Seasonal tune-up and full diagnostic on your Carrier, Trane, or Goodman system - readings shown to you before any repair is proposed
Diagnosis first, numbers second - you approve the repair price before a single part goes in.
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AfterFast, Reliable Furnace Repair Across Irving
Furnace repair in Irving typically runs $150 – $700 depending on the part that failed, and most no-heat calls we handle are back up and running the same day. We work across Irving’s mixed housing stock every week: 1970s ranches near the old Las Colinas edge with original gas furnaces, and newer 2010s builds two streets over running heat pumps that get mistaken for furnace failures. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crew that shows up at your door knows Irving. Call (361) 306-9515 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail queue.
Why Dalton Heating & Air Is Irving’s Preferred Furnace Repair Company
We don’t ask Irving homeowners to take our word on anything. Every repair gets a written price before the first tool comes off the truck, and a written guarantee for a full year after the work is done. If the repair fails inside that year, we come back at no charge. That’s not a courtesy. It’s The Garrison Standard, and we’ve been held to it since 2003.
Marco Benitez runs our service operation, and he’s built the Irving schedule around how this city actually breaks down: aging gas furnaces on the older ranches, heat pump defrost lockouts on the newer builds, and the capacitor failures that show up on both. We carry parts for Goodman, Rheem, York, and Daikin systems on the trucks so the most common Irving repairs don’t wait on a supply-house run. Our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and factory-trained on nine major brands, including the four you’re most likely to find in an Irving utility closet. The price is in writing before work starts. Every single time.
Furnace Maintenance in Irving
Furnace Maintenance in Irving is the cheapest insurance against a no-heat night you can buy, and it costs $80 – $200 with Dalton Heating & Air. What you’re paying for is an hour of a trained tech actually looking at the parts that fail before they fail on the coldest night of the year. We inspect the heat exchanger for cracks and surface rust, test the capacitor’s microfarad rating against spec, check the ignitor’s resistance, verify gas valve pressure, and measure the blower motor’s amp draw. You get a written report of what we found, not a sales pitch. Our techs are not paid on what they sell.
What the tune-up covers
We pull the burner assembly and vacuum it, check flame color and rollout, test the safety limit switches, and measure temperature rise across the heat exchanger. That last number tells us whether the furnace is moving enough air or cooking itself slowly. On an original 1970s furnace in Irving, this inspection is how you catch a heat exchanger crack before it compromises combustion safety.
When it matters most
Book it in October, before the first real cold snap hits Irving. The tune-up gives you the inspection report that tells you honestly whether your 40-year-old furnace has another winter in it, and if a part is marginal, you get the repair price in writing before you decide anything. Skip it and the first cold front is when you’ll find out the hard way.
Heat Pump Repair in Irving
Heat Pump Repair in Irving is its own diagnostic animal, and it gets misdiagnosed constantly. A newer Irving home with a heat pump will sometimes show the exact same symptoms as a dead furnace: cold air at the register, a system that won’t come on, a thermostat that reads normal while nothing happens. What’s actually going on is often a defrost cycle that’s locked out, an aux-heat sequence that won’t engage, or a reversing valve that’s stuck. We diagnose the actual system you have, not the one someone assumes you have. Heat pump repairs run $150 – $700, same as furnace work.
Defrost and aux-heat lockouts
When the outdoor coil ices over and the defrost board fails to clear it, the system will refuse to run or blow cold air. On a cold snap in Irving, that call often gets quoted as a furnace replacement or a “major electrical issue” by outfits that don’t work on heat pumps daily. We test the defrost sensor, the reversing valve coil, and the aux-heat relay before we quote anything. A $200 defrost sensor often fixes what a less careful tech would sell as a $4,000 replacement.
When the heat pump is actually fine
Sometimes the system is doing exactly what it’s designed to do, and the thermostat or the settings are the problem. We check the thermostat wiring and configuration, verify that the emergency heat is not accidentally locked on (which drives the electric bill through the roof), and test the compressor’s run capacitors. You get the answer in writing before you pay for a repair, and if it’s a settings fix, we tell you that without charging for a repair you didn’t need.
Trusted Brands We Service in Irving
Dalton Heating & Air is factory-trained to work on all nine major residential HVAC brands, and in Irving we see a lot of Goodman, Rheem, York, and Daikin equipment across both the older ranches and the newer subdivisions. We keep common capacitors, ignitors, flame sensors, pressure switches, and defrost boards for these brands stocked on the trucks. That means a typical furnace or heat pump repair in Irving doesn’t get put on hold waiting for a warehouse run. We fix what you have, we don’t play games about whether your brand is “worth repairing,” and the repair price stands regardless of what name is stamped on the cabinet.
Common Furnace Repair Problems We See in Irving Homes
- Heat exchanger cracks on original 1970s gas furnaces. These ranches near the old Las Colinas edge and along Pioneer Drive still run furnaces that are 40-plus years old. Surface rust is normal and usually harmless. An actual crack changes the safety picture, and a proper inspection with a scope is the only way to know which one you’re looking at.
