When a chiller goes down, the whole building loses cooling. Our technicians service centrifugal, screw, and scroll chillers from every major manufacturer across Dallas-Fort Worth, keeping central plant systems running reliably.
Chillers cool the largest buildings in Dallas-Fort Worth, high-rise office towers, hospitals, data centers, hotels, and university campuses. Rather than sending refrigerant to zones, they circulate chilled water through the building for centralized control and superior efficiency at scale. That complexity is exactly why chiller repair takes knowledge most HVAC contractors do not have.
We service water-cooled and air-cooled chillers from 50 tons to more than 1,000 tons. Centrifugal machines dominate downtown high-rises and Medical District facilities, screw chillers show up in mid-rise buildings and corporate campuses, and scroll chillers serve smaller applications like boutique hotels and medical offices. Each compressor type has distinct failure modes and repair procedures, and we know them all.
When a chiller fails, the stakes are immediate: patient care, server reliability, and hundreds of uncomfortable tenants. We diagnose systematically and coordinate manufacturer support and emergency parts when needed. For cooling work beyond the central plant, see our commercial AC repair service, and we integrate chiller controls through building automation for better monitoring and efficiency.
Chiller problems demand systematic troubleshooting with specialized tools. These are the failures we resolve most.
Each compressor type suits a different building, and we service all three, water-cooled and air-cooled.
| Chiller Type | Typical Capacity | Best Application |
|---|---|---|
| Centrifugal | Large, into the thousands of tons | High-rises, hospitals, constant large loads |
| Screw | Mid-range | Mid-rise buildings and campuses, air-cooled options |
| Scroll | Smaller | Boutique hotels and medical office buildings |
Compressors do not fail without warning. We use condition-based diagnostics to find trouble months ahead.
A large centrifugal chiller can represent hundreds of thousands of dollars in capital. Proper maintenance protects that investment, extending equipment life and preventing catastrophic failures that force replacement decades early. Neglected chillers fail well before their expected life ends.
Comprehensive service covers refrigerant charge and leak testing, oil analysis and filtration, heat exchanger tube cleaning and eddy current inspection, compressor bearing inspection, starter and electrical checks, control calibration, safety device testing, water treatment monitoring, and cooling tower coordination. Heat exchanger fouling matters most here, because scale from poor water treatment reduces heat transfer and forces compressors to work harder, while moisture in refrigerant forms acid that attacks motor windings.
Buildings with well-maintained chillers rarely face emergency failures and often reach or exceed a 25 to 30-year design life. Many large properties run quarterly service year-round for more data and closer trend analysis. Explore our preventive maintenance programs, and for a chiller down right now, our emergency HVAC repair team responds 24/7.
Scofield Memorial Church has realized a fifty thousand dollar savings in energy in the last twelve months from the upgrade in HVAC units completed just last summer, a one-third reduction in our total electrical bill.
Director of OperationsScofield Memorial ChurchSee the central plants we keep running on our projects page, and read more feedback on our testimonials page.
We service chiller plants in Class A office towers, hospitals, data centers, hotels, universities, and industrial process cooling across Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant Counties. In this climate chillers run eight to ten months a year, so wear and maintenance demands run high. Find detailed local coverage on our service areas pages.
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Central-plant chiller repair and maintenance across Dallas-Fort Worth from a team with decades of experience since 1974.