Price, licence and paperwork
Are You Licensed and Insured?
| What you are looking at | What it means |
|---|---|
| Licensed | Yes, which is what permits the business to trade at this work |
| Bonded | Yes |
| Insured | Yes, and a building's paperwork request goes through the dispatch desk |
| The licence number | Not printed here; ask when you book and it is read out |
Licensed, bonded and insured, with the number given on request rather than posted on a page: ask Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Los Angeles for it while you are booking on (310) 496-7399.
- Wiring connector
- Compressor
- Condenser fan
What the three words mean
Licensed means permitted to trade at this work. Bonded and insured concern what happens when something goes wrong in your kitchen: one is a financial undertaking, the other covers damage.
What to ask before booking
Four questions cover it: the licence, the insurance, whether whoever opens a sealed refrigerant circuit holds EPA Section 608, and whether the diagnosis arrives in writing.
Two more things people ask
- Does the licence cover opening a refrigerant circuit?
- Two separate things. A trade licence permits the business to operate; opening a sealed refrigerant circuit needs EPA Section 608, which is issued to a technician rather than to a firm — the ones Sub-Zero Appliance Repair Los Angeles sends hold it. Ask any company for both.
- My building wants paperwork before anyone comes up.
- Raise it with the dispatch desk while booking rather than at the door. Towers and older co-ops downtown often want documents on file first, and the desk will tell you what can be sent, well before the visit itself.
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