limped on for another two years fails in July instead.
This is physics rather than a pattern in our Oakleaf numbers, and we mark the difference deliberately — with two local jobs we have nothing seasonal to publish. Practical version: if the garage freezer sounded different in April, do not count on it lasting through August.
Freezer compressor work is $700 and the honest conversation about a fifteen-year-old chest freezer is a short one.
Ice trouble in Oakleaf usually arrives inside a refrigerator. If yours is a French-door or side-by-side, the local median on that page is $405 across 16 component jobs. Book online or call (954) 902-6229.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Cause
- No ice at all — the arm or switch left off, a frozen fill tube at $393, the water inlet valve at $428, or the harvest module at $449. Check the switch first; it is free and it is the most common cause of this exact call.
- Ice arriving slowly, or small hollow cubes — restricted water flow: a clogged filter at $440 if replaced on the visit, a partly frozen fill tube, or a valve not opening fully. See when to change the water filter.
- Ice tastes or smells wrong — almost always the filter or a bin nobody has emptied in months, not a failed part. In water aerated to strip sulphur odour, an old filter is working harder than you think.
- Freezer not holding temperature, frost on the back wall — defrost heater or timer at $364, evaporator fan at $396, or a door gasket at $389 letting humid air in. The defrost circuit is the biggest freezer repair by a wide margin.
- Freezer running constantly, cabinet warm, coils hot — condenser fan, blocked coils, or the sealed system. Clear the coils yourself first; in this climate a dust-packed coil mimics a failing compressor exactly.
- Water pooling under the unit or inside the bottom of the cabinet — a blocked defrost drain rather than a burst pipe. Cheap when it is the drain, and it is the drain more often than people expect.
Where in Oakleaf We See This Work
Both local jobs sit in ZIP 32065, and like every one of our 141 work orders in this postcode they are written Orange Park — the only city name the Postal Service accepts here, despite the Census counting 31,034 people as Oakleaf Plantation and Clay County Utility Authority naming Oakleaf Plantation directly in its own 2024 water report.
Which page you want follows your ZIP: 32065 is this one, and 32073 — the incorporated town of Orange Park four miles south-east — has its own separate cluster including ice maker repair in Orange Park. That cluster is no thicker on this appliance than ours: three freezer and ice maker jobs, none with a part.
One price across the whole of 32065, no travel surcharge, and freezer calls get the same priority as refrigerators. Coverage detail on the Oakleaf appliance repair hub.
On the water that feeds every ice maker in the ZIP, we publish only what the utility publishes. CCUA states in its 2024 annual water quality report that all its water is Floridan Aquifer groundwater, that the Orange Park Grid serving Oakleaf Plantation is aerated for odour removal, and that the water is then chlorinated.
Aeration for odour removal is how a utility strips hydrogen sulphide. There is no softening step and no hardness figure in that report, so nobody can honestly quote you grains per gallon for this postcode. What follows practically is simple: change the filter on schedule, because in this water an old filter affects taste sooner than it would on a softened supply.
Repair or Replace, in Company Numbers
This is the one category where replacement genuinely competes and we are not going to pretend otherwise. A freezer repair with a part runs $385 and an ice maker repair $415, against roughly $500 to $900 for a new upright or chest freezer installed and considerably less for a countertop ice machine.
So on a standalone freezer past about twelve years, or on any freezer needing compressor work at $700, replacement is often the better buy — and company-wide On a freezer we put the repair total next to the price of a comparable new unit, so the arithmetic is yours to make.
Where repair wins clearly is the ice system inside a refrigerator or a built-in unit, because there replacement means replacing the whole appliance or matching a cabinet opening. Framework: repair or replace guide, lifespans in how long refrigerators last.
Discounts Applied Automatically
Priority Membership
$179 a year — five diagnostics, priority slots
- Five free diagnostic visits a year, a $495 value
- Priority scheduling with 24 to 48 hour response
- $30 off labor on every repair
- Extended warranty on all Bozmanfix work
What Customers Say About Our Ice Maker and Freezer Work
“Dmitrii came on time the very next day he was scheduled. He diagnosed the problem and we authorized him to order the part to repair our water and ice dispenser on the refrigerator.”
“Our water filter had been broken for more than 6 months and we are grateful that it is working again. He came Tuesday to look at the problem, diagnosed it, ordered the parts, and came Friday to finish the job.”
“Knowledgeable, timely, and fixed the ice maker issue. Would call again.”
