Credits and data sources
Photographs
Photographs on RepairHearth are licensed stock images, downloaded and optimized for this site. They illustrate appliances and repair situations in general — none shows a RepairHearth customer, job, technician, or a specific city. Their licenses don't require attribution; we credit every photographer anyway.
Unsplash — Unsplash License
- Bright kitchen with a stainless French-door refrigerator, range, and white cabinets — photo by Lotus Design N Print
- Kitchen with a stainless refrigerator, range, and over-the-range microwave beside a white island — photo by Naomi Hébert
- Open kitchen with built-in double wall ovens in gray cabinetry and a long island — photo by Lotus Design N Print
- Stainless refrigerator and gas range set into white kitchen cabinetry — photo by Alex Tyson
- Refrigerator door open in a dark kitchen with the interior light on — photo by nrd
- Empty refrigerator interior with glass shelves and door bins — photo by Alex Tyson
- Freezer compartment with wire shelves and pull-out bins — photo by S. Laiba Ali
- Top-freezer refrigerator with its fresh-food door open and shelves lit — photo by Erik Mclean
- White chest freezer and a small beverage cooler in a bare utility room — photo by Alex Tyson
- Contemporary kitchen with wall ovens and wine storage built into the island — photo by Maverick Frame
- Close-up of a person tightening pipe fittings inside a cabinet, lit in blue — photo by Timur Shakerzianov
- Digital multimeter on a dark workbench — photo by Thorium
- Wrenches and sockets in a technician's tool case — photo by Isabela Kronemberger
- Front-load washer in a bright laundry corner with shelves and baskets — photo by PlanetCare
- Stainless steel drum of a front-load washer seen through the open door — photo by Vlad Deep
- Close-up of a washer cycle-selection dial and control panel — photo by Limi change
- Rear panel removed from a washer, showing the drive motor, belt, and wiring — photo by Abolfazl Pahlavan
- Front-load washer and dryer beside a utility sink in a finished basement — photo by Point3D Commercial Imaging Ltd.
- Matching front-load washer and dryer side by side on a tiled floor — photo by Emmanuel Ikwuegbu
- Close-up of a semi-rigid metal duct elbow against a wall — photo by Yanping Ma
- Sagging flexible foil duct with dust buildup in a cluttered utility space — photo by Yanping Ma
- Round louvered vent hood on an exterior stucco wall — photo by Leo Tang
- Stainless dishwasher installed under a quartz counter between wood cabinets — photo by Kitchen Tune-Up Aventura
- Black-and-white close-up of a dishwasher tub floor with standing water and debris around the drain — photo by Richard Stachmann
- Person checking glassware on a pulled-out dishwasher rack — photo by Paulo Felipe Assis
- Freestanding stainless gas range with a kettle on the grates in a small kitchen — photo by Erik Mclean
- Close-up of black oven control knobs on a stainless control panel — photo by Franco Debartolo
- Front-control knobs on a stainless gas range beside a marble counter — photo by Taylor Friehl
- Stainless range with front knobs and oven door handle under cabinet lighting — photo by Mike Gattorna
- Built-in oven with its door open and interior lit — photo by Abolfazl Pahlavan
- Gas cooktop burner with an even blue flame ring — photo by Mark Owen Wilkinson Hughes
- Smooth glass cooktop with a cast-iron pot, set in a wood counter above an oven — photo by Lisa Anna
- Stainless microwave and wall oven stacked in white cabinetry — photo by Courtney Smith
- Built-in microwave above a wall oven in wood-panel cabinetry — photo by Franco Debartolo
- Person working on drain fittings inside an under-sink cabinet — photo by Timur Shakerzianov
- Stainless kitchen sink basin with a mesh drain strainer — photo by Giorgio Trovato
Pexels — Pexels License
- Kitchen with wood cabinets, a stainless side-by-side refrigerator, and a black gas range — photo by Curtis Adams
- Built-in stainless side-by-side refrigerator framed by white cabinetry — photo by Curtis Adams
- Technician's hands adjusting a refrigerant manifold gauge set — photo by José Andrés Pacheco Cortes
- Technician in a work jacket testing wiring on an appliance control with a meter probe — photo by Bulat843
- Technician examining the housing of an appliance on a workbench — photo by Bulat843
- Technician working on an opened countertop microwave on a repair bench — photo by Bulat843
- Two technicians in gloves working on the door frame of a glass-door freezer — photo by Bulat843
- Laundry room with a front-load washer and dryer on pedestals next to a sink cabinet — photo by Curtis Adams
- Stacked laundry closet with a foil dryer duct running up the wall behind the machines — photo by Erik Mclean
- Open stainless dishwasher with both racks pulled out in a modern kitchen — photo by Castorly Stock
- Empty dishwasher lower rack and spray arm inside a stainless tub — photo by Castorly Stock
- Dishwasher detergent dispenser on the inner door with soap residue — photo by Castorly Stock
- White kitchen with an open built-in dishwasher beside the wall oven — photo by Max Vakhtbovych
- Gloved hand wiping a white gas cooktop with spill stains and burnt spots around two burners — photo by Liliana Drew
Pixabay — Pixabay Content License
Before-and-after photos and video
Each before-and-after pair combines licensed photos of the same condition on different appliances — stock libraries don't offer photos of one appliance before and after a repair, and we don't present them as if they did. None shows a RepairHearth job.
The narrated video is built from those photos and our own text. The narration is a synthesized voice (a text-to-speech voice built into Windows), and the captions and transcript match it word for word. There is no music.
ZIP code data
ZIP code recognition uses postal code data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Recognizing a ZIP code is separate from provider coverage.
Population data
Metro population figures used in our market research come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2024). The coverage map outline is a simplified drawing of the contiguous United States.
Illustrations and diagrams
Appliance icons, diagrams, before-and-after illustrations, maps and share images are original artwork. They don't depict real homes, customers, technicians, or completed jobs.
Safety and reference sources
Each guide lists the public sources that support its safety and factual statements at the bottom of the page.