Furnace Repair in Klamath Falls, OR
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Klamath County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat puts a lot of wear on your furnace
In Klamath Falls your furnace runs from September through June. That is ten months of the burner lighting and shutting off, night after night, to keep up with lows that average 22°F from December through February. Each cycle puts a load on the igniter and the parts that sense the flame, and over ten months that wear adds up faster than it would somewhere milder.
The area has logged 72 winter storms and 86 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that can knock out power, and in Oregon, 20% of households went at least 24 hours without it in 2024. A furnace with a standing pilot will light again on its own. One that depends on an igniter and a control board will sit cold until the power is back and someone resets it.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 22°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 72 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $170 a year off heating for a typical Klamath County home.
Estimates for a typical Klamath County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Oregon fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed and the heat exchanger is sound.
Replacement makes sense when the heat exchanger is cracked or the furnace keeps needing parts.
Oregon requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Contractors Board licenses the contractor, not each job. That means the business behind the truck has been tested by the state and stays on record with the board from one repair to the next. In Oregon, work under $1,000 does not need a licensed contractor, so a small fix can fall outside that rule.
For gas furnace work, the connection to the gas line is the part that has to be right, since a bad one is what makes the job dangerous. A licensed contractor is the one accountable for that connection here. In Klamath County, 42.8% of homes heat with gas, and a furnace stands in that many homes waiting on that same connection to be done right.
Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Make sure it's set to heat and the temperature is above room level, and check that it has power if it runs on batteries. If the thermostat looks fine, check the breaker and the furnace's own power switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit. Gas furnaces also need the gas valve open and the pilot or igniter working, so if power and gas both check out, the problem is likely inside the furnace and a contractor should take a look.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most often the furnace is running the fan without the burners lit. Check the thermostat fan setting. If it's set to "on" instead of "auto", the blower runs constantly and pushes cold air between heating cycles. If it's already set to auto and you're still getting cold air, the igniter or pilot may have failed, or the furnace may be shutting off partway through its cycle. That points to a repair, not a setting.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has gone bad. That's the small sensor that sits in the pilot flame and tells the gas valve it's safe to keep the gas flowing. When it wears out or gets out of position, it reads the flame as out even when it isn't, and shuts the gas off. A draft blowing across the pilot or a dirty pilot orifice can cause the same problem. Either way, this isn't something to keep relighting on your own since it involves the gas valve, so it's worth having a contractor check.