Repairperson for O'Keefe and Merritt stove
Looking for anyone who repairs the old O'Keefe and Merritt stoves some of the older homes around here come with. The oven door hinge is on the blink. Years ago we had it re-chromed and have since lost the contact information. Even then it was hard to find someone to work on it. Thanks for any leads.
Feb 15, 2018
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Reliance Appliance (formerly of West Berkeley) no longer operates a storefront, but I believe Matt (son of the owners) still services vintage stoves. He did our O'Keefe and Merritt refresh back in 2010 and was great to work with and knowledgeable about the stove. If you Google Reliance Appliance, you'll find his website and contact info (no idea if it's still current, though). There is also Apple Stoves in West Oakland, but we had a bad experience with them before moving to Reliance so I can't recommend them.
We also used Reliance Appliance within the last year to fix a broken hinge on our O'Keefe & Merritt oven door; they also got a couple of burners working again on the stove and recalibrated the oven temperature. Basically a mini tune-up. They were prompt and professional. reliance appliance.com .
Call Henry Rutgers, 510-420-1245. He worked on my ancient Spark stove and on my friends O’Keefe
We had an O'Keefe and Merritt stove that was in terrible shape when we bought our home. Buckeye Appliance repaired and re-chromed it and did a fantastic job. However, they are far away, and had a long wait list, at the time. But they were great! http://www.buckeyeappliance.com/stoves.htm
If there are any recommendations in the archives, I'll bet mine is one of them, and for the same vintage stove repair guru: Henry Rutgers. He's done work on my vintage (1940s) Wedgewood. He's quick to respond and very reasonable in his prices. He prefers first contact via email: HENRU99 [at] yahoo.com.