HVAC Repair in Woodland Park, CO
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Eleven months of heat, ten below at night
Your furnace runs from August through June here, almost the whole year. On winter nights that average 10°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every start puts wear on the igniter and the burner. That kind of cold also stresses the heat exchanger, and a furnace worked this hard, this much of the year, will show cracks or short cycling sooner than one that gets a real rest.
Cooling barely enters into it. Summer afternoons average 73°F, so the strain here is almost all on the heating side. Teller County has also seen 121 winter storms and 99 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and outages come with weather like that. A furnace that will not fire back up after the power drops, or one where the burner takes longer to light than it used to, is telling you something about the parts inside it.
- 11 months
- August through June, your system heats
- 10°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 73°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
A new furnace and air conditioner would cut about $140 a year off heating and cooling for a typical Teller County home.
Estimates for a typical Teller 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 before you assume the worst. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is above room temperature, then check the breaker and the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit. A dirty filter can also block airflow badly enough to shut the furnace down, so pull it and look. Winter nights here drop to 10°F on average, so if none of that fixes it, get a contractor out quickly rather than waiting.
- Why is my system running but not cooling the house?
- If the blower is running but the air is not cold, the most common cause is a dirty filter or a frozen coil starving the system of airflow. Check the filter first and replace it if it is gray or clogged. If the filter is clean and the air still is not cold, the system may be low on refrigerant or have a failing compressor, and a contractor will need to check it with gauges. Summer afternoons here only average 73°F, so most homes lean on heat far more than cooling, and a cooling problem tends to sit unnoticed longer before anyone calls about it.
- What can I check before calling for HVAC repair?
- Check the thermostat settings, the breaker or fuse for the system, and the filter. A tripped breaker or a filter clogged with dust will stop a furnace or air conditioner cold and neither needs a contractor to fix. If the system runs but the vents have no airflow at all, check that no vents are closed or blocked by furniture. Power outages are common enough here, with 13% of Colorado households losing power for a full day or more in 2024, so if the power was recently out, check whether the unit simply needs to be reset or is waiting for someone to relight a pilot.