HVAC Repair in Lovell, 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 Big Horn County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat a year, and cold nights that don't let up
Your furnace in Lovell runs from September through June. That's ten months of the year, and on winter nights that average 12°F, it's cycling on and off most of the day and night to keep up. Every start puts load on the igniter and the parts that get the burner going. When one of them wears out, you notice on the coldest nights, when the furnace needs to run the most and can't.
Summer is short here, just July and August, with afternoons around 79°F. That's not extreme heat, but it's enough to run the air conditioner hard for two months after it's sat unused the rest of the year. Big Horn County has also logged 27 winter storms and 58 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and when it comes back, your furnace or air conditioner needs to restart and pick up where it left off.
- 10 months
- September through June, your system heats
- 2 months
- July through August, it cools
- 12°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 79°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 Big Horn County home.
Estimates for a typical Big Horn 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?
- Most often it's the igniter or the flame sensor. Gas furnaces need both to work before they'll light, and either one can fail on its own after enough years of use. If you hear the furnace trying to start but not catching, that points to one of these. A dead thermostat battery or a tripped breaker will also stop a furnace cold, and those are worth checking first since anyone can do it. With 12°F nights common here in the winter, don't wait long to get it looked at if the house is losing heat.
- 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 coil can ice over and stop cooling the air even though the blower keeps running. If the filter looks fine, the system may be low on refrigerant from a leak, and that's not something you can fix yourself. A contractor can check the charge and find the leak if there is one.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to heat or cool as needed and the batteries aren't dead. Next check the breaker for the system, since a tripped breaker will shut everything down with no other warning sign. Look at the air filter too. If it's gray or clogged, swap it out, since restricted airflow causes problems in both furnaces and air conditioners. If the system still isn't working after that, a contractor will need to diagnose it.