Coverage · West: Chambers Bay to Gravelly Lake
Sub-Zero Repair in DuPont
City of DuPont · five deep wells
DuPont is the southern end of the ground we cover, and it has water of its own: five city wells in the Bell Hill and Hoffman Hill areas, all drawing on deep aquifers.
The only treatment the city applies is a small amount of chlorine for disinfection. Nothing is softened or filtered before the water reaches you, so whatever filtering the ice gets happens inside your own kitchen.
What we see here
- With chlorine as the city's only treatment, the cartridge in the Sub-Zero may be the only filter between the city main and the ice.
- Groundwater from deep aquifers carries dissolved minerals, and the city's water page gives no water hardness figure, so a test is what settles whether scale belongs on the list.
- An ageing cartridge can slow the fill, and a slow fill tends to show as smaller or hollow cubes before the bin runs empty.
On your side of the Shut-Off Line
- Look at the kettle and the tap aerator for white crust, and say what you find; the city publishes no hardness figure.
- Note how old the cartridge in the Sub-Zero is, because on DuPont water it may be the only filter between the city main and the ice.
- If the cubes shrank gradually rather than stopped, say so; a tired cartridge slows the fill long before the bin runs dry.
Then the five that apply anywhere, in order: switch, filter, supply valve, fill tube, arm and bin.
Past this line it is a technician's job Sub-Zero Repair Tacoma, (206) 472-1140
Booking
When you book, name your neighborhood and say whether a softener or filter has been added to the house supply.
The $89 visit pays for the trip and the whole diagnosis, and once you approve the repair that $89 is deducted from its price. The phone is answered 24/7; visits run 8 am to 8 pm, Monday through Sunday.
What the visit covers is on the Sub-Zero ice maker repair page. On this water, read Why Is My Ice Cloudy first.
Same water source, next door
Reviews
Said after the visit
4.9/ 51,183 reviews
Cubes were fusing into one lump and jamming the ejector arm. He found the mold heater cycling badly and the bin thermostat out of spec. Both changed, and the ice is loose again.
Terrence O.Proctor DistrictFeb 2026
A frost slab kept building on the rear panel behind the baskets. Defrost heater had failed open. He tested the circuit, showed me the reading, replaced it, and the panel has stayed clear.
Selena R.Proctor DistrictAug 2025
Upper zone was holding five degrees off its setpoint while the lower zone was fine. Thermistor, not the board. He talked me through the readings before he ordered anything.
Oriana C.North TacomaMar 2026