Furnace Repair in Bowling Green, KY
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Warren County will get in touch.
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Seven months of heat puts real wear on your furnace
Your furnace works from October through April here, seven months of the year. On winter nights that average 29°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and each cycle puts a little more wear on the igniter and the parts that get the burner lit. When one of those parts finally gives out, the furnace stops lighting and the house goes cold fast.
56.5% of homes here heat with electricity, so when the power goes out, the heat goes with it. In Kentucky, 24% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024, and this area has logged 11 winter storms and 98 damaging wind events over the past ten years. A furnace that loses power will not restart on its own until it comes back.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 29°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 11 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Kentucky requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Kentucky licenses HVAC contractors through the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. That means the state tested the contractor and keeps a record of them before they take on work like this. The license belongs to the contractor, not to any one job, so it does not need to be renewed for a furnace repair.
For this job, that license is what stands behind the person working on the furnace. It covers the contractor doing the repair, not a separate check on the work itself.
Sources: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission · Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat, or power to the furnace has been cut off somewhere. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is above room temperature. Check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and check the breaker. If those are fine, the igniter or a safety switch may have failed, and that calls for a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the furnace may be running the blower without the burners firing. That happens when the flame sensor or igniter has failed, or when the furnace has shut itself down on a safety switch. A dirty filter can also starve the burners of air and trip that same safety switch. This isn't something to leave running, since cold air blowing all night in a house that needs heat from October through April will only get colder inside.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit is usually a thermocouple that's worn out or out of position. The thermocouple senses the flame and holds the gas valve open, and once it can't sense the flame properly, it shuts the gas off as it's meant to. It can also mean a draft is reaching the pilot, or the pilot orifice is dirty. A standing pilot doesn't use electricity, so a power outage won't explain it going out on its own.