Emergency Furnace Repair in Post Falls When the Heat Quits
A furnace that quits in October is an inconvenience. The same failure in January, with a normal low around 26 degrees, is an emergency. NOAA counts about 21 days a year at Coeur d'Alene when the high never gets above freezing (NOAA cold day counts), and a house without heat loses temperature quickly on those days. Pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and attached garages are the first to freeze.
Emergency furnace repair covers the failures that leave a house with no heat at all:
- Furnaces locked out after repeated failed ignition
- Failed igniters, flame sensors and gas valves
- Inducer motors that seized in the cold
- Blower motors and capacitors that failed mid-cycle
- Control boards and transformers damaged by power surges after winter storms
- Frozen or plugged condensate drains that shut high efficiency furnaces down
- Intake and exhaust pipes blocked by snow and ice
- Heat pumps frozen solid with backup heat that will not come on
No Heat in Post Falls After Snow and Ice Storms
Coeur d'Alene averages about 46 inches of snow a year (Coeur d'Alene snowfall and freeze dates). Two things happen in a heavy storm. Snow drifts over the side-wall intake and exhaust pipes of high efficiency furnaces, and the pressure switch shuts the furnace off. Wind and ice take down power lines, and when power returns the surge can damage a control board or a blower motor module.
Cold snaps cause a third kind of failure. A furnace that runs nearly nonstop for days exposes every weak part at once: an igniter near the end of its life, a capacitor that was already weak, a flame sensor that needed cleaning in the fall. Condensate lines that run through a cold garage or crawl space can freeze solid and shut the furnace down until they thaw.
Emergency Heat Repair for Furnaces and Heat Pumps
In a dual fuel home, a heat pump can carry the house while the gas furnace is down, as long as the blower works. If the heat pump is frozen over and the backup heat will not come on, see heat pump repair. For problems that are not emergencies, such as noise or uneven rooms, see furnace repair in Post Falls. Summer breakdowns are covered under AC repair.
Emergency furnace repair covers Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake and Dalton Gardens. See the Post Falls service area for more.