Bay Stoves

Gabe was great. He called 30 minutes out, arrived on time, diagnosed the problem in a few minutes, fixed everything, made some suggestions and was on his way. I couldn’t hope for better, more affordable service for my 1940’s Wedgewood gas stove.

Bay Stoves (Gabe Godfrey) just fixed two burners on my 1960 Frigidaire stove, something many appliance repair people wouldn’t even attempt! I’ve been searching for many months… Gabe is very nice and easy to communicate with. Highly recommended.

Gabe is a great guy and did a wonderful job. We moved into a house with an old Wedgewood that was leaking gas. Gabe was on time, super professional, and a pleasure to be around. If you have a stove issue, he’s the right guy.

I called Gabe to come repair my old Wedgewood stove. Oven and broiler weren’t working. With Christmas dinner on the horizon, I needed to get someone out quickly. Even though it was ‘after business hours’, Gabe picked up. He walked me through a simple reset button process that I’d forgotten all about. I’m very thankful he saved me time and money. and he made a customer for life with his generosity of time! I’ll def’ly use him in the future!

Gabe could have made a quick buck by coming by and fixing my stove that had been disconnected in order to lay a new floor. There was a switch that should have been pushed. He told me how to do it over the phone, was patient with my (self-​acknowledged) stupidity and bam, oven and stove fixed. I will only ever use him.

DON’T use him!
Afraid to test electrical while working on my electric stove WTF!
Gabe came out this am, I installed a stove I had in storage and it didn’t work so I tried another stove I had in storage and it lite up but didn’t heat, I explain this to Gabe, he’s tested everything but the outlet. He said he couldn’t test the outlet because he wasn’t an electrician even though he had the right tester to do so right in his hands. ok I get that he isn’t a electrician ! I wasn’t asking him to fix the outlet just go check if I had power. He kept on saying he couldn’t. I tried everything to get him to test it. I think he was scared. I said so if you were to fix a water sprinkler wouldn’t you test first if it had water to it? Duh! Wouldn’t you test a stove outlet to see if it had power? Duh!
after a hour in my kitchen he said it’s not getting electricity. It took him a hour to figure that out. Really?
Hire a real expert who isn’t afraid of electricity. It cost me the $ 110 for a hour all for nothing
He is a ripoff !!!
So mad and still without a stove!
Stupid idiot a waste of my time and money!

Gabe is awesome. Top-​notch. Stellar. He came to our house for a stove repair and while checking it out, he noticed a leak coming from under the fridge/​freezer. The stove turned out to be a massive undertaking so he returned on Saturday and did a fantastic job repairing & restoring our 1950’s Rheem Wedgewood (it came with the house we just bought and needed a lot of TLC!). But he took the freezer apart and fixed that before he left on Thursday night! Above & beyond the call of duty. Gabe is extremely knowledgeable, responsive, professional, and thorough. Call him!

Gabe with Bay Stoves did an incredible job with our stove. We’re new homeowners (first time) within the last 9 months. Our 1932 house still has its original 1928 model Spark stove and while it had been lightly cleaned for the open house, it needed some serious tweaking. The range worked ok (mostly) but I usually had to light a match to get the flames to kick in. The oven would turn on with gas but I had no idea where to place the match and the temp. knobs wouldn’t turn so we had never attempted to use it.
Enter Gabe with Bay Stove.
In no time at all, he cleaned out the gunky ancient burner assemblies, adjusted the gas/​air mixtures and dismantled/​cleaned/​reassembled the temp. setting for the oven. Voila: our stove was in perfect working order after 86 years of use. Gabe taught me how to lite the oven, operate the broiler and showed me much better the jets in the range were. No more sooty pans!
My husband and I were so impressed that we had Gabe come back a few days later to move the colossal stove closer to the corner and do a little work on the gas line. Super low rates, excellent work and Gabe is a cool dude to gab with.
If you have an antique stove and want someone who genuinely cares about his job and this tiny (?) niche market we’re in, call this guy right now. I’ve called about 6 companies around the Bay Area and I wish I had called Gabe the first time.
We’ve had several serious offers to buy this stove from people. I’ve thought about taking the cash and buying a modern stove to give me more space in my cramped 1930s kitchen. After Gabe’s handiwork, there’s no price you could pay me to get ride of this stove. It feels like our home’s heart had a successful bypass by Dr. Gabe.

I have to agree with the other viewers. Gabe is great! My tenants have a very small apartment sized wedgewood that wouldn’t light but was sending out gas. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to find another stove easily to fit that tight space, I found Gabe on Unilocal.I called him, he came out a few hours later and by the time he was done I had a stove that will last for many more years. He not only fixed the lighting problem, but fixed the door which had missing springs, greased the knobs so they turned smoothly and readjusted the thermostat. He would patiently explain things to me as he went along, which I love since I am always curious about how things work and how to fix them. I will definitely use him again, not just for the stove but I think he said he fixes all other appliances also.

When our Wedgewood stove was serviced we got more than we bargained for, we got a show room quality stove. I was baking scones (at 425) and the oven door spring gave out. I called Bay Stoves, got an appointment for the next day, and when the service call was over I had not just an oven door that closed but a Wedgewood stove that was in specifications in every respect. I have absolutely no reservations in recommending Bay Stoves.

We were having a problem with our Wedgewood stove. The burners were working fine but the oven wouldn’t turn on despite the visible pilot light. One call to Gabe and he diagnosed it over the phone and told us what to do to restart it ourselves. He also offered to come out on a Saturday if the reset didn’t work. He could have charged us for a service call but he didn’t. Quality guy and he knows a lot about Wedgewood stoves. Thank you Gabe!

I have an O’Keefe & Merritt stove from the 70’s that suddenly stopped working.
I tried another local stove repair business, and was told by them to go on EBay and to look for a needed part. They could try to fix it after that.
Gabe arrived, quickly assessed the problem, and then fixed it. The problem had nothing to do with what the first guy told me.
In addition, Gabe re-​calibrated the temperature control, and showed me other things I had not known about my vintage oven.
I am thrilled with both the service and the professionalism. And, the oven has never worked better!