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As temperatures drop, the heating season begins, and for many homeowners, this can bring some eerie sounds echoing through the home. These noises might seem like the spooky soundtrack to Halloween, but they often signal something more serious: a malfunctioning furnace.
Ignoring these sounds could lead to bigger problems, including costly repairs or even a system breakdown. Below are some of the spookiest sounds you might hear from your furnace this heating season and what they could mean.
During our cold winters, the gas furnace becomes the most crucial appliance in your home, keeping it warm and comfortable. However, even the most reliable systems can encounter issues, and it’s crucial to be vigilant about identifying potential failures. In this guide, we’ll explore common problems that can plague gas furnaces and stress the importance of seeking professional help for repairs. Our team is experienced with handling furnace repair in Colorado Springs, and we’re ready to come to your assistance.
And there are some components inside of your furnace that are easy to repair or replace when things go wrong. But your heat exchanger is not one of them. When your heat exchanger cracks, it is time to replace your entire furnace.
We get a lot of customers inquiring, can you run a furnace with a cracked heat exchanger? The short answer is no, and you need to understand why. You can keep reading to learn more about what the heat exchanger inside of your furnace does and why it is such a problem when the heat exchanger cracks.
The furnace is a tried-and-true method of heating a home. Homeowners have come to depend on their furnaces’ ability to quickly and efficiently heat their homes, providing cozy and comfortable environments on the coldest winter days.
But even the most dependable heating system will develop issues every now and then. When your home’s furnace isn’t performing optimally, you’ll quickly notice it. As a homeowner, it’s essential to understand some common issues your furnace will inevitably encounter. That way, you’ll know when to call us for prompt furnace repair that’ll restore your home comfort.
Here are five of the most common issues your furnace may experience.
Weather isn’t done with us yet in Colorado Springs, but we’re now in the latter half of the season. Your furnace has already handled many days of keeping back the cold weather and warming your house. As you start to look ahead toward the warmer months, now is a good time to give some thought to your furnace and how well it’s worked for you this winter.
The big question to ask: “Has my furnace lived up to expectations this year?” We’ll go more into this question below so you can get a better idea of your furnace’s condition and future.
Understanding the common signs that you need furnace service in Colorado Springs, CO is a basic part of owning a furnace. But furnaces can fail in several ways, and some of the signs aren’t ones you’ll frequently find on lists of furnace repair warnings. These are often more subtle, but they can give you an early heads up that you should call our expert technicians. Repairing a furnace promptly not only protects you from getting trapped in a house with no heat, it also helps ensure the furnace operates at its safest.
Here are several of the lesser-known signs of a furnace that’s malfunctioning…
Temperatures have dropped down to the point where you’ve probably turned on your home’s furnace at least once—and you can expect it to stay running for longer stretches as we move into another cold winter.
When your furnace first turned on, you probably noticed a dusty burning smell coming from the vents. Strange odors coming from your furnace are often warning signs that something is wrong with it and will require calling our professionals to inspect the furnace and see if you need heating repair in Monument, CO.
Below, we’ll look at what these odd smells could mean and when to act on them.
Your home’s furnace is one of its most important parts—and it’s something you’ll think about every day through a cold Colorado Springs winter. When your furnace is doing its job and keeping your family cozy and safe, it’s easy to imagine that it will always keep up the good work.
But of course it can’t. At some point in the future, and possibly as soon as this year, the furnace will need to be replaced. How many years can you expect to get from your current furnace?
Simple answer: no. But it can happen, and when it does it means you need furnace service in Woodland Park, CO.
Rust and other types of corrosion are almost always bad news for any metal appliance because they weaken the metal. Rust is often an indicator of advanced system age or a failure of another part of the appliance designed to prevent corrosion. These are all true of a natural gas furnace. We’ll go deeper into what this means below. Just please don’t allow rust to stay on your furnace without taking steps to see what’s wrong and what the next step is.
One of the big concerns we have as a company offering furnace repair in Colorado Springs, CO is ensuring the safety of our customers. The majority of homes in Colorado Springs use gas furnaces to stay warm during the intense, long winters, and a gas furnace that is in poor repair can create carbon monoxide dangers to a household that are potentially lethal. We take this seriously, and since 1970 we’ve helped our customers receive the service that will not only keep the heat on, but will keep health hazards away.
Of course, we can’t come to help you until you call to tell us you have issues with your furnace. We cannot emphasize enough the importance of moving fast to have furnace repairs done when anything isn’t working properly. Even a seemingly small concern with the furnace may become a safety hazard. Below are the ways fast repairs translate to a safer furnace.
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1194 Ford St,
Colorado Springs,
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80915
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