Furnace Repair in Virginia City, NV
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Storey County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat, and cold nights to match
Virginia City needs heat from October through May. That is eight months of the burner cycling on and off, and on winter nights that average 25°F, it cycles often to keep up. Every start puts wear on the igniter, and a worn igniter can leave you with a furnace that runs but never lights.
43% of homes here heat with propane, and a propane furnace depends on steady power to run its igniter, blower and control board. Storey County has seen 99 winter storms and 200 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Nevada, 13% of households lost power for at least a day in 2024. When the power drops on a cold night, a propane furnace stops with it, and it will not start again until the power does.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 25°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 99 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Nevada requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
That license comes from the Nevada State Contractors Board, and it means the contractor passed the board's testing and is on record with the state. It covers the contractor as a whole, not the specific job, so the same license that qualifies someone to install a furnace also stands behind repairing one.
For a furnace repair, that state license is the thing accountable for the work. The gas connection is the part that matters most, since a bad one is what makes the job dangerous, and the contractor doing that work is the one the state has tested and recorded under that same license.
Sources: Nevada Legislature · Nevada State Contractors Board
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- The most common cause is the thermostat, the power supply, or the gas supply, and a contractor checks these in that order. If the thermostat screen is blank, check the batteries first. If it has power but the furnace still won't respond, the issue is likely the igniter, the flame sensor, or a safety switch that has shut the system down on purpose. With winter lows here averaging 25°F, it's worth getting this looked at quickly rather than waiting.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most often the burners aren't lighting even though the blower is running, so you feel air movement without heat. This can come from a dirty flame sensor, a failed igniter, or a gas valve that isn't opening. It can also mean the furnace is stuck in fan-only mode from a thermostat setting or a control board fault. A contractor can tell which one it is once they check the burners and the control board together.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- This usually means the thermocouple isn't sensing the flame properly, so the gas valve shuts back off as a safety measure. It can also be a draft blowing the flame out, or a dirty pilot orifice restricting the gas. A standing pilot doesn't run on electricity, so this isn't a power problem. If relighting it doesn't hold, the part sensing the flame needs to be checked rather than the pilot itself.