Furnace Repair in Heber Springs, AR
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Cleburne County will get in touch.
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Seven months of heat, and the power behind it
Your furnace works from October through April here, seven months of the year. Winter nights average 31°F from December through February, so it is cycling on and off most nights to keep the house warm. Each cycle puts wear on the igniter and the parts that start the burner, and that is usually where an older furnace starts to fail.
59.3% of homes here heat with electricity, and the power does not always stay on. Cleburne County has seen 10 winter storms and 24 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Arkansas, 24% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. When the power drops, so does your heat, and when it comes back, your furnace has to start up clean.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 31°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 10 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Arkansas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license is held by the contractor, not tied to any one job, so it does not expire when the repair is done or need renewing for the next one. Arkansas is also the only authority that can require it. Cities and counties in the state cannot layer on a separate local license, so the same state license applies whether the furnace is in Cleburne County or anywhere else in Arkansas.
For a furnace repair, that license is what stands behind the person working on the gas line and the connections that vent exhaust out of the house. A bad connection is the part of this job that can hurt someone, and in Arkansas the contractor's state license is what puts a name and a record behind that work.
Source: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Start with the thermostat. Check that it's set to heat and the set temperature is above the room temperature, and check the batteries if it uses them. If that's fine, look at the breaker box, since a tripped breaker will shut the whole system down. Furnaces also have a switch that looks like a light switch near the unit itself, sometimes in the basement or a closet, and it needs to be in the on position. If all of that checks out and the furnace still won't start, a licensed contractor can test the igniter, the flame sensor, and the control board to find what's stopping it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Check the thermostat fan setting first. If it's set to "on" instead of "auto", the blower runs all the time, even between heating cycles when the air isn't warm. Set it to auto and see if that fixes it. If the fan is already on auto and you're still getting cold air, the furnace may not be igniting at all, or the flame is going out partway through the cycle. A dirty filter can also make it seem like the furnace isn't heating, since it cuts down the airflow reaching you. A contractor can check the ignition system and the filter to sort out which one it is.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually comes down to the thermocouple, a small sensor that sits in the pilot flame and tells the gas valve the flame is lit. When it wears out or gets coated in soot, it can't sense the flame properly, so the valve shuts off the gas and the pilot goes out. A draft blowing across the pilot can also snuff it out, so check whether air is reaching that spot from a vent or a gap somewhere nearby. Arkansas requires a licensed HVAC contractor for gas work like this, so have one replace the thermocouple or clean the pilot assembly rather than working on the gas valve yourself.