--- title: "Stove Repair in Houston | StoveRepair.center" description: "Stove repair across Houston. What the kitchens here do to stoves, the areas we cover, and how to book." url: "https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/" --- Houston, TX # Stove repair in Houston. Greater Houston cooks largely on gas, and when hurricanes or winter storms cut power for days, a gas stovetop lit by hand, where the maker allows it, is how many families eat. Floodwater reaches stoves in low neighborhoods, new owners and tenants arrive constantly, and older houses keep stoves long past their first owners. ## What Houston does to a stove. Barker and Addicks reservoirs, which hold back the upper Buffalo Bayou basin, can store a combined 400,000 acre-feet of floodwater across 26,100 acres. Hurricane Carla in 1961 was the last Category 4 hurricane to strike Texas until Harvey in 2017. One analysis after Harvey found that more than 7,000 housing units had been built inside Harris County's 100-year floodplain since 2010. During the February 2021 freeze, temperatures in Houston fell below those in Anchorage, Alaska. The counties ### Family houses In a family house the stove is where children first learn to cook, so a knob that turns on with a light touch, or an oven door that gets too hot to hold, is worth a visit, and knob covers and the oven lock are shown to the parents. ### Newer developments In a new house the stove was hooked up by the builder's crew on a tight schedule, and a stove that rocks forward when the oven door is pulled, or sits crooked in its gap, gets its bracket and feet set properly. ### Holiday cooking Hosting a holiday runs the oven and every burner at once for hours, and the eve of the dinner is when owners find out that one burner refuses to catch or the oven lags, so a check a week ahead leaves time for parts. ### A second stove Families who move holiday cooking or heavy frying to a basement kitchen often find its stove works harder than the one upstairs, and its burners and knob switches wear out to match. ## The work, in Houston. Ten stove repairs, cheapest first, each with what Houston changes about it. [What we do](https://stoverepair.center/services/) ### Diagnostic visit Houston families who got through a long outage by lighting a gas stovetop by hand often call once the lights are back and the oven still will not start, and the diagnostic looks first at the oven igniter and at the board the returning power may have jolted. ### Coil burner and socket repair Houston apartment complexes still install coil stoves, and a coil bent by a heavy pot or yanked out during cleaning loosens its socket, so replacing the socket and the coil together is the usual repair there. ### Stove burner repair Houston families cook on gas all year, and burner repair there often follows a crawfish boil or a big pot of gumbo that overflowed, leaving a ragged flame until the burner head and cap are cleaned and set back true. ### Igniter and spark switch repair After a Houston outage an older gas stove's oven may take minutes to light because its glow igniter has weakened, something many owners first notice once the power is back, and the repair is a new oven igniter. ### Stove oven heating repair Houston ovens bake through long, humid summers, and an oven whose temperature has drifted after years of use often needs its sensor or thermostat replaced, which brings it back to the heat the owner selects. ### Knob and switch replacement Houston households cook every day on the front burners, and the switches behind those knobs wear first, so a burner that jumps between low and high is fixed by replacing that one switch rather than the set. ### Stove door and hinge repair Houston families baking daily wear out oven gaskets and hinges, and a stove door that leaks heat along its edge is repaired with a new gasket, which also keeps the kitchen cooler through a long summer. ### Gas and power hookup check Houston floodwater can reach a stove's gas valve and wiring, and once the water is gone the hookup check decides whether the stove can be reconnected or needs parts replaced before anyone cooks on it. ### Glass stovetop repair In Houston a glass stovetop sometimes cracks when a family hurries a big pot of water onto it the moment power returns after a storm, and a cracked top is left off until replaced, since spills can reach the elements beneath. ### Control board and display repair Houston storm outages can last long enough to empty a freezer, and a stove that comes back with a flashing display or an unresponsive panel is repaired once the technician confirms the house power has steadied. ## The stoves we see most here. Concentrated in Houston more than elsewhere: gas stove, electric stove, heritage stove. [All stove types](https://stoverepair.center/types/) Gas stove ### Gas stove repair Houston Gas is common in the suburbs, and families lean on a gas stovetop when storms cut the power. Electric stove ### Electric stove repair Houston Apartment complexes and many rentals furnish coil or glass-top electric stoves. Heritage stove ### Heritage stove repair Houston River Oaks estate kitchens sometimes keep a classic European stove beside a staff kitchen. ## What a stove visit in Houston looks like. Four steps from the call to a working stove, the same in each of the 31 areas of Houston. [What repairs cost](https://stoverepair.center/cost/) 1. 01 The stove, tried the way you use it 2. 02 A number before the work 3. 03 Common stove parts already on board 4. 04 Put back, then cooked on ## When a stove cannot wait in Houston. Across 5 counties of Houston, the five where the gas supply, an open flame, a red-hot coil or the wiring behind the stove is the thing that could hurt someone. [All 17 problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/) Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on ### Stove Smells Like Gas 5 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on ### Stove Sparking 6 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on ### Stove Burner Stays on High 5 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on ### Stove Smoking 6 causes, cheapest first Gas, fire, sparks or a burner stuck on ### Stove Shocks When Touched 4 causes, cheapest first ## The makes we service in Houston. 32 stove makes, across 5 counties and 31 areas of Houston. [All 32 brands](https://stoverepair.center/brands/) ## Where we go in Houston. Every place where we repair stoves in Houston sits on one of these 5 counties. Each county page lists its cities and neighborhoods. [All 9 metros](https://stoverepair.center/locations/) [Houston Harris County 15 cities and neighborhoods](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/harris-county/) [Houston Fort Bend County 7 cities and neighborhoods](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/fort-bend-county/) [Houston Montgomery County 5 cities and neighborhoods](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/montgomery-county/) [Houston Brazoria County 2 cities and neighborhoods](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/brazoria-county/) [Houston Galveston County 2 cities and neighborhoods](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/galveston-county/) [Not in Houston? 8 more metros, each with its counties All service areas](https://stoverepair.center/locations/) --- **[Read on the site: Stove Repair in Houston | StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/locations/houston/)** **[Book a visit with StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/schedule/)**