Furnace Repair in Kokomo, IN
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Howard County will get in touch.
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Kokomo asks a lot of a furnace
Your furnace has to hold up from October through May here, eight months of the year. On winter nights averaging 21°F, it's cycling on and off for hours at a stretch to keep the house warm. Every one of those cycles puts a small strain on the igniter and the parts that get it burning, and over enough winters that adds up.
Most homes in the area heat with gas, so when the power goes out, the furnace goes down with it even though the gas is still there. Howard County has seen ten winter storms and 51 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Indiana last year, 17 percent of households lost power for at least a day. If your furnace won't start after the lights come back on, that's often the reason.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 21°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 69%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 10 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 Howard County home.
Estimates for a typical Howard 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.
Indiana leaves HVAC licensing to the counties and cities, so whatever rule applies to this job comes from Howard County rather than a state board. There is no state record of the contractor either way, no test they took or license number tied to their name at a state level. Whether Howard County requires anything of its own, and what that covers, is a local matter and not a state one.
For a furnace repair, the part that matters most is the gas connection, since a bad one is what makes the job dangerous rather than just inconvenient. With no state license standing behind this work, that risk does not come with a state record attached to it. In Howard County, 68.6% of homes heat with gas, so this is the ordinary furnace repair here, not the exception.
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 it should, or a safety switch has shut the furnace down. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has power. A dirty filter, a tripped limit switch, or a flame sensor that needs cleaning can all stop a furnace cold. If the switch on the furnace itself or its breaker got bumped off, that alone will keep it from starting.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- A furnace blows cold air for a few minutes at the start of every cycle while it warms up, and that's normal. If it never warms up, the igniter may not be lighting the burners, or the gas valve isn't opening. It could also mean the flame sensor is dirty and shutting the burners off right after they light. Either way, the blower is running but nothing is heating the air, so the fix is on the burner side, not the fan.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit is almost always the thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve the flame is burning. When it wears out or sits out of position, it reads no flame and cuts the gas even though the pilot is lit. A draft blowing across the pilot or a clogged pilot orifice can cause the same thing. A standing pilot uses no electricity, so this isn't a power issue, it's the flame or the sensor.