Furnace Repair in Torrington, WY
Furnaces here run from September through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Goshen County will get in touch.
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Nine months of heat, and nights near 15 degrees
Your furnace works from September through May here, nine months of the year it has to be ready. On the coldest nights it is holding the house against a low near 15°F, and that kind of cold means long burner cycles, night after night. Every cycle puts wear on the igniter and the flame sensor.
Goshen County has logged 69 winter storms and 76 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and when it drops on a night that cold, the furnace stops with it and the house starts losing heat right away. If yours has been cutting out, running longer than it used to, or not lighting at all, that is what nine months of this kind of winter does to it.
- 9 months
- September through May, your furnace is on duty
- 15°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 54%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 69 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $120 a year off heating for a typical Goshen County home.
Estimates for a typical Goshen 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?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to heat and the temperature is set above room temperature, and check that it has power or working batteries. If the thermostat looks fine, check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker for the furnace at your electrical panel. Furnaces also have a flame sensor and igniter that wear out over time, and if either has failed the furnace won't fire even though it's getting power. With winter lows here averaging 15°F, a furnace that won't start needs attention fast, so if the basics check out, call a contractor to look at the ignition system.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most of the time this means the blower is running but the burners haven't lit. That points to an ignition problem, a dirty flame sensor, or the gas supply being interrupted. It can also happen right after the thermostat calls for heat, since the blower sometimes starts a moment before the burners do, so a few seconds of cool air is normal. If the air stays cold for more than a minute, or never warms up, have a contractor check the ignition system and gas valve rather than waiting it out, especially with 9 months of the year here needing heat.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve the pilot is burning, has worn out or gotten dirty. When it can't sense the flame properly, it shuts the gas off as a safety measure, even if the pilot was lit a moment ago. A draft blowing out the pilot or a partially clogged pilot orifice can cause the same problem. Since a standing pilot doesn't need power to run, this isn't related to outages, but it does need a contractor to clean or replace the part, since relighting it repeatedly won't fix the underlying cause.