About This Site
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Short answer
Rockford IL Appliance Repair is published by N5 Studio, a web studio run by Ryan Nesheim in the Rockford area. Repairs are performed by a partnered local appliance repair company, not by the publisher. Every price, code, rule and statistic on the site links to the source it came from.
What this site is
A guide to getting appliances fixed in Rockford and the rest of Winnebago and Boone counties, and a way to reach a local technician. The phone number and the request form go to the publisher, who passes your request to the repair company serving your area.
What it will never do
- Invent reviews, ratings, staff, a street address or a founding year.
- Claim to be authorized by, or affiliated with, any appliance manufacturer. Service is independent.
- Publish a price, code meaning or rule without a source.
How the town pages are built
Each of the 40 town pages is generated from public data: Illinois EPA laboratory results for the town's water system, the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for housing age, size and heating fuel, and the town's or hauler's own published rule for old appliances. Where a town publishes nothing, the page says so instead of guessing.
Sources
Where the numbers come from
- Repair prices
- Angi, refrigerator repair cost (updated Apr 6, 2026); Angi, washing machine repair cost (updated Jul 31, 2026); Angi, dryer repair cost (updated Sep 18, 2026); Angi, dishwasher repair cost (updated Apr 6, 2026); Angi, oven repair cost (updated Sep 11, 2026); HomeGuide, appliance repair costs (July 14, 2025)
- Water hardness
- Illinois EPA, Drinking Water Watch; USGS, Hardness of Water; City of Rockford, Getting Your Water; City of Beloit, 2024 water quality report
- Housing and heating fuel
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, via Census Reporter; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS table B25040 (house heating fuel)
- Rules and safety
- U.S. EPA, Section 608 technician certification; U.S. EPA, Section 608 safe disposal requirements; 415 ILCS 5/22.28, white goods; Illinois EPA, household waste disposal; 430 ILCS 135/10, Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act; U.S. Fire Administration, Clothes Dryer Fires in Residential Buildings; NFPA, Clothes Dryer Safety tip sheet; Nicor Gas, Emergency Information; FTC, companies' warranty restrictions were illegal
- Manufacturers
- Whirlpool, appliance warranty coverage; GE Appliances, oven error, fault or function codes; Samsung, washing machine information and error codes; LG, washer error code list; Bosch, dishwasher error codes; Frigidaire, ranges error code guide; KitchenAid, dishwasher error codes; Maytag, 10-year limited parts warranty
Need an appliance looked at?
Tell us the appliance, brand and what it is doing. A local technician calls back with a time and a price.