Furnace Repair in Beavercreek, OH
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Greene County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat, on nights near 24 degrees
Your furnace works from October through May here. On winter nights that average 24°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every one of those cycles is a small strain on the igniter and the burner. Over eight months that adds up to a lot of starts.
Greene County has seen 7 winter storms and 105 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and 18% of Ohio households lost power for a day or more in 2024. When the power drops mid-winter and comes back, a gas furnace should restart on its own. If it doesn't fire back up, that's when a repair call happens on the coldest days.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 24°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 60%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 7 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $150 a year off heating for a typical Greene County home.
Estimates for a typical Greene County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Ohio 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 Ohio, HVAC licensing for homes is left to the counties.
Greene County decides who can do HVAC work on a house. Ohio leaves that call to the counties instead of running a state license. Whatever the county requires, or does not, is the whole of it. Ohio does put one thing in writing for anyone who takes on home contracting work. A home contractor has to carry at least $250,000 in liability insurance. That is part of how the state defines the job. It is not a license, and it does not test the person's work.
For a furnace repair, the part that has to be right is the gas connection. A loose fitting or bad seal there is what makes the job dangerous, not the wiring or the blower. Greene County has no state license standing behind that work. In this county, 60.2 percent of homes heat with gas, which is why that connection is the part worth getting right.
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't sending the call for heat, or the furnace isn't getting power. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker at your panel. If those are fine and it still won't start, the igniter or a safety switch may have failed, and that's a job for a contractor to diagnose.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the furnace may be running its fan without the burners lighting. That points to an ignition problem or a flame sensor that's shut the burners off as a safety measure. It can also happen right when the furnace starts a cycle, since the blower can run a few seconds before warm air reaches the vents. If cold air keeps coming for more than a minute or two, have a contractor look at the ignition system before you run it again.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has worn out and is telling the gas valve to shut off even though the flame is there. It can also happen if the pilot orifice is dirty or a draft in the area is blowing the flame out. Try relighting it following the instructions on the panel inside the furnace. If it goes out again within a few minutes, the thermocouple needs replacing, and that's worth getting done soon since nights here average 24°F through the winter.