A kitchen with a microwave hood combination under wall cabinets and dark walnut cabinets, seen close and low at the microwave's door.

Chicago, IL

Microwave repair in Cook County.

20 cities and neighborhoods across Cook County, part of Chicago — 10 with a page on what that place does to a microwave.

(844) 393-5858

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20 places covered
10 with a page
10 repairs we do here

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What Cook County does
to a microwave.

Where microwaves sit in Cook County: older housing stock, trim kits and drawers, mixed housing.

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Older housing stock

Older houses run the kitchen on circuits laid out long before microwaves, and a unit that trips the breaker or dims the lights on start may be healthy on a circuit that is not; the circuit is measured first.

Trim kits and drawers

Trim kits give a built-in microwave the airflow it needs, and a custom panel that closes off the vent slots makes the unit stop mid-cycle on its thermal cutout, which the repair checks before any part is changed.

Mixed housing

Where 1990s kitchens sit beside new builds, a dial-timer microwave can outlive a newer touch-panel model, since its mechanical timer is a plain part while a discontinued board may never turn up.

Where we go
in Cook County.

20 cities and neighborhoods across Cook County, part of Chicago, 10 of them with a page on what that place does to a microwave. The same visit in each.

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Glencoe

Besides seven houses, Frank Lloyd Wright's Ravine Bluffs development in Glencoe includes a concrete bridge and three sculptural markers.

Gold Coast

Gold Coast high-rise kitchens came with a built-in microwave above the main oven or a drawer in the island, and service calls are timed to the building's freight elevator.

Lakeview

Lakeview two-flats and walk-ups run countertop microwaves and older hood combinations on shared kitchen circuits, and a breaker tripped at breakfast is traced before any part is ordered.

Lincoln Park

In greystones and townhouses a microwave hood combination hangs over the cooking surface and ducts through an old outside wall that lets winter drafts back past its damper.

Near North Side

Residential high-rises crowd the Near North Side, home of the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier and the Gold Coast.

Oak Park

Prairie School and Victorian houses in Oak Park fit the microwave into cabinetry built around older wiring, and a microwave that trips the breaker points to the circuit as often as to the unit.

River Forest

River Forest lies along the Des Plaines River next to Chicago and is home to Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago.

West Loop / Near West Side

Many West Loop factories and warehouses have been converted into loft condominiums, restaurants, bars and galleries.

Wilmette

Wilmette lies on Lake Michigan about 14 miles north of the Loop, on ground that was once forest with high bluffs along the shore.

Winnetka

North Shore kitchens here pair a speed oven with a microwave drawer in the island, pushed hardest over the holidays, when a browning element or a drawer motor finally gives out.

Also covered in Cook County

BeverlyBeverly sits on a glacial ridge nearly 100 feet above Lake Michigan, the highest ground in Chicago, and most of its houses were built before 1969.
ChicagoNearly three in five of Chicago's homes, 58 percent, were built before 1960, and 39 percent before 1940.
Edison ParkEdison Park incorporated in 1881 as Canfield, whose developers advertised electricity, and renamed itself with Thomas Edison's blessing in 1890.
EvanstonEvanston became a town in 1863 and voted to organize as a city in 1892, after annexing South Evanston.
GlenviewNaval Air Station Glenview closed in 1995 and became The Glen, a 1,121-acre development of homes, offices and parks covering about 15 percent of the village.
La GrangeBluff Avenue, on the east side of La Grange, traces the shoreline of prehistoric Lake Chicago from some 14,000 years ago.
NorthbrookNorthbrook incorporated in 1901 as the Village of Shermerville, with 311 residents and 60 houses.
Park RidgeAbout half of Park Ridge's homes were built before 1960, and 27 percent in the 1960s and 1970s.
West TownMuch of Pulaski Park, in West Town, still has its original housing, unlike other parts of the community area rebuilt with new construction.
Western SpringsWestern Springs' 112-foot water tower, built of Naperville stone after the village spring dried up in 1890, was its water source until 1962.

A visit in
Cook County.

Four steps from the call to a working microwave, the same in all 20 places of Cook County.

What repairs cost

01A cup of water, timed
02The price before the work
03Usual parts on board
04Heating again before we leave

When a microwave
cannot wait in Cook County.

Across Cook County, the five problems where the microwave sparks, smokes, smells of burning, trips the power or runs with a door that has stopped sealing.

All 17 problems