Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

252. Most Common Heating Problem

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

Episode

28 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short podcast excerpt (single speaker) explaining that the most common reason residential heating fails at the start of the season is lack of maintenance—specifically dirt buildup in the system after prolonged inactivity (speaker cites about nine months between uses), which can cause the heater to fail when first turned on in cold weather.

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So what's the most common problem people have with their heat not working this time of the year? It's maintenance. Maintenance. It comes back to dirt. I think I talked about that before. Dirt in the system. So if you don't run that unit for, what's it been, like nine months since we needed heating? Right. So if you wait that long before you even test it out, and it's 30 degrees outside, and the first time you run it, there's a chance it might not work because it hadn't been tested and cleaned and maintenance and checked, and so that's probably the biggest problem.