Heating Contractor in Fort Worth

Your furnace sits quiet for weeks in Fort Worth. Then a cold front blows in overnight, you turn up the thermostat, and nothing happens. That’s usually when people start looking for a Heating Contractor, and it’s the worst time to guess at what’s wrong.

At Xtreme Air Services – Fort Worth, we handle heating repair, replacement, installation, maintenance, and safety checks for gas furnaces, electric furnaces, and heat pumps. Our work is done under HVAC License #TACLA29023C.

Here’s the idea behind this page. Fort Worth heat runs in bursts, not one long winter. Systems sit idle and then get pushed hard all at once. So the right service depends on two things: what kind of system you have, and whether you’re fixing a problem or heading one off. Each section below helps you sort that out.

Not sure where you fit? Give us a call, and we’ll help you figure it out over the phone.

Emergency No-Heat Furnace Repair When Cold Hits Fast

It’s just after 5 a.m. The first hard freeze of the year rolled in overnight, and your vents are pushing cold air. Emergency / no-heat furnace repair is built for this exact moment.

In Fort Worth, cold weather doesn’t creep in slowly. It shows up in a sharp burst after weeks of mild days. Your furnace has been sitting idle, and suddenly it’s asked to run nonstop. That’s when tired parts give out.

Before you call, check a few quick things yourself:

• Is the thermostat set to heat, with fresh batteries?
• Is the breaker for the furnace switched on?
• Is the filter so clogged you can’t see light through it?

If all of those check out, it’s time for a technician. We answer the phone around the clock and work to get a tech to your door the same day. Your tech will test the ignitor, the flame sensor, the blower, and the controls to find what failed., one worn-out part is a far more common cause than a dead furnace. That’s good to know before anyone brings up a new system.

Here’s how emergency / no-heat furnace repair works with us.

Heating System Repair for Any Furnace or Heat Pump Problem

Heating system repair is where you start when your heat isn’t right and you can’t tell why. You don’t need to know if you have a gas furnace, an electric furnace, or a heat pump. Figuring that out is our job.

Maybe one bedroom stays cold. Maybe the system turns on and off every few minutes, or you hear a rattle or squeal you didn’t hear last year. A lot of people assume a new filter will fix it. Sometimes it does. More often, the cause is a part that’s wearing out.

Heating system repair starts with a full look at your equipment. Your tech checks the fuel type, the airflow, the electrical side, and the controls. From there, the fix might be furnace blower motor repair, furnace ignitor replacement, flame sensor cleaning, or furnace control board replacement. Each of those has its own page if you want the details.

If you already know your system type, the gas furnace and heat pump sections below go deeper. If you don’t, heating system repair is the right place to begin. You can read more about heating system repair here.

Furnace Replacement When Repair Isn’t Enough

How do you know when it’s time to stop fixing your furnace and replace it?

Furnace replacement means taking out the furnace you have now and putting in a new one. It’s for units that have failed for good or have gotten too old to trust. Many older homes near downtown Fort Worth and on the Near Southside still run on aging equipment. Those furnaces have worked through a lot of cold snaps.

Here are a few signs furnace replacement may make more sense than another repair:

• The same parts keep failing, one after another.
• Your furnace is well past its expected life.
• A safety problem, like a cracked heat exchanger, can’t be fixed.
• Some rooms never warm up, even after repairs.

We won’t push you toward furnace replacement when a repair will do the job. In our view, the right call is the one you’d make with all the facts in front of you, so we lay them out plainly. A new furnace can also bring a higher AFUE rating. That’s the share of fuel that turns into heat for your home instead of going up the vent.

Furnace replacement is different from furnace installation, which is for homes adding a furnace where there wasn’t one before. See what a furnace replacement involves.

Weighing repair against replacement? Call us, and a real person will walk you through both options with no pressure.

Furnace Installation for New Homes and Added Space

Furnace installation and furnace replacement sound alike, but they’re different jobs. Replacement swaps out a unit that’s already there. Furnace installation puts a furnace where none existed before.

That covers a few situations. You might be building a new home. You might be adding a room, a garage apartment, or a finished space your current system can’t reach. Or you might be switching fuel types, like moving from electric heat to gas.

Far north and far west Fort Worth keep growing, and new homes out there need heat set up right from day one. A furnace that’s too big or too small for the space will run poorly from the start. That’s why furnace installation begins with sizing the unit to your home. Then we plan the ductwork, gas line, venting, and thermostat around it.

Furnace installation is one path under heating system installation, our broader service for setting up new heat. A heat pump is another path, and it’s covered further down this page. Get the details on furnace installation.

Heating System Maintenance That Keeps You Ready All Season

Heating systems around here live an odd life. They rest for most of the year. Then a cold front hits, and they run hard for days with no warm-up.

That pattern is why heating system maintenance matters so much. Dust settles on burners. Sensors get dirty. Parts that sat still for months can stick or fail on the first long run, and you won’t find out until the night you need heat.

Heating system maintenance is the ongoing, season-by-season care that keeps your whole system ready. It covers your furnace or heat pump, your thermostat, your filters, and the airflow through your home. A heating maintenance / tune-up is the single visit that delivers that care each year. Think of maintenance as the plan and the tune-up as the appointment.

