Washer · dryer · dishwasher · fridge · oven · plumbing · electrical
Find out if it's a $12 problem or a $600 one.
Describe the symptom or the error code. Get the ranked causes, the checks in order, and a straight verdict on whether to fix it or replace it.
Whirlpool washer
Add your model number to rank for your machine
Likely causes
- Drain filter blockedthe most common cause of an F21
- Drain pump failingit can't clear the water in time
- Pressure switch faultit misreads the water level
- Drain hose kinkeda kink restricts the flow
Verdict — worth fixing. The arithmetic is shown before you pay.
How a case works
Every case has the same shape.
The shape is the product: a symptom becomes a decision you can act on today. One thing to read at a time, and the next check is never in doubt.
Checks, in order
2 of 4 shownWritten for your machine, not for a model that isn't yours.
Check 1
5 minutes · no tools
Pull the drain filter behind the lower access panel on your WFW9400SU00.
This eliminates: filter blockage, drain hose kink.
Check 2
10 minutes · one screwdriver
Spin the drain pump by hand — opens with the checks.
Symptom in
Type the symptom or the error code. Add your model number, or photograph the model plate. Skip it in one tap and the ranking runs on the code.
Likely causes, ranked
Most likely first, each with the one reason it is ranked there. Answer three things and the list gets shorter.
What we cover
Major appliances, plumbing and electrical basics inside the home. If we can't rank it honestly, we say so.
Parts for your model
Shown once a check confirms the cause — never before. Nothing here is for sale, so the list has no reason to grow.
The verdict
The arithmetic, written like a sentence a person would say.
No inventory sits behind the answer, so a verdict can end a case. Every one is fix it, fix it but expect the next failure here, or replace it.
Fix it yourself
$34
about 45 minutes, one screwdriver
A technician quotes
$180–$260
for the same job
A new machine
$520
of this size
Drain pump $34, about 45 minutes, one screwdriver. A technician quotes $180–$260 for the same job. A new machine of this size is $520.
Fix itThe stop line
Some jobs aren't yours to do.
When a path reaches something dangerous, the checks stop. You get what to say to a technician, what to ask, and what a fair price looks like.
“This one isn't yours to do. Here's what to say so you don't get sold a new machine.”
Why Repair Logic
The advice has no inventory behind it.
The only home-repair diagnostic that carries no parts inventory — so it is free to tell you the repair is not worth doing, or to put the screwdriver down and call a pro.
Instead of YouTube
An ordered path matched to your model, not four videos that guess at which check comes first.
Instead of a parts catalogue
RepairClinic and Sears PartsDirect are owned by the part they sell. We carry none, so we can say a machine is not worth fixing.
Instead of paid expert chat
You see the ranked causes and the verdict before paying — not a chat that quietly becomes a monthly bill.
Instead of a chatbot paragraph
We ask for the model plate, rank by likelihood, price the part, and refuse to guess on gas and refrigerant.
Instead of a $125 call-out
A diagnosis and forty minutes of your own first. When it is not the filter, you reach the technician better armed.
Pricing
No tiers. Just two things you can buy.
The ranked causes and the verdict are always free. If a repair does not settle it, a refund needs no reason and keeps your repair log.
Repair Pass
$15
7 days, every case you want
- The checks, in order, written for your model
- Parts for your model, once a check confirms the cause
- Keep working the case as new information comes in
- One payment. Nothing recurring, no card kept on file
Second Opinion
$49
Answered by Ty Fletcher within 24 hours
- Upload photos and the model plate; Ty answers by email under his own name
- 10 years of construction and maintenance — not a licensed technician
- Covers water heaters, HVAC and more — wider than the self-serve product
The next thing that breaks, check here first.
Describe the symptom, see the ranked causes and the verdict, and decide with the arithmetic in front of you.