About Appliance Checkup

Appliance Checkup is a free reference site for people buying, selling or keeping an appliance or water heater, and for the home inspectors who check them. Our tools and guides tell you how old an appliance or water heater is from its serial number, how that age compares with typical lifespans, and whether the model matches a CPSC recall notice. For fridges, washers, dryers, dishwashers and ranges we also estimate a fair used price and list what to check before you buy, and we compare repair and replacement costs, including for water heaters. Home inspectors can print a one-page home systems age report for their clients.

Who runs the site

The site is run by the Appliance Checkup editorial team, a small independent team of two. Our guides are signed by Faisal Noonari, co-founder and editor, and the work is split like this:

• Research, data and editing: Faisal Noonari. A data analyst with an MBA and more than seven years of experience analyzing US consumer-product and e-commerce data.
• Editing and review. A business analyst with a BS and an MBA and years of experience at multinational companies in consumer goods and energy.

Together they choose what we cover and approve every page and tool change before it goes live.

How we work

• Every figure has a named source, listed at the end of the page, and tables and estimates carry a Basis label, such as official, industry study, trade estimate, retailer or dealer listings, or our estimate. When a figure is our own calculation, we say so and show the method. See how we check facts.
• We use AI tools to help research, draft and code. Before publishing, a separate AI fact-check pass that didn't write the draft checks each new or changed figure against its named source, we fix what it flags, and the editorial team approves every page and tool change before it goes live. The CPSC recall data updates automatically every day. Corrections are logged on our methodology page.
• We don't test, inspect or sell appliances or any other products. We're not appliance technicians, so we never give gas or electrical repair instructions; for safety questions, hire a licensed technician.
• Recall information always links to the official notice.
• Money never decides what we say. The site has no ads or affiliate links today; if we earn from a link in the future, we'll label it clearly. See our disclosure.

Editorial standards

• Best sources first. Official US sources come first: manufacturers' US pages and service documents, the CPSC, the Department of Energy and ENERGY STAR. Then published studies and professional references, then trade estimates. Each table says which kind it rests on.
• What we never do. Claim to have tested, inspected or used a product; rank "best" products; give gas or electrical repair instructions; or let anyone pay to change a result or what a page says.
• Before anything goes live. Every new or changed claim is checked against its source by a separate fact-check pass, and the editorial team approves the page or tool change. A decoder rule needs documented example serials and must pass our test suite.
• Keeping pages current. CPSC recall data updates daily and cited links are checked weekly. Costs and incentives are reviewed quarterly, lifespans and state pay figures yearly. Every guide shows when it was last updated and checked.
• Corrections. Tell us through the contact page; we check the source, fix it and log the change on our methodology page.

Appliance Checkup launched on 26 September 2026.

Contact

Questions, corrections or data to share: use our contact page or email hello@appliancecheckup.com.

Mailing address: Appliance Checkup, 1501 South Greeley Hwy, Ste C #1594, Cheyenne, WY 82007