Furnace Repair in Middletown, CT
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Middletown will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat puts a lot of hours on your furnace
Middletown needs heat from October through May. On winter nights that average 23°F, your furnace runs for long stretches to keep the house warm, and the burner cycles on and off for hours at a time. Over that many months, the igniter and the burner assembly take the wear.
More than half the homes here heat with fuel oil, and an oil furnace depends on a clean nozzle and a strong flame sensor to keep running through a cold stretch. When power drops during a storm, an oil furnace will not restart on its own even after the lights come back on. If your furnace has gone quiet on a cold night, that is often where to look first.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 23°F
- the average winter night it heats against
NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals
Connecticut requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license is issued to the contractor, not to the job, so it doesn't need to be reissued or checked out for each furnace repair. What it means is the Department of Consumer Protection has tested this contractor and keeps a record of them, separate from any one visit to your house.
For a furnace repair, that license is what stands behind the work. A furnace burns gas, and a bad connection or a cracked heat exchanger is the kind of mistake that matters most, so the person doing that work being state-tested and on record is the protection here, not an extra inspection layered on top of it.
Sources: Connecticut General Assembly · Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat, or something in the safety chain is stopping it. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has power, then check the furnace switch and the breaker. A dirty filter can also make the furnace shut itself off, since it will not run if it senses airflow is blocked. If everything looks right and it still won't start, the igniter or a safety switch inside the unit likely needs a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the burners may not be lighting even though the blower is running. That points to an ignition problem, a gas supply issue, or a flame sensor that's telling the furnace to shut off. It can also mean the thermostat fan is set to "on" instead of "auto", which pushes air through even between heating cycles. Either way, a furnace that runs but doesn't heat needs a contractor to check the ignition system, not just the thermostat.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit is almost always the thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve the flame is burning. When it wears out or sits out of position, the valve shuts the gas off even though the pilot lit fine a moment before. A draft blowing across the pilot can cause the same thing, so it's worth checking for that first. If relighting it doesn't hold, the thermocouple needs to be replaced, and that's a job for a licensed contractor since it involves the gas valve.