King County repair events

At free community repair events, skilled volunteer "fixers" try to repair and mend your small household and personal items.

King County’s repair events program has ended for 2023. We expect to hold more repair events in 2024, March through September. Check this web page in December or early 2024 to see where those events are scheduled. More info on this King County program is below.

But this year, in south King County, a separate organization, the non-profit South King Tool Library, will hold a similar repair event in Federal Way Sat. Oct. 28th, 2023, from 10am-2pm. Contact them directly, using the contact info at the bottom of that web page, for more info about that event.

King County’s repair events program started in 2016 and has held 81 free repair events, in 26 different cities and communities in King County. For the full list of dates and locations of past King County-sponsored repair events see below.

King County program partners include: King County Library System; the Bellevue-based Chinese youth organization Little Masters Club; and Bellevue-based Indian American Community Services.

Besides the South King Tool Library in Federal Way, other area organizations and tool libraries offer their own separate programs of repair events or gatherings. Those organizations include Phinney Neighborhood Association in north Seattle, Tacoma Tool Library, Vashon Tool Library and WSU Snohomish County Extension. Contact those organizations or tool libraries directly for more info on those events.

Also, for many types of items, area businesses offer repair services for a fee. Many of these businesses are listed in the King County repair businesses directory, which has 18 different categories. Support those businesses, if you can!

Regarding the King County repair events program, which should resume in March 2024 for its new season, for more info contact event coordinator Tom at tom.watson@kingcounty.gov or at 206-477-4481. Emails are best.

At King County’s repair events, items that can potentially be worked on include household and personal items that are small enough to be carried in by one person, including certain electronics, small furniture and clothing/textiles. There are no reservations, but an advance sign-up (one per person) gives priority over walk-ins or second items.

At these free repair events, we may decline to work on any item - in advance or at the event - depending on the item, the type of repair needed, the fixers available, or for other reasons. More details about what we can and can’t work on will be posted here as the new events are scheduled.

Thanks everyone for your support of repair, which reduces waste and conserves resources!

Past King County-sponsored repair events

• Feb. 25, 2016 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• March 14, 2016 – Federal Way City Hall
• April 2, 2016 – Renton Community Center
• April 7, 2016 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• April 26, 2016 – Seola Gardens Community Center, White Center
• May 24, 2016 – Federal Way City Hall
• June 11, 2016 – Seola Gardens Community Center, White Center
• June 15, 2016 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• July 12, 2016 – Renton Farmers Market, downtown Renton
• Aug. 13, 2016 – Valley Ridge Park, SeaTac
• Aug. 20, 2016 – Marymoor Park, Redmond
• Sept. 10, 2016 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• Sept. 26, 2016 – Federal Way City Hall
• Oct. 4, 2016 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• Oct. 10, 2016 – Bellevue Botanical Garden
• Jan. 26, 2017 – Auburn Library
• Feb. 4, 2017 – Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland
• March 1, 2017 – Burien Community Center
• March 22, 2017 – Skyway Library
• April 8, 2017 – SeaTac Community Center
• April 17, 2017 – Bellevue Botanical Garden
• April 22, 2017 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• May 6, 2017 – Issaquah Library
• May 22, 2017 – Federal Way City Hall
• May 31, 2017 – Renton Library
• June 24, 2017 – Newport Way Library, Bellevue
• July 13, 2017 – Shoreline Library
• Aug. 26, 2017 – Kent Library
• Aug. 29, 2017 – Greater Maple Valley Community Center
• Sept. 6, 2017 – Kingsgate Library, Kirkland (moved from Bothell Library)
• Sept. 13, 2017 – Auburn Library
• Sept. 25, 2017 – Enumclaw Library
• Oct. 7, 2017 – Woodmont Library, Des Moines
• Oct. 21, 2017 – Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland
• Oct. 25, 2017 – Federal Way City Hall
• March 7, 2018 – Pacific Community Center
• March 24, 2018 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• April 7, 2018 - Duvall Visitor & Community Center
• April 10, 2018 - Covington Library
• April 18, 2018 – SeaTac Community Center
• May 10, 2018 – Muckleshoot Library
• May 16, 2018 – Renton Library
• June 12, 2018 – Kent Library
• June 23, 2018 – Redmond Library
• July 10, 2018 – Auburn Library
• July 17, 2018 – Skyway Library
• Aug. 16, 2018 – Des Moines Library
• Sept. 8, 2018 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• Sept. 22, 2018 – Woodinville Library
• Sept. 25, 2018 – Burien Library
• March 9, 2019 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• March 23, 2019 – Bothell Library
• April 2, 2019 – SeaTac Community Center
• April 9, 2019 – Kent Library
• April 27, 2019 – Kirkland Library
• May 9, 2019 – Fairwood Library, Renton area
• May 20, 2019 – Pacific Community Center
• May 29, 2019 – Bellevue Library
• June 19, 2019 – Sammamish Library
• July 2, 2019 – Auburn Library
• July 20, 2019 – Sno-Valley Senior Center, Carnation
• July 31, 2019 – Shoreline Library
• Sept. 4, 2019 – Burien Library
• Sept. 10, 2019 – North Bend Library
• Oct. 5, 2019 – Steve Cox Memorial Park, White Center
• June 19, 2021 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• July 22, 2021 – 21 Acres Center for Local Food & Sustainable Living, Woodinville
• March 26, 2022 – Kent Senior Activity Center
• April 23, 2022 – Pacific Community Center
• May 14, 2022 – Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village
• July 26, 2022 – Auburn Library
• Aug. 10, 2022 – Kent Library
• Aug. 30, 2022 – Shoreline Library
• Sept. 10, 2022 – Bothell Library
• March 15, 2023 – Burien Library
• April 22, 2023 – Kent Library
• May 20, 2023 – SeaTac Community Center
• June 27, 2023 – Bellevue Library
• July 8, 2023 – Issaquah Library
• Aug. 2, 2023 – Renton Library
• Sept. 23, 2023 – Burien Library