Furnace Repair in Meadowood, Aurora, CO
Furnace repair, heating repair and AC repair in Meadowood and across Aurora. Open 24 hours.
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Meadowood Furnace Repair works on gas furnaces, heat pumps, electric heat, boilers and central air conditioning in Meadowood and the neighborhoods around it in southeast Aurora, Colorado. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
The calls that come in most are furnaces blowing cold air, burners that light and shut off, igniters that glow with no flame, blowers that will not start, and heat pumps that stop heating. On the cooling side it is capacitors, contactors, fan motors and coils that ice over.
Furnace, Heating and Cooling Services in Aurora
Gas furnaces in basements, closets and garages: igniters, flame sensors, inducer motors, pressure switches, gas valves, blower motors and control boards.
- Blowing cold air
- Lights, then shuts off
- Igniter glows, no flame
- Loud squeal or rattle
Heat pumps with gas or electric backup, electric furnaces, boilers and radiant floors, plus rooms that never get warm.
- Heat pump blows cool air
- Backup heat not coming on
- Cold radiators on one zone
- Cold lower level
No heat at night, on weekends and on holidays: furnaces with no power, no ignition, lockouts and iced-over vent pipes.
- Furnace dead on a cold night
- Breaker keeps tripping
- Burning electrical smell
- Vent pipes iced over
When the heat exchanger is cracked or major parts keep failing: 80 and 90 percent furnaces, two stage and dual fuel systems.
- Cracked heat exchanger
- Repeated major repairs
- Parts no longer made
- Rooms never heat evenly
Yearly service before the first snow: burners, flame sensor, igniter, blower, vents, condensate drain and filter.
- Yellow or lazy flame
- Dusty blower wheel
- Gray, loaded filter
- Furnace not serviced last fall
Faults that take out heat and AC together: fuses, transformers, float switches, thermostats, short cycling and airflow.
- Neither heat nor AC starts
- Thermostat blank
- Short cycling
- Weak airflow
Central air, heat pumps in cooling mode and mini-splits: capacitors, contactors, fan motors, compressors and leaks.
- Warm air from vents
- Outdoor fan not spinning
- Ice on the copper line
- Water by the furnace
Aurora Winters and Furnace Breakdowns
The NOAA station at Centennial Airport, the closest official station to Meadowood, averages about 155 nights a year at or below freezing and about 5 nights at or below zero. Heating degree days there run about nine times the cooling degree days (NOAA climate normals). Denver's official record low is 29 below zero, and the National Weather Service recorded 24 below as recently as December 2022 (Denver record cold list).
Furnaces fail most during long cold stretches, when they run nearly nonstop. Flame sensors, igniters, inducer motors and blower capacitors are the usual parts. On 90 percent furnaces, snow and frost on the PVC vent pipes shut the furnace down. See 24 hour furnace repair in Aurora for no-heat calls at any hour.
Furnaces in Meadowood Homes
Most houses around Meadowood went up in the 1970s and 1980s, and about 30 percent of homes in 80013 were built before 1980 (80013 housing data). Many of them are on their second or third furnace, sitting in a basement or closet on ductwork built for the first one. When the airflow does not match the furnace, limit switches trip and the furnace short cycles. Most of these furnaces are worth repairing, and furnace replacement in Aurora covers the ones that are not.
Furnace Repair Service Area in Southeast Aurora
Meadowood plus the neighborhoods within a few miles of it in Aurora, and the east side of Centennial. Aurora is Colorado's third-largest city and spreads across Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties (Aurora, Colorado).
Furnace and Heating Questions
What are the most common furnace repairs?
Flame sensor cleaning or replacement, hot surface igniters, inducer motors, pressure switches, blower motors and capacitors, and control boards. Clogged condensate traps are common on high efficiency furnaces.
When to worry about a furnace?
When it stops heating in freezing weather, trips its breaker, smells like burning wiring, leaks water, or starts and stops over and over. New loud noises are worth a call before they turn into a no-heat night.
How do I know if my furnace is broken?
Cold air from the vents with the thermostat on heat, a furnace that will not start, a status light on the control board flashing a fault code, or burners that light and go out.
What are signs of a bad furnace?
Rooms that never get warm, short cycling, a yellow burner flame, rust and soot inside the cabinet, new noises and repairs that keep coming back.
Can a furnace blower motor be repaired?
Often the fix is a new capacitor rather than a new motor. A motor with worn bearings or burned windings gets replaced. Variable speed motors can sometimes be repaired by replacing the control module on the motor.
Can heat pumps be repaired?
Yes. Capacitors, contactors, fan motors, defrost boards, reversing valves, refrigerant leaks and backup heat strips are all repairable. A failed compressor is the main case where replacement comes up.
How many years do furnaces usually last?
It depends on yearly maintenance, how many hours the furnace runs, whether its venting and airflow were set up right, and the condition of the heat exchanger. A cracked heat exchanger ends a furnace's life sooner than anything else.
Do furnaces last longer than air conditioners?
Often, because a furnace has fewer high-stress parts than an outdoor compressor that sits in the weather. In Aurora the furnace runs far more hours than the AC, so maintenance matters more than the type.