heat

Anyone turn on their heat yet? I know it's way early still but we have a little baby and her room is always a little cooler - so we turned on the heat last night and to our surprise - it doesn't work. Our downstairs does upstairs - nothing.

Just check your heat before it gets really cold!

 

Make sure that your upstairs HVAC unit has the gas supply turned "on". This happened to us as well back in 2000. We moved in and the contractor never turned on the gas supply for the upstairs unit, you may also may want to check to see if the unit is even trying to ignite if the gas supply is already on. My wife and I also have a young child her room also gets cold, more-so in the winter. We found that by using one of those "oil-filled" heater units, we could have it turn on and off with an autotimer and have her room perfect temperatures during her sleeping time. Helps to keep from having to heat the entire house for a single room.....[:I], yet help keep her warm and cozy..
G/L

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Where do you check to see if the gas supply is turned on?

 

You will see some black plumbing going into your HVAC unit. Just before it enters the HVAC unit you should see a red (or some other color) knob or handle. Turn the knob so that it is in parallel with the black pipe. You should only be able to turn these knobs 90 degrees, so it will be either on (parallel w/pipe) or off (90 degrees to the pipe). Once you see it, it will be obvious that this is the knob. Look at the one downstairs to get an idea what you are looking for prior to going in the attic (in the dark) and messing around. Nothing is dangerous about turning the knobs on and off. I like to turn mine off in the spring to fall months as a safety feature. I have heard of HVAC units leaking gas as they get old and the solenoids deteriorate, which is why I turn them off during those times.
G/L

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