Dryer Repair in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
We repair dryers across Arlington — no heat, damp clothes, will not tumble, shutting off part way, squealing — and a repair with a part replaced runs a local median of $384 in Bozmanfix records against a company median of $352 — and the $32 gap is not a price difference, it is a bundling difference. We hold 16 dryer jobs across 32225, 32277 and 32211, twelve of them in the last twelve months.
Four of our nine local component invoices replaced two, three or four parts on a single visit rather than one, which is what lifts the median. If a single part has failed, expect the company figures in the table below.
When an Arlington dryer stops, we find the fault, put the full price in front of you, and fix it — with the $99 diagnostic coming off the bill when you approve the repair, and the airflow dealt with as well as the part, so the new component is not on a short clock.
Dryer Repair in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
No heat, damp clothes after a full cycle, will not tumble, shuts off part way, or squealing. Across 32225, 32277 and 32211, with the $99 diagnostic coming off the bill when you approve the repair.
Why the Local Number Is Higher, and Why It Is Not a Warning
Nine invoices is small enough to describe rather than summarise. Four of them are multi-part jobs. One reads replacement of the heating element, one roller, two thermostats, and cleaning the dryer, at $335. Another reads replacement of the heating element and of two thermostats, plus cleaning of the ventilation, at $435.
A third is a dryer shaft and roller replacement at $332.80. A fourth pairs a washer and a dryer repair on the same visit at $474.55. Against our component table, a heating element alone is $362 and a thermostat alone is $350 — so a ticket carrying an element plus two thermostats plus a roller is doing three jobs and being counted as one.
That is the whole of the $32. Arlington does not charge more for a dryer repair; Arlington dryers arrived with more than one thing wrong. It is worth naming because the alternative — publishing $384 without explanation — would leave you budgeting for a bundle when your machine may only need one part.
If a single component has failed, expect the company figures: $322 for a belt, $332 for a thermal fuse, $349 for rollers, $350 for a thermostat, $362 for a heating element. If several have gone at once, expect the local shape, and we will tell you which it is before we start.
What Dryer Repair Costs, by Component
| Repair | Median, full ticket | Source | Jobs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Door switch | $321 | Company-wide | 54 |
| Drive belt | $322 | Company-wide | 259 |
| Thermal fuse | $332 | Company-wide | 84 |
| Drum rollers or idler | $349 | Company-wide | 218 |
| Thermostat | $350 | Company-wide | 144 |
| Blocked vent cleared | $350 | Company-wide | 43 |
| Heating element | $362 | Company-wide | 360 |
| Blower wheel | $368 | Company-wide | 22 |
| Drive motor | $394 | Company-wide | 55 |
| Control board | $478 | Company-wide | 71 |
| All dryer jobs with a part replaced | $352 · middle half $294 to $437 | Company-wide | 4,218 |
| All dryer jobs with a part replaced | $384 · lifted by multi-part tickets | Arlington | 9 |
Why Arlington Dryers Fail the Way They Do
Two of our nine Arlington component tickets explicitly include cleaning the ventilation alongside the parts, and one invoice at $240 is a vent cleaning on its own, which was the whole repair. That is not decoration on the bill. A dryer vent that has silted up makes the machine run longer and hotter to shift the same load, and heat is what kills a heating element and a thermostat.
Our company book shows the scale of the problem in a different way: no heat is our biggest dryer symptom category at 969 repairs, and damp clothes a further 226. A meaningful share of both are airflow rather than electrical.
One local repair was a vent clean, and it was the whole fix $240 · A CLEAN, NOT A PART
A 32225 ticket is logged simply as cleaning the vent system and the dryer, at $240. The airflow was the fault, so clearing it was the repair. We publish that because vent cleaning gets sold as an add-on everywhere and it deserves to be treated as what it sometimes is: the actual repair.
Our company median for clearing a blocked vent is $350 across 43 jobs, and it is the cheapest thing on the dryer table that fully solves a no-heat or damp-clothes complaint. If your exterior vent flap barely opens when the dryer runs, tell us at booking and the technician comes ready to clear the duct as well as test the heater.
The element and thermostat pattern shows up in three tickets ELEMENT PLUS TWO THERMOSTATS, TWICE
Two separate Arlington invoices replaced a heating element together with two thermostats. A third replaced a heating element on its own at $445. Those thermostats are not failing independently — they are cut-outs, and they open because the machine is running hotter than it should.
