{"id":619,"date":"2021-01-04T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2020-12-30T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:22:28","slug":"is-your-heater-having-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/heating-service\/is-your-heater-having-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Heater Having Trouble?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gas-furnace-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"furnace-burners\" class=\"wp-image-620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gas-furnace-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gas-furnace-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gas-furnace-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gas-furnace.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If your answer to that question is a loud &#8220;YES!&#8221; Then we need to talk specifics. Heaters can have all sorts of trouble in the coldest months of the winter, and it&#8217;s up to both of us to figure out what&#8217;s going on and get the help required. That&#8217;s right, we said both of us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure, an HVAC technician like the ones on our team can do all the work for you when it comes to <a href=\"\/service-areas\/santa-monica-ca-air-conditioning-heating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">heating repair in Santa Clarita, CA.<\/a> However, we&#8217;re going to need you to tell us when there&#8217;s a problem with your heating. We don&#8217;t live at your house, you do! This means we need you to tell us everything about what&#8217;s going wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your heater is having trouble, let&#8217;s talk about it! What kind of trouble are you dealing with, and how can we help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaking Down Heater Trouble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t panic. Heaters usually show signs that something is wrong and if you take a couple of minutes, a piece of paper and a pen, and just think about them, you might find you&#8217;re in better shape than you thought. We want to help you organize exactly what&#8217;s going wrong with your heater and take note of it so we can talk about some possible solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It&#8217;s Making an Awful Screeching Noise&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Screeching is a bad noise to hear. If it&#8217;s a deafeningly loud screeching noise, then you&#8217;ve probably got a pretty catastrophic problem with your system that needs to be addressed. Milder sounding screeches can just be from a fraying rubber belt that needs to be replaced. Both of these can be fixed with furnace repair, but they need to be fixed soon to avoid a breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It Smells Funny&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a big one. Smells can be caused by a minor issue like a clogged air filter or excess dust being burned in the system. Many times a bad smell will signal that gas is leaking from your furnace which is never something that you want. This can be a fire hazard, as well as a safety hazard, and needs to be addressed right now. If you smell anything coming from your furnace, we advise you to call us for help after shutting down your heater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It&#8217;s Rattling a Lot&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rattling could sound like a minor problem, but it&#8217;s actually more serious than you think. Rattling can cause your heater&#8217;s heat exchanger to crack, which could allow gas and carbon monoxide to leak into the air of your home. I bet we don&#8217;t have to explain why this is a problem, and you should absolutely get this taken care of as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;It&#8217;s Blowing Out Cool Air!&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One problem a furnace can encounter in the middle of the winter is an issue with the high limit switch. When a furnace overheats, due to a clogged air filter or some other problem, it can trigger the high limit switch which causes it to shut down. This is a safety measure to ensure the heat exchanger doesn&#8217;t crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the blower fans could still be sending cool air into your air ducts to be distributed to your home. This is not good, since you&#8217;re never going to feel comfortable or safe with cold air coming from your vents in the wintertime. You need repairs ASAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Call JMS Air Conditioning and Heating (opens in a new tab)\">Call JMS Air Conditioning and Heating<\/a> to have your heater repaired by a team of experts!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your heater is having trouble, let&#8217;s talk about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[120,126,117,111],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-furnace-repair","tag-heater-repair","tag-heating-repair","tag-santa-clarita"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jmsacandheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}