Furnace Repair in Hailey, ID
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Blaine County will get in touch.
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Your furnace runs almost all year here
In Hailey, furnaces run from September through June. That is ten months of the year, with only a short break in summer. Winter nights average 14°F, so the burner is lighting and shutting off many times a day for months on end. Every one of those cycles puts wear on the igniter and the parts that control the burner.
Blaine County has seen 142 winter storms and 38 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and across Idaho, 11% of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024. When power drops mid-winter and comes back, a furnace that was already struggling with a worn part often will not restart on its own. That is usually when the house goes cold and the call gets made.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 14°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 142 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 HVAC Board issues that license after the contractor is tested, and it stays tied to the contractor rather than to any single job. So the same license that covers a furnace repair in Blaine County covers the next furnace or heat pump that contractor works on anywhere in the state.
For furnace repair, the license is what stands behind the work. Gas furnaces have a burner and a flue, and a bad connection there is the part that can hurt someone, so the state's answer is to require the person doing that work to be licensed rather than to inspect the connection afterward.
Sources: Idaho Legislature · Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- The thermostat isn't calling for heat, or something is stopping the furnace from responding when it does. Check that the thermostat has power and is set to heat above room temperature. If that's fine, the trouble is usually the igniter, the flame sensor, or a safety switch that's shut the furnace down on purpose. A furnace that won't start is protecting itself from something, so a contractor needs to find out what before it's forced to run again.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- The blower is running but the burners haven't lit, or haven't lit yet. Furnaces run the blower for a short delay before the burners fire, so a few seconds of cool air is normal. If it keeps blowing cold, the igniter or flame sensor is likely failing, or the gas valve isn't opening. With lows near 14 degrees here, a furnace stuck on cold air needs looking at the same day.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit almost always means a weak or dirty thermocouple, the part that senses the flame and keeps the gas valve open. If it can't sense the pilot properly, it shuts the gas off as a safety measure, even when the flame is there. A draft blowing across the pilot can also blow it out. Either way, a contractor needs to clean or replace the part rather than relight it and hope. Since homes here need heat most of the year, it's worth getting fixed rather than relit.