When cold weather arrives, your home’s furnace will go to work to ensure your family remains comfortable through the season. With the right planning—such as routine maintenance done in the fall with professionals—you shouldn’t experience serious trouble with your furnace.
Still, nothing can stop all furnace malfunctions. If you have a furnace that isn’t providing enough heat to the house, or isn’t providing any heat, you may need to call us for furnace repair in Kent, WA. We have 24-hour emergency service to see that you receive the assistance you need when you need it. Below we’re going to look into six reasons you may have a furnace that’s falling down on the job.
1. The furnace is too old and needs to be replaced
We’ll start with a big reason, which is that the furnace has aged out of its usefulness. A gas furnace averages around fifteen years of service before it starts to falter, although lack of maintenance can cause it to crumble sooner. When your furnace is more than fifteen years old, we recommend you have it replaced when it begins to struggle to keep up. Repairs at this point are only stopgap measures; that money is better spent on a new furnace.
2. The thermostat is malfunctioning
Now let’s switch to a smaller problem, but a problem nonetheless. The furnace may not be heating the home enough because the thermostat is sensing the wrong temperatures and shutting the system off early. This miscalibration is a common problem, and it’s one our technicians can easily fix. There are other possible thermostat issues that can cause the furnace to refuse to turn on at all (or in some cases refuse to turn off).