Furnace Repair in Queens, NY
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Queens County will get in touch.
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Seven months of Queens winter wears on a furnace
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months of the year. On nights that average 28°F from December through February, it is cycling on and off for hours at a stretch, and every one of those starts puts wear on the igniter. That is usually the part that fails first, and when it does, the burner will not light at all.
Most homes in Queens heat with gas, so a furnace that will not fire means no heat until it is fixed, not just a cold room. Storms add another way for that to happen. Queens has had 33 winter storms and 116 damaging wind events over the last ten years, and across New York, 11% of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024. No power means no blower, even if the burner itself is fine.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 74%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 33 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $120 a year off heating for a typical Queens County home.
Estimates for a typical Queens County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, New York fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed and the heat exchanger is sound.
Replacement makes sense when the heat exchanger is cracked or the furnace keeps needing parts.
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to heat and the temperature is set above room temperature, and check the batteries if it uses them. If that's fine, check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and check the breaker for it. Many furnaces also stop and lock out when the filter is too dirty to pull air through, so a clogged filter is worth checking too. If none of that brings it back on, the igniter or a safety switch inside the furnace has likely failed, and that needs a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most of the time this means the blower is running but the burners haven't lit. That points to an ignition problem, a flame sensor that needs cleaning, or the gas valve not opening. It can also happen right when the furnace starts a cycle, since the blower can kick on before the air has had time to heat up. If the air stays cold the whole cycle and doesn't warm up, don't keep running it. Shut it off and have a contractor check the ignition system.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This is almost always the thermocouple, the small sensor that sits in the pilot flame and tells the gas valve it's safe to stay open. When it wears out or sits out of position, the valve shuts the gas off as soon as you let go of the knob. A draft blowing across the pilot can also blow it out, so check whether anything nearby is pushing air toward it. If relighting it keeps failing the same way, the thermocouple needs to be replaced, and that's a job for a contractor since it involves the gas valve.