Furnace Repair in Greenfield, IN
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Hancock County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat puts real hours on your furnace
From October through May your furnace is the thing standing between you and a 23°F night. That is eight months of the year it has to start, run, and shut off, over and over, night after night. Every one of those starts puts a little more wear on the igniter and the parts that get the burner lit.
Greenfield has seen 11 winter storms and 53 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that knock out power. When the power drops, your furnace stops, gas or not, because the blower and controls need electricity to run. When it comes back on, a furnace that was already struggling can fail to relight.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 23°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 61%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 11 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $110 a year off heating for a typical Hancock County home.
Estimates for a typical Hancock County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Indiana 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.
In Indiana, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the counties and cities.
Hancock County sets its own rule for who can do this work, and whether a contractor needs a local license depends on where in the county the house sits. There is no state exam or state record to check here. Whatever proof of qualification exists comes from the city or township, not from Indiana.
A furnace repair means someone is working on a gas line and the connections that carry that gas safely. That is the part of the job with real consequences if it is done wrong. In Hancock County, 60.6% of homes heat with gas, so this is the kind of repair a lot of houses here will need at some point.
Sources: Indiana Department of Workforce Development · State of Indiana
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way you think it is, or power isn't reaching the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, which looks like a regular light switch near the unit, and the breaker it's on. If those are fine, the igniter or a safety switch inside the furnace may be the problem, and that's a job for a contractor to open the unit and test.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If the air feels cold but the furnace is running, it may just be starting a cycle, since air from the vents takes a minute to warm up once the burners light. If it never warms up, the burners may not be igniting even though the blower is running, often because of a dirty flame sensor or a bad igniter. Check your filter too. A filter packed with dust blocks airflow and can trip the furnace's limit switch, which shuts the burners off but leaves the blower running on cold air.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve a flame is present, is worn out or out of position. When it can't sense the pilot flame, it shuts the gas off as a safety measure, even though the pilot was lit a moment ago. A weak or dirty pilot orifice can cause the same problem. Either way, this isn't something to keep relighting on your own since it points to a part that needs replacing.