Are You Aware About Few Common Problems about Furnace?

Posted by mike leigh on January 3rd, 2019

Can you imagine anything worse than waking up in the middle of the night to find the room in freezing cold condition? Your furnace may either be working poorly or it may have completely stopped. Since you have little or no experience about working of furnace then what can you do?

Let us create little awareness about the furnace in this short article, so that you may feel that you have some knowledge to take up any minor furnace repairs.

Following are the ten most common problems of furnace problems due to which it may fail to work:

1. Blower continuously runs
2. Dirty filters
3. Frequent cycling
4. Furnace doesn’t heat
5. Furnace too noisy
6. Lack of maintenance
7. Malfunctioning thermostat
8. Not enough heating of furnace
9. Pilot control or electric ignition problems
10. Wear and tear

Usually during winter season, hundreds of people in Sandy UT give a call to any furnace repair experts due to various kinds of problems with the heating system of their furnace. In both commercial as well as residential settings, the nature of problem remains almost the same. By knowing what is the real problem even you too can take certain proactive measures in order to prevent them.

Let us take all the above common problems one by one and try to find certain action plan to prevent them -

1. Blower continuously runs

If there are any blower problems occurring then there may be a problem with various limit switches, which need to be replaced and you need to call a professional to do that.

2.Dirty filters

If the air filter gets dirty or clogged then it will reduce the airflow and thus it will make the furnace to work harder and will not be able to circulate air. In few cases, any clogged filter can also damage few limit switches that is meant for controlling the fan.

3 .Frequent cycling

If it is cycling between two modes like “On” and “Off” then it indicates a clogged filter, bad thermostat setting or improper airflow.

4.Furnace doesn’t heat

Any furnace which fails to perform its actual task can have problems with its thermostat setting, gas, power or its pilot light. In very rare case you need heater repair Sandy UT.

5.Furnace too noisy

Squeaking, Rumbling and rattles are not normal. This type of sounds indicates any mechanical problem, a clogged burner or airflow reductions.

6.Lack of maintenance

If you always fail in doing schedule maintenance activities and inspections which can cause unexpected breakdowns or problems.

7. Malfunctioning thermostat

Any faulty thermostat can create problems to its fan or level of comfort.

8.Not enough heating of furnace

Besides a clogged filter, for wrong size for its space may not produce sufficient heat

9.Pilot control or electric ignition problems

A faulty pilot or ignition could make it very difficult to heat any space at home or commercial location.

10.Wear and tear

Any wear and tear may cause airflow problems, overheating or any problems related to heat control.