VIDEO: No Heat? What to Do When Your Heating System Stops Working in Winter!

By Matt Schmitz

January 28, 2025

Pop quiz, hotshot! You wake up one winter’s morning to a house so cold you can see your own breath. You rush to the thermostat to see what’s going on, and it reads a frosty 32 degrees Fahrenheit. What do you do? What do you do?

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While tending to one’s own household maintenance and repair obligations can be rewarding, and is, in many cases, doable if not necessary, some tasks are just too much to ask of your everyday DIYer. That’s why we called in reinforcements for this particular project: a bona fide HVAC tech to show us the process of elimination the experts go through to identify and fix a mystery heating outage, as well as what homeowners should expect in terms of time, labor and cost.

In the video above, we’ll cover:

  • What to do if your heat goes out in winter

  • Heating system repair tips

  • Emergency heating repair

  • Why to call an HVAC technician

  • How to go about fixing a broken furnace

  • Common winter heating problems

  • HVAC troubleshooting tips

  • Signs you need an HVAC professional

  • DIY versus professional heating repair

  • Benefits of professional HVAC services

  • Preventing heating system breakdowns

  • What to do during a furnace emergency

  • How to find a reliable HVAC technician

  • Reasons your heating system stops working

Watch the video and let us know what you think in the comments section, homeowners: Is this a DIY dilemma, or a problem for the pros?

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