“Dimitri was super fast, knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend his service.”
Ice Maker and Freezer Repair in Oakleaf — Questions We Get
How much does ice maker or freezer repair cost in Oakleaf, FL?
We will not quote a local figure, because we have two jobs in this category in ZIP 32065, one of them a commercial ice machine, and neither needed a part. Plan on the company medians: $385 for a freezer repair with a part replaced across 2,269 jobs, and $415 for an ice maker across 2,091.
By component: freezer defrost circuit $364, freezer gasket $389, freezer sensor $390, frozen fill tube cleared $393, freezer fan $396, ice maker defrost $415, water inlet valve $428, filter replaced on the visit $440, ice maker module $449, control board $488 to $494, freezer compressor $700.
Why does a commercial machine in the sample matter?
Because commercial ice equipment is a different class of machine with different components, different access and a different price list from the ice maker in a kitchen refrigerator. Averaging one commercial job into a residential sample of two produces a number that describes nothing real.
We have seen exactly this trap nearby: on one cluster in this metro both ice jobs in the local book turned out to be commercial Hoshizaki and Imperial machines, and publishing a local ice maker price from them would have been misleading. If your unit is commercial or a built-in modular machine, say so at booking.
My refrigerator stopped making ice. Which page do I want?
The Oakleaf refrigerator page, because in this ZIP that is where the ice work actually happens and where our local median stands on 16 component jobs at $405. Our Oakleaf refrigerator book includes a water inlet valve replaced with its flow meter at $448 and a refrigerator ice dispenser drawer repair.
This page is the right one for a standalone chest or upright freezer, or a separate ice machine. Either way, check the ice maker arm or switch before booking — a switch left off is the most common cause of a no-ice call.
What does the $99 diagnostic cover?
The technician tests the appliance, identifies the fault, and gives you a firm total before any work starts. When a part is needed the $99 comes off the repair, and every completed repair carries a 90-day parts and labor warranty.
When the fix turns out to be a setting, a filter or something that can safely wait, you pay the diagnostic only and get told exactly what to watch for. Either way you know the number before anything is spent.
Is the water in Oakleaf bad for an ice maker?
Here is what the utility publishes and nothing more. Clay County Utility Authority serves Oakleaf Plantation through its Orange Park Grid and states in its 2024 annual water quality report that all its water is Floridan Aquifer groundwater, aerated for odour removal and then chlorinated.
Aeration for odour removal is how a utility strips hydrogen sulphide, the sulphur smell associated with north Florida groundwater. There is no softening step and no hardness figure in the report, so nobody can quote you grains per gallon for this ZIP from a municipal source. Practically: change the filter on schedule.
Is a freezer compressor worth replacing?
Often not, and we say so at the door rather than after. Freezer compressor work runs a company median of $700 across 107 repairs, against roughly $500 to $900 for a new upright or chest freezer installed. On a machine past about twelve years we put the repair total next to the price of a comparable new unit, so the arithmetic is yours to make.
Where the arithmetic flips is a built-in unit or the sealed system inside a refrigerator, because there the replacement is the whole appliance rather than a standalone box.
Why does my garage freezer struggle in summer?
Because it is holding zero degrees against ambient temperatures in the nineties, so the compressor and condenser fan run far longer cycles than the same machine would in a kitchen, and a component that is already marginal fails under that load instead of limping on.
That is physics rather than a pattern in our Oakleaf data, and we mark the difference deliberately — with two local jobs in this category we have nothing seasonal worth publishing for this ZIP. Practical version: if the garage freezer sounded different in April, do not count on it lasting through August.
Do you cover the whole of 32065 for this?
Yes, one price across the whole ZIP with no travel surcharge. Freezer and ice maker calls get the same priority as refrigerator calls, because food loss is on the clock and a full freezer is the most expensive thing in this category to lose.
If your ZIP is 32073 rather than 32065 you want the separate Orange Park cluster instead — that one is no thicker on this appliance than ours, with three jobs and none needing a part.
Appliance Repair Services in Oakleaf, FL
Five more service pages for ZIP 32065, each built on the local jobs behind it.
Appliance Repair in Oakleaf — cluster hub, all of 32065 Serving Oakleaf, FL and the wider Jacksonville area → View our full service areaBook Ice Maker or Freezer Repair in Oakleaf, FL
Two local jobs in this category and honest company numbers for the rest. $99 diagnostic applied to the repair, 90-day parts and labor warranty, priority scheduling because food loss is on the clock.