Before & After Gallery - Dalton Heating & Air Henderson

HVAC Before & After in Henderson, NV

Photos tell the truth faster than a spec sheet. We document our work because a heat pump swap or a furnace rebuild changes how a Henderson house *feels*, not just how it looks. Below are real job scenarios from our service area, with before and after narratives written the way Marco Benitez explains them on site: here’s what we found, here’s what we did, here’s why it matters. The plates are staged so we can drop in field photos as each job closes.

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AC Repair: Capacitor Failure in a Green Valley Condo

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The homeowner called on a Friday afternoon because the outdoor unit hummed but the fan never spun. Our tech found a bulged run capacitor, the cylinder-shaped part that gives the compressor and fan motor their starting jolt. We replaced it with an OEM-spec part, cleaned the contactor points that were pitted from arcing, and checked refrigerant pressures before buttoning the unit back up. Result: cold air within the hour, and the repair is guaranteed in writing for a full year under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.

Heat Pump Installation: Gas Furnace to Electric in Inspirada

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This Inspirada home still ran a 2006 gas furnace with a heat exchanger showing early rust bloom, and the owner wanted off natural gas entirely. We removed the old furnace and coil, installed a matched variable-speed heat pump and air handler, and reran the thermostat wiring for two-stage cooling, which matters when Henderson hits 110°F and you want longer, quieter run cycles instead of short blasts. The written price was on the table before we touched a screw, and the install date was set before we left the estimate visit.

Furnace Repair: Inducer Motor Swap in Anthem

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The furnace in this Anthem home rattled on startup and tripped the pressure switch, so the burners never lit. The inducer motor, the small fan that pulls exhaust gases through the heat exchanger and out the flue, had worn bearings and was drawing double its rated amps. We replaced the inducer assembly, checked the pressure switch hose for cracks, and verified carbon monoxide readings at the vent with a combustion analyzer before calling it done. The homeowner had heat that night, and we left the old part on the garage floor so they could see exactly what failed.

Heat Pump Replacement: Bad Reversing Valve in a Whitney Ranch Duplex

This duplex in Whitney Ranch had a heat pump stuck in cooling mode during a December cold snap, so the tenant got cold air when the thermostat called for heat. The reversing valve, the brass-bodied valve that flips refrigerant flow to switch between heating and cooling, had seized internally. Replacing it means recovering the refrigerant, brazing in the new valve, pressure-testing with nitrogen, and pulling a vacuum before recharging. It’s a full-day repair on a good day, and we only do it when the rest of the system has years left in it. In this case the compressor tested strong, so the repair made sense over replacement.

AC Repair: Refrigerant Recharge in Black Mountain

This Black Mountain homeowner noticed the AC ran constantly but the house never dropped below 78°F. Gauges showed the system was low on refrigerant, the cooling fluid that carries heat from inside your house to the outside unit. We found the leak at a brazed joint on the evaporator coil, where oil staining marks the spot refrigerant escaped. We repaired the joint, replaced the filter drier, pressure-tested with nitrogen, and recharged to the manufacturer’s exact spec by weight. If the repair doesn’t hold, we come back at no charge. That’s the free second visit clause, in writing, on every repair.

Furnace Replacement: Cracked Heat Exchanger in Highland Hills

A maintenance visit in Highland Hills turned up a crack in the heat exchanger, the metal chamber that separates the burner flame from the air you breathe. When that part fails, combustion gases can enter the airstream, so we shut the furnace down on the spot and red-tagged it. The homeowner chose a new high-efficiency furnace, which we installed the following week with an upgraded filter cabinet and a sealed return plenum that had been leaking attic air for years. The Garrison Standard means we price it in writing before the first cut, and we leave the site clean enough that you’d never know we were there except for the warm air.

Want Results Like These?

Every job above started with a phone call to (775) 593-7060. You get a live person, a background-checked tech in a marked uniform, and a written price before any work begins. No exceptions. That’s The Garrison Code, and it applies to AC repair, heat pump installation, and furnace repair across Henderson. Call and tell us what the system is doing. We’ll take it from there.

Written by Marco Benitez, Owner at Dalton Heating & Air Henderson, serving Henderson since 2003.