Furnace Repair in East Stroudsburg, PA
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Monroe County will get in touch.
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Eight months of winter work in East Stroudsburg
Your furnace runs from October through May here, eight months of the year. On winter nights that average 19°F through December through February, it cycles on and off for hours trying to hold the house steady. Each start puts a small load on the igniter and the burner, and over enough cold nights that wear catches up with the part.
Monroe County has logged 27 winter storms and 174 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that can knock out power, and 46.4% of homes here heat with electricity, so a furnace that depends on it goes down with the lights. Across Pennsylvania, 15% of households lost power for at least 24 hours in 2024. When it comes back on, a furnace that would not fire before the outage usually will not fire after it either.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 19°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 27 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Pennsylvania requires contractors to register with the state.
Registration puts the business on file with the Bureau of Consumer Protection. It does not mean anyone tested the contractor's furnace work. There is no state trade exam behind the number, and no license to suspend if the job is done wrong.
For a furnace repair, the part that matters is the gas connection, and Pennsylvania does not layer a local HVAC license on top of the state registration to check that. Cities and towns are barred from requiring their own license, so the registration is the only state record that exists here.
Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. If the screen is blank or won't respond, check the batteries before anything else. Next check the breaker and the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit. If those are fine, the igniter may have failed or the flame sensor may be dirty, and either one will stop the furnace from firing even though power is reaching it. A contractor can test both in a few minutes.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most often the furnace is running but hasn't started heating yet. It takes a minute or two after startup for warm air to reach the vents, so cold air at first is normal. If it stays cold, check that the thermostat fan setting is on auto, not on. Fan set to on will run air through the ducts even between heating cycles, and that air feels cold. If the fan is set right and you're still getting cold air, the burners may not be lighting, which needs a contractor to look at.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually comes down to the thermocouple, the small part that senses whether the pilot flame is lit and keeps gas flowing to it. When it wears out or gets coated with soot, it can't sense the flame properly and shuts the gas off, even with the pilot burning right in front of it. A draft blowing out the flame is the other common cause, so check for anything disturbing the airflow around it. Either way, a standing pilot that won't hold needs a contractor to replace the part or find the draft.