When we replace an element without dealing with why it cooked, the replacement is on the same clock. That is why both of those tickets also carry a clean, and why the third-party question to ask any dryer technician is what they did about the airflow, not just what they fitted.
Twelve of the sixteen jobs are from the last twelve months THE FRESHEST APPLIANCE IN THE DISTRICT
Twelve of our sixteen local dryer jobs fall inside the last twelve months, the highest recency ratio of any appliance we repair in Arlington.
Practically that means these prices were set by work done recently at current parts prices, rather than averaged against 2024 invoices. It also means the sample is small in absolute terms, which is why the component table above is company-wide and only the bottom line is local.
No heat, damp clothes, a drum that will not turn or a dryer that shuts off? We fix it, and you get the total before we start. Book online or call (954) 902-6229.
Match Your Symptom to the Likely Repair
- Tumbles but no heat at all — heating element at $362, thermal fuse at $332, or a thermostat at $350. Our biggest dryer category company-wide, 969 repairs at a $368 median. The technician checks the vent along with the heater, because a blocked duct is what burns out elements. See dryer not heating.
- Heats but clothes are still damp after a full cycle — nearly always airflow: a blocked vent, a crushed hose or a failing blower wheel at $368. Company-wide 226 repairs at a $365 median. One Arlington invoice solved this with a $240 vent clean.
- Motor hums but the drum will not turn — drive belt at $322, our second most replaced dryer part with 259 replacements, or seized drum rollers at $349. One Arlington ticket replaced a shaft and roller at $332.80.
- Squealing, grinding or rumbling — drum rollers and the idler pulley. Company-wide noise is 601 dryer repairs at a $349 median. Left alone, worn rollers eventually take the belt with them.
- Starts then shuts off part way through — a thermostat or cut-out opening because the machine is overheating, which points back at the vent. Two Arlington invoices replaced two thermostats each alongside an element.
- Will not start at all — door switch at $321, thermal fuse, or the control board at $478. Company-wide 151 repairs at a $341 median. See dryer heating element replacement cost.
Where in Arlington We See This Work
Seven of our 16 dryer jobs are in 32225, five in 32211 and four in 32277. Twelve are from the last twelve months. Of the eight where our paperwork records a brand: Samsung 3, Whirlpool 2, GE 1, LG 1, Roper 1 — Samsung leading matches the company picture, where Samsung is 25.8 percent of dryer calls, the highest single-brand share we have on any appliance.
One caution on volume: 151 of our 268 Arlington tickets never record which appliance was involved, so 16 is a floor rather than a total, and dryer work also hides inside combined washer-and-dryer visits like the $474.55 ticket above. On the name: the Postal Service lists 32225, 32277 and 32211 as Jacksonville only, with Jax as a name to avoid. Arlington is the district name.
| ZIP | Dryer jobs | Water hardness | Land area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32225 Jacksonville | 7 | 307 ppm · 18 grains · Very Hard | 26.313 sq mi |
| 32211 Jacksonville | 5 | 297 ppm · 17 grains · Very Hard | 8.204 sq mi |
| 32277 Jacksonville | 4 | 285 ppm · 17 grains · Very Hard | 7.159 sq mi |
| All three | 16 jobs | JEA published table by ZIP | 41.676 sq mi |
Around Arlington
Dryer work in the neighbouring districts is on its own pages. East over the Intracoastal are Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach, where we have never had a job tagged as a dryer at all and say so outright. South is the University of North Florida area.
West across the river are Riverside, Avondale and Springfield and Northwest Jacksonville. Down the river are San Marco and San Jose and Mandarin. Also Southside and Northside and Oceanway. The Arlington set starts at the Arlington appliance repair hub.
Repair or Replace an Arlington Dryer
A single-part dryer repair runs $322 to $394 on the table above, against a mid-market replacement dryer at roughly $650 to $1,100 installed. On anything under about ten years old the repair is clearly ahead, and dryers are mechanically simple enough that they reward repair longer than most appliances.
The control board at $478 is the only single line that starts an argument, and even that is well under half a new machine.
Where it genuinely turns is the bundled case that this district shows: an element plus two thermostats plus a roller plus a clean, on a machine already past a decade, is a different conversation and we will put the total in front of you before we touch it.
