Formerly Adam & Sam Brothers RepairHome base · ZIP 98043 · 1–3 minutes away
Our home town: repairs in Mountlake Terrace
Adam and Sam keep the shop at 6302 St Albion Way, next to I-5 and a short walk from Town Center. Most Mountlake Terrace homes are one to three minutes from our door, so a morning call usually turns into a same-day visit.
- $85 diagnostic, included in the repair
- Same-day visits Mon–Sat
- 5.0 on Google
- $85 diagnosticBecomes part of the repair price when you say yes. If you pass on the repair, that visit is all you pay.
- Up to $18 offAny repair requested through the online form. The diagnostic itself is never reduced.
- $10 offA second appliance’s diagnostic when we check it during the same trip.
Mountlake Terrace was laid out in 1949 on the site of a World War II landing field, and its first houses were small cinderblock homes for returning veterans. Building hardly paused after that. About 44 percent of the city's homes date from 1950 to 1969, apartments and condos went up through the 1970s and 80s, and Town Center has been adding mid-rise buildings since Arbor Village opened in 2013, with a complex of roughly 600 apartments near I-5 opening in stages through 2026. Half the homes here are detached houses; the other half are units in buildings of every size.
Because the shop sits inside the city, Mountlake Terrace is where our technicians spend the most time and lose the least of it in traffic. A van bound for Melody Hill or Lake Ballinger takes 56th Ave W or side streets, and the I-5 ramps at 220th and 236th St SW are a minute away when the next call is out of town. The common parts ride along, which is why a burned-out dryer element or a failed fridge start relay is often fixed on the first trip. Before any work you get a written price, and the repair itself carries a written warranty.
1–3 min from our shop
Six planning areas, four kinds of housing
Post-war streets: Melody Hill, Cedar Terrace and beyond
The 1950s and 60s houses are mostly one-story, small and close together. Many never had ducts and still run baseboard or wall heaters. Kitchens were framed for 30-inch ranges and narrow fridges, so replacement choices are limited, and the circuits feeding them are often older than anything plugged in.
Around Lake Ballinger
Houses near the lake and Ballinger Park sit low and stay damp from November to April. Dryer vents that run long under the floor clog sooner, laundry rooms beside crawlspaces pick up moisture, and outdoor heat pump coils collect leaves and moss that a spring cleaning clears away.
Town Center and the station blocks
The mid-rises near the Link station, open since August 2024, put stacked washer-dryers in hall closets and compact dishwashers under short counters. Units built under the newer state energy code lean on heat pumps and ductless heads rather than gas. Elevators, parking and tight closets shape how we plan the visit.
1970s and 80s apartments and condos
About a quarter of local homes sit in buildings of two to nineteen units, much of it from this era. Expect electric heat, stacked laundry that is original or replaced once, and top-floor units that bake in July. A single ductless head is often the simplest way to cool one.
Heating and cooling, mostly electric
Roughly 64 percent of Mountlake Terrace homes heat with electricity and 32 percent with gas, close to Lynnwood's split and far below the gas share in Brier next door. In practice that means baseboards, electric furnaces in the houses that got ducts, and a steady stream of heat pumps and ductless systems replacing both. Snohomish County PUD supplies the power and PSE the gas; if you are weighing a heat pump, we check which PUD programs or rebates apply to your home before you commit. The June 2021 heat dome pushed many households to add cooling, and the classic first failure on those systems is a weak capacitor on the first hot afternoon. AC and heat pump repair starts at $285, and a capacitor is about as simple as jobs in that category get. Treat the figure as a floor, not a quote; the exact number is on the estimate you get in writing once testing is done. The city also sits under the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, so a sudden snow band can leave a heat pump struggling in December.
Heating & cooling in Mountlake Terrace
Kitchens, laundry and very soft water
The city buys its water from the Alderwood district, which takes it from Everett's Spada Reservoir on the Sultan River. Hardness averages about 12.5 parts per million, well under one grain per gallon, so mineral scale almost never explains a failed ice maker or dishwasher in this town. What we do find: front-load washer boots that never quite dry out, lint packed into long dryer vent runs, gas oven igniters that glow but no longer open the valve, and fridge condenser coils thick with dust in homes that have changed hands a few times. Dryer repair in Mountlake Terrace starts at $235, though clearing a packed vent run often shortens drying time more than any new part would. If two appliances need a look on one visit, the second appliance's diagnostic is $10 off.
Appliance repair in Mountlake Terrace
Common questions
How quickly can a technician reach my house in Mountlake Terrace?
From the shop on St Albion Way, most of the city is one to three minutes by van. Reach us in the morning, Monday through Saturday, and a technician can usually come the same day; every one of our technicians takes same-day calls. If you call later, we give you the next open time plainly instead of a vague window.
Do you work in the condos and apartments near the light rail station?
Yes. Stacked washer-dryers, compact dishwashers, wall heaters and ductless heads in Town Center buildings are routine work for us. Tell us about parking, building access and which floor you are on when you book, and add the model number from the tag if you can, so the right part is more likely to be on the van.
Our 1950s house only has baseboard heat. What are the options?
Most owners in that spot look at a ductless heat pump: one outdoor unit and one or more wall heads, with no ductwork to build. We visit, look at the rooms and the electrical panel, and give a written quote; the visit costs nothing. We also look up which Snohomish County PUD heat pump programs or rebates might apply to your home, without promising any amount.
Do you repair restaurant and shop refrigeration in Mountlake Terrace too?
We do. Besides home appliances and HVAC, our technicians service commercial reach-in coolers, walk-ins and prep tables, including the refrigerant side, which we handle in-house under EPA Section 608 rules. For a business in Town Center or along 56th Ave W, being a few minutes away matters when a cooler starts warming up in the middle of service.
Talk to Adam & Sam
Call (425) 570-9520 and you reach a shop a few streets away, or book online and save up to $18 on the repair. The $85 diagnostic becomes part of the repair price once you approve the work.
Schedule a repair
Request a visit from Adam & Sam
Send the basics and we call you back with an arrival window, most days the same morning.
- $85 diagnostic Becomes part of the repair price when you say yes. If you pass on the repair, that visit is all you pay.
- Up to $18 off Any repair requested through the online form. The diagnostic itself is never reduced.
- $10 off A second appliance’s diagnostic when we check it during the same trip.