Viking Service in Fox Island
| Place Sheet | Fox Island |
|---|---|
| Where | Unincorporated Pierce County, an island census-designated place |
| Houses | Houses around the shore and along the roads inland |
| Fuel | Differs from house to house; main gas, a tank or electric, never assumed |
| Have ready | Model number, the fuel, and when the fault shows itself |
| Getting there | Over the Fox Island Bridge from the mainland |
| Visits | 8am–8pm, all seven days; phone line open 24/7 |
| Service call | $89, credited to the repair |
An island community across Hale Passage, reached by its own bridge, where knowing the fuel and the model number before the drive pays off.
Fox Island is a census-designated place rather than a town: an island in Puget Sound, separated from the mainland to the north by Hale Passage and governed by Pierce County. Its bridge opened in 1954, and that bridge is how every visit reaches it.
The Houses row stays brief on purpose. Homes ring the shoreline and follow the roads through the middle of the island, and the kitchens inside them differ too much for one line to cover.
Before the drive over
An island visit is a longer round trip than most, so the phone call has to do more of the work. The Have ready row lists three things to find before you ring.
The first is the model number, from the appliance itself. With it, the right parts have a chance of travelling with the first trip rather than the second. The second is when the fault shows: every time, on one burner only, or only after an hour of baking. That narrows the likely parts before anyone crosses the bridge.
The third is the fuel, which is the Fuel row. Gas from a main, propane from a tank and plain electricity each call for different parts, and the house tells us which only when you do. Where there is a tank, a smell of gas is never a repair call: get everyone outside, then ring the propane supplier or 911 from there.
Over the bridge
The Getting there row is the Fox Island Bridge. It lengthens the drive and changes nothing else: Artondale and Gig Harbor, back on the mainland, are the plates below, and the $89 diagnosis is credited once the repair goes ahead. Call Viking Repair Tacoma on (206) 472-1140 with those three answers to hand.
Where to read on from Fox Island
Every service, with its price bands · every symptom in the library
Written after the repair, not before it
A few of the notes people left about Viking visits from Viking Repair Tacoma.
4.9 / 5 1,240 reviews
The door sat open about half an inch at the top and heat poured out. Both hinges had gone soft. He fitted new ones, adjusted the strike, and it pulls shut flush now.
Teodor L. Proctor District
It would start, run for about a minute, then stop with every light flashing. He pulled the fault code, found a dirty turbidity sensor and a stuck float switch, and cleaned both out.
Nadine Y. Stadium District
The unit ran non-stop and the floor in front of it felt warm. Condenser coil was packed with dust behind the grille, and the fan was on its way out. Part came in on the second visit.
Lars B. Stadium District
Tell us the model, or just take a slot
The $89 visit is credited back once you approve the repair, and you hear the figure before a panel comes off. Viking Repair Tacoma runs visits 8am to 8pm, Monday to Sunday; the line is picked up 24/7.