Furnace Repair in Fremont, NE
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Dodge County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat puts real wear on a Fremont furnace
From October through May your furnace is the thing standing between you and a house at 16 degrees. That is eight months of the burner cycling on and off, night after night, and each start puts a little more wear on the igniter and the ignition control board. When one of those finally gives out, the furnace won't light at all.
Dodge County has seen 17 winter storms and 49 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that knock out power. When the lights come back on, most furnaces restart on their own, but if yours doesn't fire back up, it may not be the storm. More than half the homes here heat with gas, and a furnace that stays quiet after the power returns needs a look.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 16°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 52%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 17 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $100 a year off heating for a typical Dodge County home.
Estimates for a typical Dodge County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Nebraska 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.
Nebraska requires contractors to register with the state.
Registration puts the business on file with the Department of Labor. It confirms the contractor is a real, on-record business operating in Nebraska. There is no exam behind it and no state license, so it does not mean anyone tested how the contractor works on a furnace.
On a furnace job, that leaves the registration as a record and nothing more. The part that matters is the gas connection, since a bad one is what leaks or burns wrong. In Dodge County, just over half of homes heat with gas, and Nebraska's registration does not reach that connection at all.
Source: Nebraska Legislature
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way it should, or power to the furnace has been cut off somewhere. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has working batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker for it. If those are fine, the igniter or a safety switch inside the furnace may have failed, and that needs a contractor to check.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's cold, the furnace may be running the fan without the burners lighting. That points to an ignition problem, a clogged filter starving it of air, or a safety switch shutting the burners off. A dirty filter is worth checking first since it's the easiest to fix. If the filter is clean and you're still getting cold air, the burners themselves need a contractor's attention.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has worn out and can no longer hold the gas valve open. It can also mean a draft is blowing the flame out, or the pilot tube is partly clogged. The thermocouple is a cheap part but it sits right in the flame and wears out over years of use. Since this involves the gas valve, have a contractor replace it rather than relighting it repeatedly.