HVAC Repair in Dallas, GA
Homes here need heat from October through April and cooling from May through September. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Paulding County will get in touch.
Tell us about the job
It takes about a minute.
Paulding County asks a lot of your system, in both directions
Your furnace runs October through April, and your air conditioner takes over for May through September. That is every month of the year with no real break for either system. Winter nights averaging 34°F mean the burner cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and each start puts wear on the igniter. Summer afternoons near 88°F push the compressor to run long stretches to keep up, and that load falls hardest on the capacitor and the condenser fan motor.
More than half the homes here heat with gas, so a failed igniter or a cracked heat exchanger means no heat at all until it is fixed. Paulding County has also logged 125 damaging wind events and 3 winter storms over the past ten years, and across Georgia last year 31% of households lost power for 24 hours or more. When the power drops and comes back, most systems restart on their own, but a surge from the outage can still take out a control board or a capacitor that was already weak.
- 7 months
- October through April, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 34°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 88°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $180 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Paulding County home.
Estimates for a typical Paulding County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Georgia fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the furnace's heat exchanger is cracked, the air conditioner's compressor has failed, or repairs keep coming.
Georgia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Georgia licenses HVAC contractors through the State Construction Industry Licensing Board. The license covers the contractor, not the specific repair, so the same license that qualifies someone to work on your system covers the rest of what they do in the trade.
For a repair like this, the license is what stands behind the work. Whoever repairs your heating and cooling system should hold that license, issued by the same board named on it.
Source: Georgia Secretary of State
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to heat and the temperature is set above the room temperature, not just at it. If the thermostat looks right, check the breaker for the furnace and, if you have a gas furnace, make sure the gas valve is open. A furnace that won't start at all often has an ignition problem or a safety switch that has shut it down, and that needs a contractor to diagnose. Winter nights here average 34°F, so a furnace that's down for more than a few hours is worth getting looked at quickly.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow and can make the system run without cooling the house the way it should. Next, check that all your supply vents are open and nothing is blocking them. If the filter is clean and the vents are open, the problem is more likely low refrigerant or an issue with the outdoor unit, and that calls for a licensed contractor to check pressures and diagnose it properly.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the batteries in the thermostat if it has any, and the breaker for the system. Check the air filter and replace it if it's dirty, since a blocked filter can cause both heating and cooling problems. Look at the outdoor unit and clear away any leaves, dirt, or debris around it. If the system still isn't working after that, a contractor will need to diagnose it, and Georgia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license, so ask for that when you call.