Fridge repair

Fridge repair in Australia

Updated 4 November 2026

A fridge repair in Australia usually costs between A$150 and A$450 for one common fault, call-out included, and a compressor replacement can reach A$700 to A$1,000. These are approximate figures from sellers' websites, November 2026. For a price on your own fridge, send a request on BlaBlaPrice and sellers who work in your area will reply.

Licences and warranty

Technicians who handle refrigerant need a refrigerant handling licence, and in NSW air conditioning and refrigeration work needs a licence or certificate before it can be done. Ask to see the technician's licence before work starts, and ask for the repair warranty in writing, including what it covers and for how long. Labour is charged by the hour and sits around A$90 to A$160 an hour.

Season and the summer heat

Summer runs from December to February, and a fridge works hardest in hot weather, so compressor and fan faults often show up then. If the fridge is already struggling, book the visit before summer rather than during a heatwave, so that food is not at risk while you wait.

How the visit is priced and what to check

Most repairers charge a call-out fee, then labour by the hour and parts. Ask whether the call-out fee is taken off the repair price if you go ahead. Write down the make, the model number from the label, the fridge's height and width in centimetres and its age, because these decide which parts are needed. Say which suburb you are in, since repairers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide cover different areas.

What to put in your request

Give the fridge type (top-mount, side-by-side, bar or chest freezer), make and model, the fault (not cooling, leaking, noisy, door seal), the age, whether you want a home visit, your suburb, when you can be home, the repair warranty you expect and your budget. This lets sellers quote the repair rather than only the call-out.

BlaBlaPrice is free for buyers. You describe the fault in your own words in the chat and can add a photo of the fridge's label or the fault. The service looks through sellers' websites and price lists in Australia and shows the prices and businesses it finds. Sellers registered on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their price and terms, and your contacts stay hidden until you choose to exchange them. Related work is in home appliance repair, and you can create a request from the home page.