HVAC Repair in Silverthorne, CO
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Your furnace runs every month of the year here
Silverthorne doesn't have a cooling season. Summer afternoons average 68°F, and the work your system does is heating, all year, every year. On winter nights that average 8°F, the furnace runs long and often to hold the house steady, and that kind of runtime wears on igniters and blower motors faster than a system that gets a break each summer.
Most homes here heat with gas, so a pilot light or ignition system that fails means the house starts losing heat fast, at a time of year when 8°F nights don't leave much room for error. Summit County has also logged 46 winter storms and 42 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and across Colorado 13% of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024. A furnace with a standing pilot will keep running through an outage. One that relies on an electric igniter or blower won't, and that's often when a homeowner finds out which kind they have.
- 8°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 68°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $170 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Summit County home.
Estimates for a typical Summit County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Colorado fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed.
Replacement makes sense when the furnace's heat exchanger is cracked, the air conditioner's compressor has failed, or repairs keep coming.
- Why is my heat not working?
- Start with the thermostat and the power to the furnace. If the thermostat screen is blank, check the breaker and any switch that looks like a light switch near the furnace. A furnace that won't light at all is often the igniter or the flame sensor, and a furnace that runs but blows cold air can mean the pilot went out or the gas valve isn't opening. With winter lows here dropping to 8°F, a furnace that's struggling is worth getting looked at before a hard freeze, since the system will be running nonstop to keep up.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- Check the air filter first. A filter clogged with dust blocks airflow across the coil, and the coil can ice over so the system runs without cooling anything. If the filter is clean, look at the outdoor unit and make sure nothing, like leaves or grass clippings, is blocking the sides of it. A low refrigerant charge can cause the same problem, but that's not something to check yourself since it takes a contractor with the right gauges.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat batteries and settings, then the breaker box for a tripped breaker. Look at the air filter and replace it if it's gray or matted with dust. If you have a furnace, check that the switch near it, the one that looks like a light switch, hasn't been bumped off. None of this fixes everything, but it rules out the simple causes before a contractor comes out to look at the rest.