HVAC Repair in Buffalo, WY
Homes here need heat from September through June and cooling from July through August. If your system quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Johnson County will get in touch.
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Your furnace works nearly all year here
Johnson County needs heat from September through June. That's ten months of the burner cycling on and off, and on the nights that drop to 14°F, it runs long and hard to keep up. Every start puts wear on the igniter and the flame sensor, and after enough winters one of them fails. That's when you get a furnace that clicks but won't light, or one that lights and then shuts itself back off.
Summer is short here, just July and August, with afternoons around 80°F. Your air conditioner doesn't run long each year, but a compressor that sits idle for ten months can be slow to start back up when you finally need it. Add in the wind and storm events this area sees, and a power blink is often what exposes a weak capacitor or a unit that won't restart on its own.
- 10 months
- September through June, your system heats
- 2 months
- July through August, it cools
- 14°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 80°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $150 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Johnson County home.
Estimates for a typical Johnson 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.
Replacement makes sense when the furnace's heat exchanger is cracked, the air conditioner's compressor has failed, or repairs keep coming.
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it is set to heat and the setpoint is above room temperature, and check that it has power if it uses batteries. If the thermostat looks right, check your breaker panel for a tripped switch, since a furnace that lost power partway through a cycle can look dead for no reason. A furnace that still won't fire after that needs a contractor to look at the igniter or the flame sensor, and with winter lows here averaging 14°F, this isn't one to leave sitting.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the coil, and when that happens the system runs but can't pull enough heat out of the air. Check outside too, since the outdoor unit needs open space around it and clear airflow through its fins to work. If the filter is clean and the outdoor unit has room to breathe, the system may be low on refrigerant or have a failing part, and that calls for a contractor with gauges to find out which.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the batteries in it, and the breaker for the system before anything else. A tripped breaker or a thermostat set wrong looks exactly like a broken furnace or air conditioner and costs nothing to rule out. After that, check the air filter, since a filter packed with dust can choke off airflow enough to stop a system from heating or cooling right. If those all check out and the system still isn't working, the problem is inside the equipment and needs a contractor to diagnose it.