Wolf · Chicago, IL
Range Repair
Dual-fuel and all-gas professional ranges taken as one appliance rather than two: burner and griddle behaviour on the top, ignition and gas pressure underneath, and the oven cavity below it all diagnosed on the same visit.
How it gets described on the phone
- One burner turns over and over on the spark and never catches, while the rest light on the first click
- Simmer setting either goes out entirely or jumps back up to a working flame
- Griddle plate browns hard at one end and stays pale at the other
- Cooktop lights normally but the oven side stayed dead after the power blinked
What gets measured on the visit
- Manifold pressure read at the regulator with the oven and two burners running together, not at rest
- Spark at every electrode, and the burner caps checked for seating before anything is condemned
- Simmer held at the lowest setting for long enough to see whether it actually stays lit
- Griddle surface temperature swept end to end against its setpoint
- Oven cavity probed through a full preheat and hold while the cooktop is under load
Taking the top and the oven as one appliance is the point of this page. The two share a gas train and, on most dual-fuel builds, a control board, so a fault that looks like two separate problems is frequently one. Running them together during the diagnosis is the only way that shows up — test them one at a time and a marginal supply looks perfectly healthy.
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 · 846 reviews
Turning any knob set every position sparking at once. He explained the module handles all of them together, swapped it, then ran each burner in turn with me standing there to confirm.
Sabine T. · North Center
The low setting had disappeared and everything was scorching. He set a manometer on it, found the pressure off after work the gas company had done on the block, and adjusted it back.
Emmett R. · Wicker Park
Flames were tipping yellow and leaving black marks on the copper pans. Orifices had partly clogged in a kitchen that gets heavy use. Cleaned properly, air shutters set, colour is blue again.
Nathaniel P. · Wicker Park
A burner that ticked forever and only caught if you held the knob at exactly the wrong angle. Electrode had cracked at the ceramic. He carried a replacement and it lights instantly now.
Halina J. · Logan Square
The French top had cold patches towards the edge and would not come up in a sensible time. He found the burner beneath sitting out of true and reseated it, then verified the spread with a probe.
Coralie B. · Logan Square
Bungalow kitchen, narrow back stair, and a range that needed pulling out. He protected the floor, worked around the tight doorway without a mark, and replaced the valve on the front position.
Ignatz W. · Portage Park
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
