CostandPriceAppliance Repair
Price guide — United KingdomGBP

Appliance Repair Cost in the UK (2026)

Transparent, source-cited repair cost ranges in pounds — localized to each region's labour costs by a published formula. Every figure is an Estimated range, never a fake precise number, and never a currency-converted price from another country. Reviewed July 2026.

Repair cost calculator

£75–£640 the UK national estimate for a refrigerator — not cooling. Localize below.

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Estimated the UK national ranges — Refrigerator not cooling Estimated
Most common repairTypical total (GBP)DIY?
Evaporator/condenser fan motor or thermostat repair (most common no-cool) £75–£200 Pro recommended
Control board / start relay replacement £220–£365 Pro recommended
Sealed-system compressor replacement / re-gas £440–£640 Pro recommended

Plus a typical service-call / diagnostic fee of £45–£150, often credited toward the repair.

Pick a quality tier for a class-typical estimate, or a specific UK brand to override it (both adjust the parts portion only, never labour). Enter a UK postcode to localize to your region's labour costs. All figures stay in pounds, never converted from another country's prices. Everything updates without a page reload.

Base: 3 published national repair-cost guides (retrieved 2026-07) · full source registry on the methodology page · UK national base range (ONS ASHE 2025 SOC 5246) · Reviewed July 2026 · Estimated

These are UK base ranges from UK sources, localized with ONS ASHE 2025 regional wage relatives for the appliance-repair occupation (SOC 5246). Pick a region below, or use the postcode localizer on any national problem page.

Regions

These pages show the localized GBP ranges for the most common repairs. Enter any UK postcode in a problem page's calculator to localize.

The 10 most common appliance repairs — priced Estimated

The problems people search most, each priced for the UK in pounds. Tap any of them for the full cost breakdown, brand factors, and the localizer.

  1. Refrigerator — Not cooling £75–£640
  2. Washing Machine — Won't drain £55–£150
  3. Dryer — Not heating £40–£190
  4. Dishwasher — Not draining £40–£175
  5. Range / Stove / Oven — Oven not heating £80–£280
  6. Washing Machine — Won't spin or agitate £63–£400
  7. Refrigerator — Leaking water £75–£175
  8. Dryer — Takes too long / not drying £40–£190
  9. Dishwasher — Not cleaning dishes £40–£350
  10. Freezer (Chest / Upright) — Not freezing / too warm £75–£640

Repair cost by appliance

Common problems

Each page prices the problem in pounds from UK sources, with the postcode localizer and quality-tier parts factors — never converted from other countries' prices.

Repair cost by part

What one part costs to replace across every appliance it's used in — each figure aggregated from sourced repair jobs, with the problem pages behind it.

How we price this in the UK

UK national base ranges come from named UK cost-guide and parts sources. We localize them with ONS ASHE 2025 regional wage relatives (there is no UK equivalent of the U.S. Regional Price Parity, so the price and overhead terms stay at the national baseline). VAT is standard-rated at 20% UK-wide, but many small repairers fall under the £90,000 registration threshold and add none — so treat 20% as a ceiling. The localization method and named, dated sources are on the methodology page.

Reviewed by a Red-Seal certified appliance technician.