We noticed at the end of the winter season that the basement seemed colder than usual. After attempting to adjust the thermostat, it was clear that the furnace was starting up but wasn't turning on. Just like car troubles, we had seen this scenario before and heard the same sound of the furnace attempting to warm up and turn on. So I had a pretty good idea that all we needed was a new ignitor, but since it was the end of really cold weather, I didn't see a compelling reason to fix it at the time.
Fast forward to mid-June and now the temperatures outside are in the eighties. I got thinking about the furnace and thought I'd better check it out again. Same thing-just wouldn't quite turn on. So my dad came over and took out the old ignitor, we took it down to Manwill and I bought a new one for about $75 and we brought it home and my dad installed it. Then we tried the furnace. It took several tries (about 4 times) to finally clear the air out of the line but then the furnace started up, stayed on, and began blowing warm air into the basement. Of course we had to set the thermostat to around 85 degrees just to test it. I'm glad that it's one less thing to think about in the back of my mind and when winter comes the furnace will be ready to go and I won't be wondering what's wrong with it and/or why I didn't fix it earlier.
