Furnace Repair in Morgan, UT
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Morgan County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat wears a furnace down
Your furnace works from September through June here. That leaves only two months where it gets to rest. On winter nights averaging 17°F, it cycles on and off for hours to keep the house warm, and every start puts load on the igniter and the ignition control board.
Most homes in Morgan heat with gas, so when the furnace stops firing, there is no backup source of heat in the house. Winter storms are common here, with 47 recorded over the past ten years alongside 16 damaging wind events. When a storm knocks out power, a gas furnace with electronic ignition will not run until power is back, and it will not restart on its own for every model.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 17°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 47 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 Morgan County home.
Estimates for a typical Morgan County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Utah 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.
Utah requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The state license comes from the Division of Professional Licensing, and it means the contractor was tested and is on record with the state. It covers the contractor, not the job itself, so the same license backs a furnace repair and any other HVAC work that contractor takes on. Utah sets $7,000 as the line under which a job does not need a licensed contractor.
A furnace repair means gas is involved, and a loose or bad connection is what makes that job dangerous rather than routine. In Morgan County, 91.4% of homes heat with gas, so this is the ordinary furnace job here, not an unusual one. Above that $7,000 line, the state license is what stands behind the person doing the work.
Sources: Utah State Legislature · Utah Department of Commerce
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat, or a safety switch has cut power to the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has working batteries. The filter is worth a look too, since a clogged one can make the furnace shut itself off before it starts. If the switch on the furnace itself or its power cord is off, or a breaker has tripped, that will keep it from starting as well. Past that, a licensed contractor can test the safety controls and find what's actually stopping it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If the air feels cold at first, that's often normal. It takes a minute for a gas furnace to warm up before the blower pushes out heated air. If it stays cold, the igniter or flame sensor may be failing to light the burners at all, so air is moving through the ducts with nothing heating it. A dirty filter or a fan setting stuck on can also cause this. Since most homes in Morgan County heat with gas, a furnace that won't ignite properly is worth having checked soon, especially with winter lows here averaging 17°F.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay on is usually a sign the thermocouple has worn out or isn't sensing the flame correctly, so the gas valve shuts back off. A draft near the pilot or a dirty pilot assembly can also blow it out or block it from lighting well. This isn't something to keep relighting on your own since it points to a part that needs replacing. With homes here needing heat most of the year, a contractor can diagnose and fix this so it doesn't keep happening.