When your furnace won’t start, doing your own furnace repair in Sandpoint, Idaho, can feel overwhelming.
Figuring out a furnace-related problem might feel like a challenging task when your heat won’t turn on. But it doesn’t have to be like that.
There are a couple of fast, reasonable fixes you can do by yourself to skip a furnace repair call.
If your furnace won’t turn on, won’t stay on or won’t ignite, try the troubleshooting list below before getting in touch with an HVAC professional.
If you find you need help from a heating and cooling expert and live in Sandpoint, Age Heating & Cooling can provide assistance to you. We can repair most types of heating systems and also provide emergency furnace repair.
If it’s time for a new heating system, we also do furnace installation.
While you’re chatting with us, think over a routine furnace maintenance plan that might help you avoid repairs in the future. We can tell you how frequently your furnace should be inspected by one of our professionals.
Use our easy guide below to get to work on troubleshooting your furnace. Most of these steps don’t require mechanical know-how.
8 Signs You Need Furnace Repair
1. Some areas of your home are stubbornly cold.
Your furnace should heat your entire home. If it’s not and some rooms in your home are too cold, reach out to one of our HVAC technicians for furnace maintenance or repair.
2. You start having high energy bills for no reason.
If you aren’t really using your furnace more, but your home heating bills are increasing more than they should, it could be that your furnace is inefficient and requires repair.
3. Unusual noises come from the furnace.
All heating and cooling systems make some noise, but if your furnace is making odd noises—especially clanging—it’s a sign you need it examined by an expert.
4. Your heating system keeps turning off and on.
Known as short cycling, a furnace that keeps starting and stopping instead of turning on and completing its cycle most likely requires repair from an experienced HVAC technician like the team members at Age Heating & Cooling.
5. The heating system won’t turn on.
If your furnace will not start, that’s certainly a sign you should call for HVAC repair. If it turns out you need furnace replacement, our heating specialists in Sandpoint can help you pick a new high-efficiency furnace that’s a good match for your home.
6. Water pooling around your HVAC system.
Any type of water pooling around your furnace is a sign there’s something off that needs prompt HVAC repair. We’ll offer a diagnosis and present your repair options, so you can choose which course of action is right for your home and budget.
7. Your heating system smells weird.
Furnaces shouldn’t smell bad. If there’s a persistent foul smell coming from your furnace, it’s a sign you need repair. If you think you smell gas or a sulfur smell, it could be a gas leak and calls for immediate action: evacuate your home right away and call for help once you have gotten to safety.
8. Insufficient airflow out of your home’s vents.
From problems with your ventilation system to something wrong with your blower motor or a clogged furnace filter, insufficient or weak airflow from vents could be caused by a number of problems that may require HVAC repair, system maintenance or furnace installation.
We Can Help with HVAC Repair
Followed our troubleshooting guide but your furnace still won’t work?
Call us today at 208-603-2210 or contact us online. We’ll come out and figure out the problem.
