Furnace Repair in Keyser, WV
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Mineral County will get in touch.
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Eight months of winter puts a lot of hours on your furnace
Keyser needs heat from October through May. That is eight months of the burner cycling on and off, and on nights that average 24°F it runs long and hard to keep up. Every start puts wear on the igniter and the flame sensor, and after enough winters one of them gives out and the furnace stops lighting.
Mineral County has seen 56 winter storms and 66 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and outages follow both. Over a third of West Virginia households lost power for a day or more in 2024. Just over half the homes here heat with electricity, so when the power goes, the furnace does too, and it needs the power back before it will fire up again.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 24°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 56 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
West Virginia requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The state license comes from the Commissioner of Labor, and it belongs to the contractor, not the job. To hold it, a contractor has to meet the state's requirements before taking on work like this, and the state keeps a record of who holds one.
Because West Virginia licenses at the contractor level, that license is what stands behind the person working on your furnace. A furnace repair usually means someone checking gas connections and burner operation, and a bad connection is the part of the job that can hurt someone. The license is what the state uses to hold that contractor to the work.
Source: West Virginia Legislature
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most of the time it's the thermostat not calling for heat, a tripped breaker, or a switch that got bumped off. Check the thermostat is set below room temperature and has power first. Furnaces also have a safety switch on the side panel, sometimes near the door, that shuts the whole unit off if the panel isn't seated right. If the breaker keeps tripping or the switch keeps cutting out, that's a job for a licensed contractor to diagnose, not just reset.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the burners likely aren't lighting even though the blower is running. That can mean a dirty flame sensor, a failed igniter, or gas not reaching the burners. It can also just be the blower running through its normal delay before the burners fire, so give it a minute before assuming something's wrong. With winter lows around 24°F here, don't wait long to get this looked at since a furnace that won't fire at all can leave a house cold fast.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple, the part that senses the pilot flame and keeps gas flowing to it, has worn out or is sitting in the wrong position. A draft blowing out the pilot is possible too, but if it keeps going out even when nothing's disturbing it, the thermocouple is the more likely cause. This isn't something to keep relighting on your own for weeks. A licensed contractor can test the part and replace it if that's what's failing.