Emergency Furnace Repair in Bucks and Montgomery County
A furnace failure feels urgent because the house is cooling down, and it isn’t always clear whether you’re dealing with a minor fault or something unsafe. Sorting that out first makes every other decision easier.
TCS Heating and Air Conditioning provides emergency furnace repair in Bucks and Montgomery counties. This page explains what counts as a furnace emergency, what to do while you wait for a technician, and when a failed furnace is better replaced than repaired. Emergency service is available, and our trucks carry parts for the most common furnace failures.
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What Counts as a Furnace Emergency
A furnace emergency is a heating failure that creates a safety risk or puts people in conditions that could cause harm. Some situations call for leaving the home before anything else, and others call for a quick call to us.
Leave the Home First
- A carbon monoxide alarm sounding. Get everyone outside, including pets, and call 911 from outside. Call us once you’re safe.
- A gas smell near the furnace. Leave immediately and call your gas utility or 911 from outside.
- Visible smoke from the furnace or ductwork. Leave and call 911.
Call Us Right Away
- No heat when outdoor temperatures are at or below freezing, especially with infants, older adults, or anyone whose health is affected by cold in the home
- A burning or electrical smell from the furnace or vents
- A furnace that keeps tripping its circuit breaker
Weak heat, a new noise, or a furnace that cycles on and off are real problems, but they aren’t emergencies. Those can usually be scheduled for same-day or next-day service.
Emergency Furnace Repair — What We Do
Most emergency furnace repair calls come down to a short list of failures: an ignition system that won’t light, a control board fault, a tripped limit switch, a blower that has stopped, or a pressure switch or inducer motor problem on a high-efficiency furnace. We find the failed part, explain it in plain terms, and give you the price before any work begins. Nothing is done without your approval.
If a repair is possible on that visit, we make it. If the furnace has failed in a way that isn’t worth repairing, we tell you that too.
What to Do While You Wait
- Close the doors to rooms you aren’t using and stay in one room to hold the heat.
- If you use an electric space heater, plug it directly into a wall outlet, keep it at least three feet from curtains and bedding, and turn it off when you leave the room or go to sleep.
- Never heat with a gas oven or stove, a charcoal grill, or a generator indoors or in an attached garage.
- If it’s well below freezing and the house is cooling, protect the plumbing. Open the cabinet doors under sinks on exterior walls and let a faucet drip.
- If anyone in the home is vulnerable to cold and the temperature is dropping, consider staying somewhere warm until the heat is restored.
Emergency Furnace Replacement
Some furnace failures end in replacement: a cracked heat exchanger, a major component failure on a system past 15 years, or a furnace that has failed repeatedly. We give you the repair cost and the cost of a comparable new furnace side by side, and you decide.
If replacement is the right call, we walk you through the options. Free estimates and financing are available on new installations; see our heating services for what we install.
Emergency Furnace Repair in Bucks and Montgomery County
We respond to emergency furnace repair calls from our base in New Britain. In Bucks County, that includes New Britain, Chalfont, Doylestown, Warrington, Warminster, Buckingham, Jamison, and Newtown. In Montgomery County, it includes Montgomeryville, Lansdale, Ambler, Blue Bell, North Wales, Horsham, and Hatfield. If you’re not sure we cover your address, call and ask.
Emergency Furnace Repair — Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on what’s happening. A carbon monoxide alarm, a gas smell, or smoke means you should leave the home and call 911 or your gas utility from outside. For no heat, a burning smell, or a furnace that won’t stay on, call us directly at (215) 323-5330.
A furnace runs longest in the coldest weather, so any weak part, such as a worn igniter, a tired capacitor, or a blower motor on its way out, is more likely to fail then. On high-efficiency furnaces, a frozen condensate line or an exhaust or intake pipe covered by snow or ice can also shut the system down.
Reset it once. If it trips again, leave it off and call us. A breaker that trips repeatedly points to an electrical problem, such as a failing motor or a wiring fault, and resetting it over and over can be a fire risk.
No. Keep it off until a technician finds the source. The most common causes are a cracked heat exchanger and a blocked flue or vent. Both need to be corrected before the furnace runs again.
Yes. If a failure turns out to be beyond repair, or repairing it doesn’t make financial sense given the furnace’s age, we can discuss replacement as part of the same visit. We give you both numbers honestly and explain the tradeoffs.
Yes. An emergency call follows the same process as any other repair. We find the cause, explain it, and give you the price before we begin. Nothing is done without your approval.
Call TCS for Emergency Furnace Repair
For emergency furnace repair, call (215) 323-5330 and describe what’s happening. If you’re not sure how urgent it is, we’ll help you work that out.
Total Comfort Solutions Heating & Air Conditioning
7 Britain Drive, New Britain, PA 18901
Phone: (215) 323-5330
PA License #PA010186
Business Hours
Monday – Friday: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed