HVAC Repair in Laramie, WY
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Ten months of heat, nights near 13 degrees
Laramie asks for heat from September through June. That leaves barely two months when your furnace gets a rest. On winter nights averaging 13°F, it runs long stretches to keep the house warm, and every one of those hours on the burner and blower motor is an hour closer to a worn igniter or a failing blower motor.
Summer here asks little of a cooling system, with afternoons averaging just 76°F. The bigger risk to your system comes from what moves through the county the rest of the year. Albany County has logged 698 winter storms and 2,974 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and an outdoor unit takes that wind and debris directly. Storms here also cut power, and a furnace or air conditioner sitting off during an outage needs to come back on and run correctly once it returns.
- 10 months
- September through June, your system heats
- 13°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 76°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $150 a year off heating and cooling 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.
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. Check that it's set to heat, not just fan, and that the temperature you want is actually above the room temperature. If that looks right, check the breaker for your furnace, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down with no warning. Gas furnaces also have a pilot light or an igniter, and if that's failed, the burners never light even though the blower might still run. With winter nights here dropping to 13°F on average, a furnace that's out for even a few hours is worth getting looked at fast.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If the blower is running but the air isn't cold, check the filter first. A filter clogged with dust chokes off airflow across the coil, and when that happens the coil can freeze up and stop cooling altogether even though the fan keeps blowing warm air. Check the outdoor unit too. If it's not running while the indoor blower is, that's a different problem, one a contractor will need to diagnose. Also confirm the thermostat is set to cool and not fan only.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings first, since a system set to the wrong mode or a dead thermostat battery looks exactly like a bigger failure. Next, check the breaker panel for a tripped breaker. Look at the filter and replace it if it's dirty, since a blocked filter can cause problems that look like a failed furnace or air conditioner. If your furnace has a pilot light, check whether it's lit. None of this costs anything to check, and if the system still isn't working after that, a contractor will need to find the actual problem.