Furnace Repair in Gooding, ID
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Gooding County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat puts a lot of hours on your furnace
From October through May your furnace is the thing standing between you and a 21 degree night. That is eight months of the burner lighting and the blower running, over and over, longer than most parts of the country ask of a furnace.
Most homes here run on electric heat, so when the power goes out, the furnace goes with it. Idaho saw 11% of households lose power for 24 hours or more in 2024, and Gooding County has logged 12 winter storms and 16 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When the lights come back on, some furnaces do not restart on their own, and that is often the call that comes in.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 21°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 12 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Idaho requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license sits with the contractor, not with the job itself. Idaho's HVAC Board tests and records the person or business before they're allowed to take furnace work at all, so the license you're checking on is tied to them, not to this particular repair.
For a furnace repair, that matters most where gas is involved. A loose or bad connection at the furnace is the dangerous part of the job, and the state's answer here is the contractor's license itself, issued by the same HVAC Board, rather than a separate inspection called for on this page.
Sources: Idaho Legislature · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
- 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 working batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, which 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 have failed, and that calls for a contractor to check.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is blowing but not warming up, the burners may not be lighting even though the blower is running. A dirty flame sensor is a common cause. It's a small metal rod near the burners that tells the furnace a flame is present, and once it's coated with residue it can shut the burners off while the blower keeps going. A clogged filter can also starve the burners of airflow and trigger the same result. Either way, a contractor needs to look at it since the burners shouldn't be cutting out.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple isn't sensing the pilot flame anymore. The thermocouple is a small rod that sits in the pilot flame and signals the gas valve to stay open. When it wears out or shifts out of position, the valve shuts the gas off and the pilot goes out. A draft blowing across the pilot or a dirty pilot orifice can cause the same thing. Since this involves the gas valve, have a licensed contractor take care of it rather than repeatedly relighting it yourself.