If you heat your home with natural gas, oil or propane, chances are your furnace or boiler has a pilot light. With the help of two experts — Joshua Smith from Berkshire Heating and Cooling and ...

Q. How do you know if the furnace pilot light is bad? If air is coming out of the vents, but the air is not hot, the pilot light could be out. In your furnace unit, find the panel that hides the ...

Q. I was down in our basement the other day when I heard what sounded like a small roaring noise coming from the furnace. Upon further investigation I realized it was the pilot light burning away.

(It prevents gas from being released into an unlit furnace.) When the thermocouple is defective, even though the pilot light is burning, the main burner won't light – no matter how cold it gets.

Many furnace problems happen after a period of non-service. The pilot light might extinguish during summer or long vacations when the system is not running. A gust of wind can blow out a pilot ...

She knew something was wrong with her furnace. "I checked the filter, the pilot light is on," said Perlman. Then she called a technician to come fix it. Marsh Heating & Air Conditioning allowed ...

The thermostat showed it was in the 50s in our house. The floor furnace was cold. I knew the furnace ran on a pilot light, but I hadn’t ever lit it myself. I’d seen it done though. We had a special ...

while older furnaces often have a pilot light—which may go out on its own and simply needs to be relit. If air is coming through the vents but it’s not as hot as it should be, furnace ...

Luckily, it is an easy adjustment to get you back in business. Next, take a look at the furnace and the area around it. Anything blocking the return air vents could prevent the pilot light—if that’s ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - People are waiting days in the cold as they wait for PG&E workers to re-light their furnace pilot lights. The company says customers are waiting as many as five days to have ...