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Photo above: when his knee was broken, the InspectApedia publisher demonstrated that building crawl spaces should be inspected no matter how difficult the access may be. In that case the editor got help from another inspector, Arlene Puentes.

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No Heat Problem Diagnosis & Repair

Heat won't turn on - what to do: how to diagnose & fix "no heat" problems in buildings.

We give a simple sequence of steps in the order that is most likely to succeed, starting right at the wall or room thermostat and continuing through making sure there is electrical power and fuel.

For more complex no-heat problem diagnosis, we link to in-depth articles on heating boiler, warm air furnace, heat pump and electric heat repair procedures.

If your heating system won't turn on at all, first check the thermostat. If that doesn't fix the problem, we give links to articles that give step by step procedures to check your heat source: boiler, furnace, heat pump, electric heat, etc.

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Tips for Finding and Thawing Frozen Water or Heating Pipes

"Frozen pipes" does not mean that the entire length of plumbing or heating lines has become frozen. More often pipes freeze at one or more "cold spots".

We've used simple touch, by hand, feeling pipes for changed in the pipe temperature, or infra-red scanners to scan along piping to look for a drop in pipe temperature that may mark a frozen pipe location.

If the heating pipes are frozen, often a section of the heating baseboard will be hot (hot water rising into the piping by convection if not forced by the circulator pump).

See our methods used to thaw frozen pipes, listed in our preferred order

at FROZEN PIPE THAW-OUT - steps to find & thaw a frozen pipe

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For more in depth information on other cold weather problems, please see our recommended articles list below.

Cold Weather Problems at Buildings

• AIRBOUND HEAT SYSTEM REPAIR
• ARTESIAN WELL FREEZE PROTECTION
• BURST / LEAKY PIPE REPAIRS
• FROZEN PIPE THAW-OUT
• HEAT WON'T TURN ON  - start here to diagnose heating problems
• LEAKY PIPE REPAIRS
• NO HEAT - BOILER - No Heat from a Forced Hot Water Heating Boiler or Steam Heating Boile
• NO HEAT - FURNACE - No Heat from a Forced or Gravity Warm Air Heating Furnace
• PIPE FREEZE-UP POINTS - how to find out just where the pipes have frozen
• SEPTIC FREEZE-UP SOLUTIONS

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