My Rheem Furnace is Blowing Cold Air
It is always disconcerting when your furnace is blowing cold air in the middle on winter. Nobody likes sit, sleep, or cook in a cold house, so making sure that your furnace is working is vital to comfort of you and your family during the winter months.
Sometimes the furnace just needs a little tweak, and sometimes you have to involve the utility company, and unfortunately sometimes you have to call on a technician to come out and look at it.
When your Rheem furnace is blowing cold air, there is no reason to wring your hands, you can get it fixed and keep your family warm even on the chilliest of days.
Sometimes the reason your Rheem furnace is blowing cold air, is that the settings of the blower and the fan need to be adjusted. If you have noticed cold air coming out of the vents and gradually warming, that is because the timing is off on the blower.
The blower is essentially coming on before the burners have heated up adequately. The only thing you need to do to remedy this, is go to the control box on your furnace, open it and manually adjust the timing of the blower to where it comes on after the burners have heated. In newer furnaces, you may be able to adjust the setting of your blower on the keypad. This is often the cause of cold air coming out of the vents.
If you have checked the settings of your furnace blower, and found that the problem does not reside with the timing, then you may need to check the amount of heating oil you have, or you may need to call your natural gas company to come and look at the supply lines.
This is important if the furnace is functioning as expected, but minus the heat. Before you call out a heating and air conditioning technician to look at the unit, you might ought to check with your utility company and see if they are experiencing any issues.
It could be as simple as that, and there will be no need to spend any money out of pocket to get your furnace warming your home the way it is supposed to.
In the event that the settings of your furnace are correct, and there are not problems with the fuel, and your Rheem furnace is still blowing cold air, it is time to call a technician. This is the most expensive route to go, but sometimes it is unavoidable.
When choosing a technician, you need to make sure they are licensed, bonded, and insured in the event that something goes wrong while they are at your property.
Make sure that they check the heating coils, or burners, the gas valve if there is one, and the circuit board and wiring to adequately determine the issue with your furnace. Be prepared, to pay for labor, and possibly parts if there is something majorly amiss with your furnace.
When it comes to fixing a Rheem furnace blowing cold air, it is best to determine if it is an issue you can take care of yourself. You may be able to save yourself a lot of money on repairs if the problem is as simple as resetting the controls for the blower.
Also make sure you do not have any issues with the amount of fuel the unit is getting, and in the worst case call a technician if the repair is not something you are trained to fix safely. Nobody wants to sit in a cold house, and a trash can fire is a measure you shouldn’t have to resort to, so be smart and get that furnace blowing warm, comfortable, and clean air on you and your family.
