Furnace Repair in Somerset, KY
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Pulaski County will get in touch.
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Somerset winters keep your furnace working from October to April
That's seven months of the year your furnace has to come on, night after night, to keep up with lows that average 28°F. Most homes here run on electric heat, so when the power goes out, the furnace stops with it. That matters in Pulaski County, where storm records show 14 winter storms and 167 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and where a quarter of Kentucky households lost power for a full day or more in 2024.
All that cycling on and off wears on the igniter and the parts that keep the burner lit. A furnace that won't fire back up after an outage, or one that starts struggling partway through winter, is doing exactly what seven months of hard use will do to it.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 14 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's Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction issues that license, and it belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. The state tested that contractor before handing it over, and it keeps a record of who holds one, so a furnace repair in Pulaski County is done under a license tied to the person or business doing the work, not to the address where it happens.
For a furnace repair, the license is what stands behind the person in your house. A gas furnace has connections that have to be sealed and tight, and that is the part of the job where a mistake is dangerous. The state license is what says someone checked this contractor's competence before they were ever allowed to touch that connection.
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 the way it should, or power isn't reaching the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker at your panel. If those are fine, the igniter or a safety switch inside the furnace may be the problem, and that's a job for a licensed contractor to open up and test.
- 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 lighting. That points to an ignition problem, a dirty flame sensor, or gas not reaching the burners. It can also mean the thermostat fan is set to "on" instead of "auto", which pushes air through the ducts between heating cycles. With nights averaging 28°F here, a furnace stuck this way won't keep up, so it's worth having a contractor check the ignition system and flame sensor.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has worn out and can no longer hold the gas valve open. A draft blowing across the pilot, or a dirty pilot orifice, can also cause this. The thermocouple is inexpensive to replace but has to be positioned exactly right in the flame, so this is a repair for a licensed contractor. A standing pilot burns independent of your home's power, so this problem isn't related to any recent outage.