Furnace Repair in Lusk, WY
Furnaces here run from September through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Niobrara County will get in touch.
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Nine months of hard use, out here
Your furnace works from September through May in Lusk. That is nine months of the year with winter nights averaging 13°F, which means long burner cycles trying to keep up. The igniter and the burner assembly take the wear from all that cycling, and after enough winters the igniter is often what fails first, usually with the house just not heating up one morning.
Niobrara County has logged 49 winter storms and 42 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind that strong can push cold air into the flue and cause a furnace to shut itself off rather than run. Power is part of the same picture. Across Wyoming, 8% of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024, and a furnace with no power will not restart on its own when the lights come back on.
- 9 months
- September through May, your furnace is on duty
- 13°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 49 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $130 a year off heating for a typical Niobrara County home.
Estimates for a typical Niobrara 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 is asking for heat but the furnace isn't getting the signal or the power to respond. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and above room temperature, and check the breaker and the furnace's own power switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit. If those are fine, the igniter may have failed or a safety switch may be open because of a clogged filter or a blocked vent. Homes here need heat from September through May, so if the basics check out, get a contractor out before the next cold night.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the furnace is likely running its fan without the burners lighting. That points to an ignition problem, a flame sensor that's coated and shutting the burners off, or a gas supply issue. It can also mean the thermostat fan setting is on instead of auto, which just circulates room air with no heat behind it. Check the fan setting first since that's a fix you can make yourself, and if it's already on auto, this needs a contractor.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit almost always means the thermocouple isn't sensing the flame well enough to keep the gas valve open. It can also mean a draft in the area is blowing the pilot out, or the pilot orifice is dirty and the flame itself is too weak. Cleaning the thermocouple sometimes helps for a night, but a pilot that keeps going out needs the part replaced. With winter nights here averaging 13°F, this isn't one to leave for later, so get it looked at.