Palencia — dishwashers and ice makers
North St. Augustine off US 1, inland of the Intracoastal. Salt is not the problem here — age, installation and storm season are.
Independent Viking service · St. Johns County, Florida
$80 diagnostic, credited to the repair
Parishes
Mobile Viking kitchen appliance service across St. Johns County and the coast, within 40 miles of St. Augustine.

| Area | ZIP | Communities | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palencia — dishwashers and ice makers | 32095 | Palencia | — |
| Davis Shores — storm-killed boards and salt air | 32080 | Davis Shores | Salt air |
| Marsh Creek — panelled doors and hinges | 32080 | Marsh Creek, Sea Colony | Salt air |
| Camachee Island — condensers and seized hardware | 32084 | Camachee Island | Salt air |
| World Golf Village — ice makers and control boards | 32092 | World Golf Village, King & Bear | — |
| SilverLeaf — hoods and makeup air | 32092 | SilverLeaf, Murabella | — |
North St. Augustine off US 1, inland of the Intracoastal. Salt is not the problem here — age, installation and storm season are.
The first neighbourhood over the Bridge of Lions. Filled island ground, salt air, and kitchens that were never drawn around a professional range.
Gated Anastasia Island addresses on A1A South, backed by tidal marsh. Purpose-built kitchens, and condensers that age in salt air.
A marina community north of the city on the Tolomato. The harshest air we work in, and the smallest kitchens outside downtown.
Golf-course housing west of I-95, well inland of the salt. Original built-in appliances now a long way into their second decade.
Newer 32092 construction west of I-95. Young appliances, so the faults are installation, ventilation and access rather than wear.
32084 · 32082 · 32080
Salt air corrodes condenser fins, door hinges and stainless trim faster than anything inland. On the coast the condenser cleaning interval is not annual.
Viking is a kitchen appliance manufacturer, and kitchen appliances are the whole of this trade: professional ranges and rangetops, wall and speed ovens, built-in refrigeration, wine storage, dishwashers, ventilation hoods and built-in outdoor grills.
We are not a heating or air-conditioning company. No furnaces, no air handlers, no heat pumps, no mini-splits and no conditioned-air ductwork — the only duct this bench works in is the extraction run above a kitchen hood.
The areas below are where the van goes for Viking kitchen equipment. They are not a service map for heating or air conditioning, which this bench does not work on anywhere in the county.
Kitchen appliances only — no heating, air conditioning or conditioned-air ductwork.
A band, not a single number: the firm figure is written down after the appliance has been opened and measured, and a range is what you can act on before that. Parts and labour together, fitted, for anywhere on this list.
| Repair | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic visit | $80 flat |
| Igniter or burner assembly | $210–$560 |
| Oven thermostat or heating element | $180–$610 |
| Control board or touch panel | $410–$980 |
| Refrigeration fan or defrost system | $240–$640 |
| Dishwasher pump or control | $240–$670 |
| Compressor or sealed-system repair | $970–$2,640 |
Flat $80 diagnostic covering the visit and the full diagnostic sequence, credited toward the repair once you approve the work.A written estimate comes before any part is ordered or any labour is billed. The whole published table. Worth fixing, or worth replacing.
The visit is a flat $80 diagnostic, credited toward the repair once you approve it. The repair itself lands in the bands published on this page — igniter or burner assembly $210–$560; oven thermostat or heating element $180–$610; control board or touch panel $410–$980; refrigeration fan or defrost system $240–$640; dishwasher pump or control $240–$670; compressor or sealed-system repair $970–$2,640 — so $80 to $2,640 covers the work described here, parts and labour together. The firm number is written down after the appliance has been measured, never before.
Because the same complaint has more than one cause, and the causes do not cost the same. A written estimate comes before any part is ordered or any labour is billed. If the measurement rules out the expensive end, you see that on the estimate before you decide anything.
No. Viking here is the kitchen appliance manufacturer, not a heating trade — the work is ranges and rangetops, ovens, built-in refrigeration, wine storage, dishwashers, hoods and built-in grills. Furnaces, air handlers, heat pumps and conditioned-air ducting are a different trade altogether, and we say so on the telephone rather than charge $80 to find out.
Flat $80 diagnostic, credited toward the repair when you approve the work. If you decide not to go ahead, the diagnostic stands on its own and you keep the written estimate, including what was measured and what was ruled out.
Ring the bench and describe the symptom. A question that cannot be answered on the telephone is a question that needs a meter on the appliance, and we would rather say so than sell a visit to find out.
One surface burner would spark on and on without ever catching. He measured the electrode gap, cleaned a clogged port and had it lighting in minutes, then went over the other burners while he had the top apart. Nothing needed replacing.
Sofia L.2026-07-21
The rotisserie motor had seized solid in the damp. He fitted a new one and lubricated the spit bearings. The work was fine, though I would have liked a clearer account of why the old one gave up so soon.
Wendy G.2026-06-01
Hood roared but pulled almost nothing. He measured airflow at the roof cap and found the backdraft damper stuck with grease and the screen half blocked. Cleaned both and the smoke clears properly now.
Rowan Q.2026-09-12
Flat $80 diagnostic, credited toward the repair when you approve the work. A written estimate comes before any part is ordered or any labour is billed.
90 days on labour, 365 days on parts, genuine OEM parts only. Calls placed after hours are returned the next working morning.