- Cold-snap calls where the “furnace” is actually a heat pump in lockout. Newer Irving builds, especially 2010s-and-later construction, often run heat pumps with no gas furnace at all. When the defrost board fails or the aux-heat relay won’t engage, the symptom reads as a dead furnace. We check the actual system before we quote a repair or a replacement.
- Weak capacitors and failed blower motors quoted as full replacements. We took a no-heat call on a 1978 ranch off Pioneer Drive where another company told the homeowner the entire furnace needed to go. The real problem was a failed capacitor on the blower motor. Our tech replaced it, confirmed the motor was fine, and got heat running the same afternoon for under $300.
- Ignitor and flame sensor failures on gas furnaces of every vintage. These parts wear out on a schedule, not a whim. A furnace that clicks but won’t light or lights and then shuts down almost always points here. Both are stock repairs we do the same day in Irving for well under the top of the $150 – $700 range.
Pricing for Furnace Repair in Irving, TX
Most furnace repairs in Irving run $150 – $700 on the final invoice, and the range breaks down by what actually failed. A capacitor or ignitor replacement sits near the bottom. A blower motor or gas valve sits in the middle. Heat exchanger work and heat pump compressor repairs sit at the top. The quote you get from Dalton Heating & Air is written, line by line, before any work starts. Here’s how Irving pricing breaks out:
| Service | Typical Irving Price Range |
|---|---|
| Furnace repair (capacitor, ignitor, blower motor, gas valve, diagnostic work) | $150 – $700 |
| Furnace tune-up / maintenance | $80 – $200 |
| Heat pump repair (defrost, reversing valve, capacitor, refrigerant work) | $150 – $700 |
| Full furnace or heat pump replacement | $3500 – $7500 |
The same no-heat call in Irving can be a $200 capacitor job in one house and a $5,000 replacement in another, depending on which side of the housing-stock divide you live on. The only way to know is a real diagnostic. We do the diagnostic, give you the written number, and let you decide. Estimates are free. Call (361) 306-9515.
We Also Serve Cities Near Irving
Our Furnace Repair team covers Irving and the surrounding metro, including Dallas, Balch Springs, Hutchins, and Mesquite. If your no-heat call is just outside Irving proper, we’re already working those neighborhoods and the response time is comparable. When you see us as Furnace Repair in Irving and you’re one town over, call anyway. If we can’t get to you, we’ll point you somewhere honest.
Serving Irving, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Irving area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Furnace Repair in Irving
Yes. We’ll scope the heat exchanger, measure the amp draw on the blower motor, and run a load calculation against your existing ductwork before we recommend anything. On a 1978 ranch off Pioneer Drive in south Irving, one of our techs found a failed capacitor and surface rust but no heat exchanger cracks. We replaced the capacitor, got heat flowing that afternoon for under $300, and told the homeowner their static pressure was fine for another few seasons. We don’t get paid more for replacing a furnace, so there’s no reason to sell you one you don’t need. If you do need one, you’ll get the replacement quote in writing and the repair option kept honest. Call (361) 306-9515 for a no-pressure assessment.
Look at the outdoor unit. If you have a metal box outside that runs during winter, you have a heat pump. If the only equipment outside is the air conditioner condensing unit and it does not run when you’re calling for heat, you have a gas furnace. Irving’s housing stock splits exactly along these lines: older ranches near the old Las Colinas edge typically have gas furnaces, while many 2010s-and-newer builds have heat pumps. It matters because a heat pump in defrost lockout looks exactly like a furnace failure to a tech who doesn’t work on heat pumps, and that misdiagnosis costs you money. We diagnose what you actually have.
A load calculation measures the actual thermal demand of your house, the existing ductwork’s static pressure, and the current system’s output. The number that comes out tells you whether a replacement furnace would even work properly on your existing ductwork. On the older Irving ranches, original duct sizing sometimes can’t move enough air for a modern high-efficiency system without modifications, which changes the real replacement cost. We’ve used this to show Irving homeowners that their current furnace has years left despite what a commission-hungry competitor told them. The math is yours to see.
A furnace’s AFUE, or annual fuel utilization efficiency, tells you what percentage of the gas you pay for becomes heat. An original 1970s furnace runs around 60-70% AFUE. A modern unit runs 95-98%. On a cold-snap December in Irving, that difference is real money: a $200 gas bill at 65% AFUE would be roughly $130-$140 at 96% AFUE, all else equal. For heat pumps, the relevant number is HSPF, and a jump from 8 to 10-plus cuts your winter electric usage by 20-25%. These numbers only matter as much as the system is sized and installed correctly on your actual ductwork, which is exactly what the load calculation confirms.
Most Irving no-heat calls get same-day service, especially during cold snaps when we run extra crews in the metro. Before you call, check three things: your thermostat has fresh batteries or is set to heat mode, your circuit breaker for the furnace or air handler hasn’t tripped, and the gas shutoff at the furnace hasn’t been turned off accidentally. If those are fine and you’re still cold, call (361) 306-9515. A live person answers 24/7, and you’ll get a written price before any work starts. No after-hours games, no overtime surprise.
Written by Marco Benitez, Owner at Dalton Heating & Air, serving Irving since 2003.