No heat? You call, you get Erica or Jared, not a call center. We find the actual fault, quote a flat-rate price before we start, and fix it. No scare tactics about your heat exchanger.
Not broken yet? Book a pre-season tune-up before the first cold snap, or read why furnaces quit on the first cold night.
Most no-heat calls in the south Denver metro are one of six failures, and the two most common, a cracked hot surface igniter and a flame sensor coated in oxidation, are inexpensive parts replaced on the same visit. Knowing which is which is how you tell a real diagnosis from a replacement pitch.
Burners light for thirty seconds and shut down, over and over. Usually a flame sensor coated in oxidation, so the furnace can no longer prove the flame and shuts itself off exactly as designed. Clean or replace it and the cycle ends.
You hear the sequence start and nothing happens. A cracked hot surface igniter is the single most common no-heat part in the metro. It is a stocked part and typically a same-visit repair.
The fan runs but the air is cool. Either the burners are not staying lit, or the thermostat fan is set to ON instead of AUTO so the blower runs between cycles. One is a repair and one is a setting, and we will tell you which.
An inducer motor bearing, a failing blower wheel, or delayed ignition where gas builds before it lights. The boom on startup is the one worth calling about promptly rather than living with.
A cracked heat exchanger is a genuine carbon monoxide risk, and it is also the most abused claim in this trade. We show you what we found and why, and we would rather you get a second opinion than take our word for it.
Past fifteen to twenty years, repairs start stacking. When replacement genuinely costs less across the remaining life of the unit, we say so and quote both, and when it does not, we fix the one you have.
Yes. Gas furnaces ship set for sea level and have to be adjusted for Front Range elevation. Left on factory settings a furnace burns rich, runs inefficiently, sooties up over time and shortens its own life.
There is less oxygen per cubic foot of air at this elevation, so burner orifices and gas pressure both have to be brought down to match it. The furnace is otherwise being fed more gas than the air around it can burn.
It is invisible from the thermostat, which is why it goes unnoticed for years. We check the setup on repairs where the symptoms point that direction, and we set it correctly on every install, because a system dialed in for the air it is actually breathing is the cheapest performance gain there is.
Heating season here is long and it does not warn you. The furnace that ran fine in October is the one that quits at 11 degrees in January, and it is almost always a part that was already showing symptoms.
Usually because the duct system was never balanced. Air balancing adjusts dampers and airflow room by room so the furnace you already own heats the whole house evenly, instead of roasting the room above the mechanical room while the far bedroom stays cold.
It is one of the cheapest comfort fixes in HVAC, because nothing new gets installed. The system just gets set up the way it should have been on day one. If a room has never felt right, mention it when you call and we will check the balance as part of the visit.
The other Colorado comfort problem is winter air so dry it cracks wood floors and shocks you on every doorknob. A whole-home humidifier mounts on the furnace and treats the entire house at the source. Because humid air holds heat better, most homes feel comfortable a couple of degrees lower on the thermostat. We install them, service them, and size the unit to the house.
Rated 5.0 on Google. These two are heating jobs.
Jared installed my furnace and did a spectacular job! Pricing was clear and fair, competitive with other quotes. I appreciate his attention to detail and that he took the time to show me all of the features of our new system.
Since 2011, Jared has installed six furnaces, three air conditioner units and handled HVAC repairs at my rental houses. He continues to be my go-to, and I'd recommend him.
Atlas Mechanical covers the south Denver metro plus the north and west side: Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Centennial, Littleton, Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Arvada, Golden, Evergreen and the surrounding communities listed below. That includes Lone Tree, Parker and Castle Rock neighborhoods like Carriage Club, Heritage Hills, Meridian and Castlewood. We are based in Lone Tree and out across the metro daily. If you are close by, call or text (303) 601-1444 and we will get you scheduled.
A few of those areas have a page of their own, down to the neighborhoods: furnace and AC repair in Highlands Ranch, furnace repair and plumbing in Littleton, and heating, cooling and plumbing in Lone Tree.
Call or text and you get Erica or Jared, not a call center. Same-day service when the schedule allows, and a flat-rate price before anything starts.
Cooling season question instead? See AC repair, boiler repair, or everything we do.
