By MyPros Staff

If you are reading this, you probably live in Austin, Texas and your trash compactor has packed up. Now you are looking for trash compactor repair. Austin’s unofficial slogan “Keep Austin Weird” should not apply to domestic appliances like trash compactors. These are fantastic devices which you get so used to that it comes as quite a shock when they give trouble. You have probably become used to reducing the volume of your garbage by about 80%, keeping rodents away and reducing the smell factor associated with domestic trash. Those who use compactors for reducing the volume of disposable diaper boxes or vegetable waste from the garden will find it hard to be without this handy device. Also, there are frequently limits to the number of trash bags that can be left outside for residential pickup, which further renders such compactors beneficial to such households. It definitely comes as a shock when suddenly the compacting facility is not there any more, although you have trash ready to be compacted.

Maybe the motor of your trash compactor has not died, but another fault is being displayed, requiring trash compactor repair. Austin householders can approach an appliance firm, in the knowledge that they can assist, in the following cases: the motor is making a loud noise; the compactor is not compacting the trash all the way because the ram is getting stuck; if the drawer is stuck or difficult to open; if the door is stuck;  if the motor is tripping the power; or if the motor runs but the compactor is not operating at all; if the compactor will not switch on; or if the compactor will not shut off. WARNING: Austin householders are cautioned not to meddle with a faulty trash compactor or to try and do some DIY trash compactor repair. Austin has had a number of incidents where people tampered with faulty household appliances and paid for this with their lives. A trash compactor is simply another household appliance that operates off electricity and as such is extremely dangerous. Leave fixing trash compactors to the experts.