Furnace Repair in Broken Arrow, OK
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Wagoner County will get in touch.
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Seven months of work, every winter night in the 30s
A furnace in Broken Arrow runs from October through April. That's seven months of the burner lighting and shutting off, night after night, to hold the house against lows that average 30°F. Every one of those cycles puts a small amount of wear on the igniter, and eventually it stops lighting the burner at all. The house stays cold and the furnace either won't start or shuts off soon after it does.
Wagoner County has seen 8 winter storms and 84 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and statewide, a quarter of households lost power for 24 hours or more in 2024. When power drops mid-storm and comes back, most furnaces restart on their own, but a system already struggling with a worn part may not come back cleanly. That combination, a long heating season and weather that can cut power, is what pushes an aging furnace toward failure right when it's needed most.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 30°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 60%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 8 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $110 a year off heating for a typical Wagoner County home.
Estimates for a typical Wagoner County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Construction Industries Board tests contractors before it issues that license, and it keeps a record of who holds one. That license belongs to the contractor, not to the specific job, so the same license covers this furnace repair and whatever work comes after it.
A bad gas connection is the part of a furnace repair that can actually hurt someone, and in Wagoner County close to 6 in 10 homes heat with gas, so this is common work here. The license is what stands behind the contractor doing it.
Source: Oklahoma State Legislature
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way it should, or power isn't reaching the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set above room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Check the furnace switch, which looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker for it. Gas furnaces also need the pilot lit or the igniter working, so if power and thermostat both check out, the ignition system is likely the problem and worth having a contractor look at.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the furnace may be running on fan only, or it hasn't caught up yet after the thermostat called for heat. Set the thermostat fan setting to auto rather than on. If it's already on auto and still blowing cold, the burners may not be igniting, or the flame is going out shortly after startup. That points to a problem with the igniter, the flame sensor, or the gas supply, and a contractor will need to check which one.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple isn't sensing the flame, so the gas valve shuts back off. It can also mean a draft in the area is blowing the flame out, or the pilot orifice is dirty. Try relighting it following the instructions on the furnace panel. If it goes out again within a few minutes, the thermocouple needs replacing, and that's a job for a licensed contractor since it involves the gas line.