Furnace Repair in Richfield, UT
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Sevier County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat wears a furnace down fast in Richfield
Your furnace runs from September through June here, ten months of the year. On winter nights that average 17°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch to keep the house warm, and every cycle puts wear on the igniter and the parts that control the flame.
Sevier County has seen 31 winter storms and 34 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and outages come with that kind of weather. Most furnaces come back on by themselves once power returns, but one that was already struggling to light may not start back up on its own.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 17°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 76%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 31 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $120 a year off heating for a typical Sevier County home.
Estimates for a typical Sevier 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 Division of Professional Licensing tests HVAC contractors and keeps a record of who holds a license in this state. That license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so the same license covers this repair and the next one. Work under $7,000 falls outside that requirement, and many furnace repairs land under that number.
A furnace burns gas, and the connection carrying that gas is the part of the job where a mistake is dangerous. In Sevier County, most homes heat with gas, so that connection is part of what a contractor is working on here. Whether or not this job crosses the $7,000 threshold, a license from the Division of Professional Licensing 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 the way it should, or a safety switch has shut the system down. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. A furnace will also refuse to start if the air filter is badly clogged or a door panel isn't seated right, since both trip a safety switch on purpose. If the thermostat looks right and it still won't fire, a contractor needs to check the switch itself.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- A furnace blows cold air for a few minutes when it first starts, while the burners heat up before the blower kicks in. That's normal. If cold air keeps coming for longer than that, the burners may not be igniting even though the blower is running, which points to an ignition problem. A clogged filter can also starve the burners of air and cause this. Either way, it's worth having a contractor look before the next cold night, especially with lows near 17°F through the winter here.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple isn't sensing the flame well enough to keep the gas valve open. The thermocouple is a small sensor that sits in the pilot flame, and once it wears out or gets dirty, the flame goes out soon after you let go of the knob. A draft blowing across the pilot can cause the same thing. A contractor can clean or replace the thermocouple, which is a common repair on older furnaces with a standing pilot.