Wolf · Chicago, IL
Cooktop & Rangetop Repair
Sealed-burner rangetops, gas cooktops and induction tops — spark modules, burner heads and orifices, valve stems that have gone stiff, and glass tops where a zone has stopped responding.
How it gets described on the phone
- Flame burns yellow and tipped instead of a tight blue cone, and the pans are picking up soot
- Sparking carries on clicking across every burner long after one of them has lit
- Induction zone drops out as soon as a full stockpot goes on it
- Knob turns but the valve behind it feels gritty and will not settle on a setting
What gets measured on the visit
- Every electrode sparked in turn, with the module output checked if none of them fire
- Burner heads and caps lifted, cleaned and reseated before any part is called failed
- Orifice sizing confirmed against the fuel the appliance is actually connected to
- Flame shape and colour at high and at the lowest simmer, and how quickly it recovers
- Valve stems worked through their full travel for grit, drag and detent feel
Two things account for most cooktop calls and neither is a part: a cap sitting a hair out of position, and an orifice set for the wrong fuel after an appliance was moved between properties. Both produce dramatic symptoms — endless clicking, a yellow tipped flame, a simmer that will not hold — and both are checked before a component is ordered, because ordering first is how a fifteen-minute job becomes two visits.
What it tends to come to
Bands, not quotes
Flat $89 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it.
- Igniter or spark module$190 – $470
- Burner valve or orifice service$260 – $550
- Oven thermostat or sensor calibration$210 – $440
- Convection fan or motor$280 – $600
- Control board or touch panel$430 – $930
- Door hinge, glass or seal$260 – $700
These are the ranges these repairs land in, parts and labour together. The number that matters is the one you are given on the visit, after the readings and before anything is ordered — and you can say no to it. For scale, $8,260 – $18,840 is a comparable professional range, before installation and ventilation work.
What people say afterwards
4.9 out of 5 · 1188 reviews
It clicked away to itself all night with everything switched off. Moisture in a switch behind a knob after a big cleanup. He dried and replaced it and the house has been quiet since.
Stefan H. · Portage Park
Griddle was hot at one end and lukewarm at the other, so nothing cooked evenly. Sensor had drifted and the plate was sitting on a warped support. He corrected both and checked it with a probe.
Renata O. · Logan Square
One position lit and then died the second the knob came back. Thermocouple, replaced, and he checked the flame sensing on the rest of them before he would call the visit finished.
Juniper A. · Logan Square
Kept cutting out partway through cooking and throwing an error at me. The cooling fan below was packed with dust in a very tight cabinet. Cleaned, vents opened up, and it runs a full meal now.
Fergus Y. · Wicker Park
Half the surface had gone dead and I had already been quoted for new glass. It was the board serving that side. He proved it with a meter first, then replaced only what had failed.
Osvaldo M. · Wicker Park
A spill had run under the panel years ago and one knob had seized solid. He took the valve out, cleaned and regreased it, and it turns as smoothly as the others do now.
Perpetua L. · North Center
Tell us what it is doing, not what you think it is
The symptom is enough to start with. Dispatch takes the model, the fault and the address, and books the window it can actually keep.
$89 service call, credited against the repair · On site 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days
