No Heat Tonight in Edmond, NW OKC, Yukon, or Mustang?

What should you do if you have no heat tonight in Edmond, NW OKC, Yukon, or Mustang?

If your heat goes out tonight in Edmond, northwest Oklahoma City, Yukon, or Mustang, spend five minutes on the thermostat, breaker, filter, furnace door, and condensate pan, and if that does not fix it, call a 24/7 technician instead of resetting the furnace over and over. If you smell gas or a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, leave the house first and call 911 or Oklahoma Natural Gas from outside. Graco’s licensed HVAC technicians answer around the clock at (405) 500-5333.

This page is the local, tonight-focused version. For the general winter guide, see what to do if your heat goes out in winter in Oklahoma.

First: is this a safety emergency?

Stop here and get everyone outside if:

• You smell gas (a rotten-egg or sulfur smell) near the furnace, water heater, or anywhere in the house
• A carbon monoxide alarm is sounding
• Anyone in the house has a headache, dizziness, nausea, or confusion that improves when they step outside
• You see scorching, smoke, or flames at the furnace

Once outside, call 911 or ONG. Do not flip light switches, use the thermostat, relight a pilot, or try to reset the furnace. Do not go back in until the utility or fire department says it is safe. Graco can come out after the gas is shut off to find and repair the cause, including a carbon monoxide check.

The five-minute check

If nothing smells wrong and no alarm is sounding, work through these in order. Most take less than a minute.

1. Thermostat. Confirm it is set to Heat, the setpoint is above the room temperature, and the screen is on. Replace the batteries if the display is blank or dim. On a heat pump, note whether it says Aux or Emergency heat.
2. Breaker and switch. Find the furnace breaker in the electrical panel and make sure it has not tripped. Most furnaces also have a light-switch-style service switch on or near the unit. It is easy to bump one off by accident.
3. Filter. A badly clogged filter can make the furnace overheat and shut itself down. If the filter is gray and caked, replace it.
4. Furnace door. The lower panel on most furnaces presses a safety switch. If the panel is loose or crooked after a filter change, the furnace will not run. Seat it firmly.
5. Condensate. On high-efficiency furnaces (the ones with white PVC vent pipes), look for water in the pan under the unit or a tripped float switch. During a hard freeze, a frozen condensate line will shut the furnace down. If you see water, turn the system off and call.

If the furnace tries to start, clicks, runs for a few seconds, and shuts off, stop there. Repeated resets can cause a lockout or, on an older furnace, let gas build up before ignition. That is a call for a technician.

Keeping people safe overnight

When a cold front moves through central Oklahoma, overnight lows can drop fast, even after a mild afternoon. If you are waiting for a technician or for parts:

• Gather the household into one or two interior rooms and close doors to the rest of the house
• Use only space heaters rated for indoor use, plugged directly into a wall outlet, at least three feet from bedding, curtains, and furniture
• Never heat the house with a gas oven, stovetop, grill, camp heater, or generator
• Make sure carbon monoxide alarms have working batteries
• Check on older neighbors and anyone with a medical condition
• If the house is dropping into the 50s and you have infants, elderly family members, or anyone medically fragile, consider staying with family or friends until heat is restored

Protecting pipes during an ice storm

The February 2021 deep freeze showed how quickly a cold house turns into a plumbing emergency. Our article on preventing frozen pipes in Oklahoma covers this in depth. The short version for tonight:

• Open cabinet doors under kitchen and bathroom sinks on exterior walls
• Let faucets on exterior walls drip on both hot and cold
• Keep the garage door closed if a water heater or plumbing runs through the garage
• Know where your main water shutoff is before you need it
• Never thaw a pipe with an open flame

If a pipe does burst, read what to do if a pipe bursts at night.

What a 24/7 technician will do on arrival

For emergency calls, Graco typically arrives within 60 to 120 minutes, though ice and call volume can affect timing. When the technician gets there, expect:

1. A quick safety check for gas leaks and carbon monoxide
2. Questions about what you saw and heard before the heat went out
3. A review of the furnace’s error code or blink code, if it has one
4. Testing of the igniter, flame sensor, pressure switch, inducer motor, and limit switches
5. A check of the condensate drain, vent pipes, and filter
6. Flat-rate pricing for the repair before any work starts
7. If the furnace cannot be safely repaired tonight, a clear explanation of why and what your options are

The most common no-heat causes we find on winter nights are dirty flame sensors, failed igniters, frozen or clogged condensate lines, blocked PVC vents, tripped limit switches from clogged filters, and failed inducer or blower motors.

By-area notes

Area	Zips	Typical heating setup	What we see most on no-heat calls
Edmond	73003, 73012, 73013, 73025, 73034	Attic furnaces in 1990s–2010s homes, multiple systems in larger homes, older furnaces near Downtown Edmond and UCO	Frozen condensate lines, one of two systems down, aging igniters
NW Oklahoma City	73120, 73116, 73132, 73122, 73008, 73134, 73142	Original or second-generation furnaces in The Village, Warr Acres, and Bethany; floor furnaces in older homes; newer systems near Quail Springs	Worn-out furnaces, pilot and thermocouple failures, cracked heat exchangers
Yukon	73099, 73085	Gas furnaces in attics and garages, some heat pumps	Condensate and vent problems, heat pumps stuck on aux heat
Mustang	73064	Builder-grade furnaces and heat pumps in newer subdivisions south and west of town	Heat pump defrost problems, first-repair failures, ice on outdoor units

Edmond. Larger homes often have two furnaces, so you may still have heat on one floor. Keep the household on the warm floor. If both systems are out, check the main gas supply and the breakers for both.

NW Oklahoma City. In The Village, Warr Acres, Bethany, and Nichols Hills, many furnaces are well past their expected life. A no-heat call on a very old furnace is a good time to get an honest repair-or-replace assessment once the house is warm.

Yukon. Wind across Canadian County can push snow and ice into rooftop or sidewall PVC vents. If your high-efficiency furnace keeps shutting down in an ice storm, a blocked vent is a likely cause. Do not climb onto an icy roof to clear it.

Mustang. Many newer homes have heat pumps. If the outdoor unit is encased in ice and the house is cold, switch the thermostat to Emergency heat to run the backup strips and call for service. See furnace repair in Mustang for local details.

Get heating help tonight

Graco is veteran-owned, based in Edmond, and answers no-heat calls 24/7 across Edmond, northwest Oklahoma City, Yukon, and Mustang. Call (405) 500-5333 or see heating repair in Yukon and furnace repair in Edmond. For your area’s full service details, read our Yukon or Mustang heating service guides.