Furnace Repair
No heat, cold air, short cycling, ignition faults, blower failure, and strange furnace noises in Everett homes — diagnosed and repaired by Everett Air HVAC.
Read MoreThe short answer
A furnace that will not start is most often stopped by something simple — thermostat settings, the furnace switch, a tripped breaker, a loose access panel, or a blocked vent — or by a failed igniter, control board, or safety control. Work through the safe checks once, in order. If heat does not return, call a technician rather than opening the unit or resetting it again and again.
No heat on the first cold night is the most urgent heating problem a homeowner faces, especially when pipes are at risk or there is no backup heat. The good news is that the first checks are simple, and they rule out the most common causes in minutes. The checks below are the same ones a technician will ask about on the phone, so noting what you find — and what changed — makes the visit faster.
What you notice
- Thermostat calls for heat, but nothing happens: no fan, no burner sound.
- A click, then silence, with no ignition.
- The furnace worked last winter and does nothing on first use.
- A fault code is visible through the sight glass, or an oil burner shows a lockout light.
