Emergency Furnace Repair in Parma, Ohio
Furnaces around Cleveland rarely quit on a mild afternoon. They quit on the coldest night of the week, after running almost nonstop for hours, when a worn part finally gives out. Emergency furnace repair is the same work as any furnace repair.
Common furnace failures in a cold snap:
- The furnace runs but blows cold air, or the burners light and shut off after a few seconds
- The inducer motor starts, but the burners never light
- Nothing happens at all when the thermostat calls for heat
- The furnace is locked out after a pressure switch or limit fault
- A loud bang, squeal or grinding from the blower or the inducer
- A boiler that stopped circulating, with the radiators going cold
Emergency Furnace Repair on Cleveland's Coldest Nights
Cleveland Hopkins averages about 37 days a year when the high never gets above freezing, and about 12 nights at 10 degrees or below. Cleveland's all-time record low is minus 20, set on January 19, 1994 (Cleveland's all-time record low). On nights like those a furnace runs almost nonstop. That is when a cracked igniter, a weak inducer bearing or a dirty flame sensor stops the heat. The National Weather Service Cleveland office posts cold-wave and wind chill warnings ahead of time; a furnace that has been short cycling or making noise should be looked at before one of those nights.
Overnight Snow and Blocked Furnace Vents
Overnight lake-effect snow bands can drop several inches by morning. Wind drifts that snow against the side of the house and over the two white PVC pipes a 90 percent furnace uses for intake and exhaust. When a pipe closes, the pressure switch shuts the furnace down and it locks out. A frozen condensate drain line does the same thing. These lockouts are common after a heavy snow and are repaired at the vent or the drain, not by replacing the furnace.
Emergency Furnace Repair in Parma for No Heat
Emergency furnace repair covers Parma, Parma Heights, Seven Hills, North Royalton, Brooklyn, Middleburg Heights and Old Brooklyn. The houses differ: 1950s basement furnaces in north Parma, closet furnaces in Parma Heights apartments, 90 percent furnaces with PVC venting in North Royalton. The full list of parts and symptoms is on the furnace repair page, with boilers and heat pumps on the heating repair page. The rest of the emergency furnace repair service area is listed on the service area page.
No-Heat Problems in Single-Digit Cold
When the outside temperature is in the single digits, pipes in an outside wall or an unheated crawl space are at risk. Cleveland's worst winter storm on record, the Great Blizzard of 1978, showed how fast a house loses heat when the wind is up. If the furnace is out and the house is dropping, call (440) 568-9484.