You can usually replace a thermocouple for minimal cost and in less than an hour.
Pilot light heater attic.
Watch our video on how to get that pil.
If your heat is on but the furnace is only blowing cool air there is a good chance you have a pilot light that is out.
This will stop the pilot light problem but now you have to allow some make up air to enter your home to supply the suction to the attic fan.
When your attic gets hot and there is bad or no circulation according to charles law the pressure in your attic increases.
If you have a gas water heater or gas furnace that is not working the pilot light on the heater may have accidentally become extinguished.
If it gets hot enough it can increase high enough that it can suffocate the pilot flame.
If the pilot doesn t relight if it goes out right after lighting or if the pilot light keeps going out by far the most common cause is a bad thermocouple.
First put some weatherstrip on the basement door and maybe a threshold at the bottom.
So if you have no circulation in a hot attic you can definitely snuff out the pilot flame.
It is sucking air down from the chimney which runs to the top of your water heater and down to the pilot light.
Schedule your pilot relight now beat the winter rush and avoid long wait times by scheduling heater pilot relight today.
You ll get your hot.
We can also perform an appliance operational check during the visit.