Furnace Repair in York, PA
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers York County will get in touch.
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York asks a lot of your furnace
October through May, eight months of the year, your furnace is the thing standing between your house and a 24 degree night. That is most of the calendar. The burner is cycling on and off for months at a stretch, and every start puts wear on the igniter and the parts that get the flame going.
York County also loses power. About 15 percent of Pennsylvania households went at least 24 hours without it last year, and the area has seen 15 winter storms and 205 damaging wind events over the past ten years. A furnace that was running fine can fail to restart once the power comes back, or a storm can leave the house cold with no furnace running at all while the weather outside is the reason you needed it most.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 24°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 51%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 15 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 York County home.
Estimates for a typical York County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania requires contractors to register with the state.
Pennsylvania puts contractors on file with the Bureau of Consumer Protection. That means the business is registered and reachable, but nobody tested this contractor's furnace work to get that registration. Cities and towns in Pennsylvania can't layer on their own HVAC license either, so this state record is the only one there is.
For a furnace repair, the part that matters most is the gas connection itself, and registration doesn't touch that. There is no state license behind this work in York County, only the registration record. In York County, just over half of homes heat with gas, and this is the only state-level check that stands behind that repair.
Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way it should, or power isn't reaching the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. After that, check the furnace switch, the breaker, and that the door panel is seated all the way, since most furnaces won't run with the panel loose or off. If those all check out, the igniter or a safety switch may be at fault, and that's a job for a contractor to test.
- 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, so that alone isn't a problem. If cold air keeps coming the whole time it runs, check your filter first. A clogged filter cuts off airflow and can cause the furnace to overheat and shut down its burner while the blower keeps running. If the filter is clean and it's still blowing cold, the igniter or gas valve likely isn't lighting the burner at all, and a contractor will need to look at it.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple has worn out and can no longer sense that the flame is lit, so the gas valve shuts itself off as a safety measure. A draft blowing out the flame or a dirty pilot orifice can also cause it. Relighting it yourself will only work for so long if the part underneath has failed. A contractor can test the thermocouple and the gas valve to tell you which one needs to be replaced.