One more thing worth saying — if a technician quotes you an element without mentioning the vent, ask why, because a new element in a blocked duct is on a short clock. Framework: repair or replace guide and how long dryers last.
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Dryer Repair in Arlington — Questions We Get
How much does dryer repair cost in Arlington, Jacksonville?
If one component has failed, budget from the company figures: $322 for a drive belt, $332 for a thermal fuse, $349 for drum rollers, $350 for a thermostat, $362 for a heating element, $478 for a control board. Each is parts, labor and the service call together.
Our own Arlington median with a part replaced is $384 against a company median of $352, but that gap is bundling rather than pricing — four of our nine local component tickets replaced two to four parts on a single visit. If your machine needs one part you should expect the company numbers, and we will tell you which case you are in before starting.
My dryer runs but the clothes are still damp. What is wrong?
That symptom points at airflow far more often than at the heater, so the technician starts at the exterior vent flap and the flexible hose behind the machine, looking for a blocked duct, a crushed hose or packed lint.
One of our Arlington invoices is a vent system clean at $240, where clearing the vent was the whole job. Our company median for clearing a blocked vent is $350 across 43 jobs.
If the airflow is fine, the next candidates are the blower wheel at $368 or a partially failed element, and you get the price before anything is replaced.
Why did my repair include thermostats as well as a heating element?
Because the thermostats are cut-outs, and they open when the machine runs hotter than it should. Two separate Arlington invoices replaced a heating element together with two thermostats, and both of those visits also included cleaning the machine or its ventilation. The sequence is usually: the vent silts up, the dryer runs longer and hotter, the cut-outs trip and eventually fail, and the element cooks.
Replacing the element alone leaves the cause in place and puts the new part on the same clock. Ask any dryer technician what they did about the airflow, not only what they fitted.
What does the $99 dryer diagnostic include?
A technician on site, the airflow checked from the drum to the exterior vent flap, and the element, thermal fuse, thermostats, belt and motor tested. You get the fault and a firm price for the whole job before any work starts.
The $99 comes off the repair when you approve it, and if nothing needs replacing, the $99 diagnostic is all you pay. The diagnostic is $150 on a stacked washer-dryer, because the units have to be separated before anything can be seen.
Do you price gas dryer repairs?
We repair them, but we will not publish a median for the gas-specific parts. Company-wide we hold fewer than ten igniter replacements and fewer than ten valve coil replacements, and a median from a sample that small is a number pretending to be information.
Everything else on a gas dryer — the belt, the rollers, the blower, the thermostats, the control board, the vent — behaves exactly as the table on this page describes, because those parts are shared with electric machines. For the gas components we quote you at the diagnostic from the actual part price.
How old is too old for a dryer repair?
Later than most people assume. A single-part repair here runs $322 to $394 against $650 to $1,100 for a mid-market replacement installed, so on a machine under about ten years old the repair wins comfortably. Dryers are mechanically simple and reward repair longer than refrigerators or dishwashers do.
The case that turns is a bundle on an old machine — an element, two thermostats, a roller and a clean together, on something already past a decade. We put the full total in front of you before starting rather than after, so you make that call with the number in hand.
Which dryer brands do you see in Arlington?
Of the eight Arlington dryers where our paperwork records a brand: Samsung 3, Whirlpool 2, GE 1, LG 1 and Roper 1. Samsung leading matches our company picture closely — at 25.8 percent of dryer calls, Samsung is the highest single-brand share we hold on any appliance.
That is a measure of how many are installed and how often we get called, not of reliability, and we will not draw a durability conclusion from it. Common Whirlpool, GE and Roper dryer parts ride on the van; Samsung and LG control boards are the ones most likely to need ordering.
Other Appliance Repairs in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
Each page is built on its own local invoices and says where the sample runs out.
Appliance Repair in Arlington — the full district picture Serving Arlington, Jacksonville FL and the wider Jacksonville area → View our full service areaBook Dryer Repair in Arlington, Jacksonville FL
Sixteen dryer jobs on record across 32225, 32277 and 32211, elements, thermostats, belts, rollers and blocked vents, with a firm price before any work starts. $99 diagnostic applied to the repair, 90-day parts and labor warranty.