Furnace Repair in Worland, WY
Furnaces here run from September through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Washakie County will get in touch.
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Nine months of heat, and nights near 12 below
Your furnace works from September through May here, nine months of the year. On winter nights that average 12°F, it runs long and hard to keep up, and the burner cycles on and off for hours at a stretch. Every cycle puts wear on the igniter and the parts that keep the flame going, and that is usually where trouble starts.
Worland has seen 51 winter storms and 27 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that can knock out power, and most furnaces need electricity to run the blower and controls even if they burn gas. Across Wyoming, 8% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. When the power drops, so does your heat, right when you need it most.
- 9 months
- September through May, your furnace is on duty
- 12°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 66%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 51 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $140 a year off heating for a typical Washakie County home.
Estimates for a typical Washakie 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. Check that it's set to heat and the temperature is set above room temperature, and make sure it has power if it runs on batteries. If the thermostat looks fine, check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and check that the breaker hasn't tripped. A furnace that still won't start after that likely has a problem with the igniter, the flame sensor, or the control board, and that needs a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is coming out cold and never warms up, the furnace may not be igniting even though the blower is running. A dirty flame sensor is a common cause of this, since it shuts off gas flow when it can't detect a flame. It can also mean the thermostat fan is set to "on" instead of "auto", which runs the blower between heating cycles and feels cold. If the burners aren't lighting at all, that's a job for a contractor, especially with winter lows here averaging 12°F and heat needed from September through May.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit usually points to a weak or misaligned thermocouple, the small part that senses the flame and keeps gas flowing to it. It can also mean a draft is blowing the flame out, or the pilot orifice is partly clogged. If you relight it and it goes out again within a minute or two, the thermocouple is the most likely cause and a contractor can replace it. Don't keep relighting it repeatedly if it won't hold, since that points to a part that needs to be fixed rather than a fluke.