If you ask us, early fall is the best time to get on the schedule. The weather’s mild, the system isn’t under stress yet, and small problems are easy to fix before they turn into a cold-night emergency. Between visits, regular furnace filter replacement keeps the system breathing easy.

Here’s how heating system maintenance works with us.

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Gas Furnace Repair for Fort Worth’s Most Common Heating Setup

Do you hear a click, then a soft whoosh, when your heat kicks on? That’s a gas furnace lighting up. Gas furnaces are the most common heating system in older Fort Worth homes.

Gas furnace repair covers the problems that come with burning gas for heat. The ignitor clicks, but the burners never light. The flame starts, then shuts off a few seconds later, which often points to a dirty flame sensor. The blower runs, but the air coming out is cool. Sometimes the furnace won’t respond at all.

Smell matters too. A dusty, burnt smell for a few minutes on the first cold day is normal. It’s just dust burning off the burners. A rotten egg smell is not normal. If you notice it, get everyone outside and call your gas company from there.

Gas furnace repair is different from electric furnace repair. An electric furnace uses heating elements instead of burners and a flame. It has no gas valve, no ignitor, and no exhaust venting. Each type needs its own know-how, so tell us which one you have if you’re sure. If you’re not, we’ll find out when we get there.

Read more about gas furnace repair.

Heat Pump Installation for Heating and Cooling in One System

A furnace makes heat by burning fuel or warming an element. A heat pump moves heat instead. In winter, it pulls warmth from the outdoor air and brings it inside. In summer, it runs the other way and cools your home.

Heat pump installation sets up a brand-new heat pump system. That’s different from heat pump repair, which fixes one you already own. More Fort Worth homeowners are choosing heat pumps because one system handles both seasons. They’re a natural fit for new construction, where the ductwork and electrical can be planned around the equipment from the start.

Our mild winters suit heat pumps well. The sharp cold snaps are the catch. On the coldest nights, a heat pump leans on backup heat to keep up, so we’ll talk with you about how much backup your home needs. You’ll also see an HSPF2 rating on new units. It’s a simple score for heating efficiency, and a higher number means less power for the same warmth.

This section covers the heating side of heat pump installation. Our air conditioning team handles how the system performs in a Texas summer. Find out what heat pump installation looks like.

Heat Pump Repair for the System You Already Own

Your heat pump runs and runs, but the thermostat won’t climb past 66. Heat pump repair is for that kind of problem, when you already own a heat pump and it isn’t keeping up.

First, the good news. Some things that look wrong are perfectly normal. On cold, damp mornings, a heat pump goes into defrost mode. You may see steam rising off the outdoor unit or hear a whoosh as it switches over. That’s the system clearing frost from its coil, and it should pass in a few minutes.

Other signs do need a tech. The outdoor unit stays caked in ice. Your backup heat runs all day long. The system blows cool air in heat mode, or it won’t switch between heating and cooling. Low refrigerant, a stuck reversing valve, or a failing fan motor can each cause trouble like this.

Heat pump repair works on the equipment you have now. Heat pump installation is for putting in a new system. We’ll tell you straight whether a repair makes sense for your unit.

See how heat pump repair works.

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(817) 677-1907

Call Today, Get Service Today. Xtreme Air Services — Fort Worth is ready to help.

Heating Maintenance Tune-Up: The Checks a Filter Change Misses

Plenty of people think a new filter counts as a tune-up. It doesn’t.

Swapping your filter is a good habit, and you can do it yourself in two minutes. Still, it doesn’t touch the parts that tend to fail on cold nights. A heating maintenance / tune-up is one scheduled visit where a tech cleans, tests, and adjusts your system. Here’s what that visit covers:

• Cleaning the burners and the flame sensor
• Checking the ignitor and the gas pressure
• Testing the blower motor and its electrical draw
• Making sure your thermostat reads the room correctly
• Inspecting the vent pipe and the electrical connections

Each step catches something a filter change would miss. A dirty flame sensor, for example, can shut your furnace down even with a brand-new filter in place. If you have a heat pump, we check the outdoor coil and refrigerant too.

A heating maintenance / tune-up is the appointment itself. Heating system maintenance is the bigger, ongoing plan it fits into. If you only remember one thing, book the tune-up before the first cold front, not after it. Here’s more on the heating maintenance / tune-up.

Furnace Safety Inspection for Hidden Hazards

A furnace safety inspection has one job: finding hazards. It isn’t about how well your heat runs. It’s about whether your furnace is safe to run at all.

Your tech looks for gas leaks at the valve and connections. They check the heat exchanger for cracks. That’s the metal wall that keeps furnace exhaust separate from the air you breathe. They also test for carbon monoxide, an odorless gas that can leak when venting or the heat exchanger fails. Carbon monoxide testing is part of this visit.

This matters more in Fort Worth than people expect. Many older homes here still run gas furnaces that have been through a lot of winters. When a sharp cold snap hits, those furnaces go from idle to running full-time overnight. That’s hard on old metal and old seals.

A furnace safety inspection is different from a heating system inspection. A heating system inspection checks overall performance, like airflow and efficiency. The safety inspection is narrower and focused on danger. If your CO alarm ever sounds, get everyone outside first and call 911. Then give us a call.

Book a furnace safety inspection here.

Call Xtreme Air Services today and talk to a real person about getting your heat ready before the next Fort Worth cold front.