Furnace Repair in Laramie, WY
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Albany County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat, thirteen below outside
Your furnace runs from September through June here, ten months out of the year. On winter nights averaging 13°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every cycle puts another load on the igniter and the blower motor. Parts that would coast through a mild winter elsewhere are working almost year round in Albany County.
Albany County has logged 698 winter storms and 2,974 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind that strong can blow out a pilot light or push cold air back into a flue. Across Wyoming, 8% of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024, and a gas furnace should restart on its own once power returns. If yours doesn't fire back up, or it's blowing air that never warms up, that's worth a call before the next cold night sets in.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 13°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 56%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 698 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $150 a year off heating for a typical Albany County home.
Estimates for a typical Albany County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Wyoming fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed and the heat exchanger is sound.
Replacement makes sense when the heat exchanger is cracked or the furnace keeps needing parts.
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way it should, or power to the furnace has been interrupted somewhere along the line. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. The switch that looks like a light switch near the furnace, and the breaker it runs on, both need to be on. If those check out and it still won't start, the igniter or a safety switch inside the unit may be the problem, and that's a job for a contractor to test.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it isn't warm, the furnace may be running the blower without the burners lighting. That points to an ignition problem or a safety switch that's stopped the burners from firing. It can also mean the filter is clogged enough that the furnace is overheating and shutting the burners off to protect itself while the fan keeps running. With lows around 13°F through the winter here, this isn't something to wait out, and a contractor should check it the same day.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple isn't sensing the pilot flame anymore and is shutting the gas off as it's designed to do. It can also mean a draft is blowing the flame out, or the pilot orifice is partly blocked and the flame is too weak to hold. A standing pilot works without any power to your house, so a repair can be scheduled either way. Since homes here need heat from September through June, it's worth getting this fixed rather than relighting it over and over.