Furnace Repair in Grants, NM
Furnaces here run from October through May. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Cibola County will get in touch.
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Eight months of heat puts real hours on your furnace
Grants needs furnace heat from October through May. That's eight months a year the burner is cycling on and off to hold the house at temperature, and on nights that average 18°F, it's working hard to do it. Every start puts wear on the igniter and the parts that get the burner lit.
Cibola County has also seen 36 winter storms and 89 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across New Mexico, 13% of households lost power for a day or more in 2024. When the power drops on a cold night, a gas furnace won't fire back up on its own the way some equipment does. If your furnace won't start after an outage, or it's cycling more than it used to, that's the kind of thing worth having looked at before the next cold stretch.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace is on duty
- 18°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 36 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $80 a year off heating for a typical Cibola County home.
Estimates for a typical Cibola County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, New Mexico 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.
New Mexico requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
New Mexico licenses HVAC contractors through the Construction Industries Division. The license is held by the contractor's business, not issued per job, so the same license covers whatever work that business takes on rather than being tied to your repair alone.
For a furnace repair, that license is what stands behind the work. A furnace burns gas, and a loose or bad connection at any joint is the dangerous part of the job. In Cibola County, 42.2% of homes heat with gas, so this is a repair the licensing exam is built to cover.
Source: New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often it's the thermostat not calling for heat, a tripped breaker, or a safety switch that shut the furnace down. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has power, and check the breaker panel. If those are fine, the furnace may be stopping itself because of a clogged filter, a blocked vent, or a failed igniter, and those need a contractor to look at it.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Give it a few minutes. Furnaces push air through the ducts before that air has had time to heat up, so a short burst of cool air at startup is normal. If it keeps blowing cold the whole time it runs, the igniter may not be lighting the burners, or the flame sensor may be shutting the burners off right after they light. Either one needs a contractor, since a furnace running without heating means gas is flowing without being burned properly.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has worn out and can no longer sense the flame to keep the gas valve open. It can also mean a draft is blowing the pilot out, or the pilot orifice is dirty and starving the flame. A contractor can test the thermocouple and clean or replace what's needed. Newer furnaces don't use a standing pilot at all, so if yours won't stay lit, a contractor can tell you which type you have and what it needs.