I really made the large mistake of not getting our gas oil furnace tuned up this past fall season.
I was entirely hoping that it wouldn’t have any problems, but of course it started acting up.
At first, it went to full heating mode plus I couldn’t shut it off via the control unit! I finally had to use the emergency shut off to turn it off, plus after that every one of us couldn’t get the gas oil furnace to turn back on after that. Naturally, it was frigid outside plus I had to hurry plus set up portable gas furnaces around the home because I didn’t want anybody to freeze. It’s also a great thing that I have a fireplace because I was able to get the fireplace going in no time which helped to keep the main floor relatively warm. When I had the Heating & A/C professional come out, he mentioned how I did a pretty great task about keeping up a backup oil furnace at home. He said the fireplace was fantastic to have plus those portable gas furnaces were set up strategically. When he checked everything carefully, he determined that the control component was the cause of the problem. He said that the control component wasn’t reading the hot plus cold temperatures properly. When he replaced the control component he was able to get the gas oil furnace fired right up. He also reminded me to be sure not to skip the tune-up for the gas oil furnace next winter, plus that I should make sure to have it done every single year. I told him after this experience, I wouldn’t miss out on essential maintenance again.