Furnace Won't Ignite: Find Where the Startup Stops
Furnace clicking but not lighting? Follow a technician's startup sequence, from power and inducer to igniter, gas and flame sensor, then call 612-429-3465.
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Furnace repair in Rosemount starts with a $79 trip charge, waived when you approve it, for PVC-vented furnaces and condensate trouble. Most homes here have 90%-plus furnaces with PVC venting, and condensate problems start a lot of winter calls.
Rosemount's housing is mostly young, and so are its furnace problems. Homes from the 1980s and 90s are on their second furnace, while post-2000 two-stories and walkouts carry original condensing furnaces now old enough for inducer bearings, igniters and pressure switches to fail. On those furnaces, condensate is the recurring theme: a trap that plugs, a drain line that sags and holds water, a condensate pump in a finished lower level that quits and trips the float switch.
The tight post-2000 houses have an air exchanger tied into the ductwork, and an HRV or ERV that's out of balance can make a furnace seem to misbehave, with cold air at a register or a house that won't hold temperature. Open lots near farm fields and UMore Park take hard wind, so PVC terminations frost or drift over. Rural parcels run propane furnaces. Gas comes from either Xcel Energy or Minnesota Energy Resources depending on the address.
Updated November 10, 2026
National averages (HomeGuide, 2026), not our prices: a flame sensor $80–$250, a pressure switch $150–$400, a limit switch $100–$375. More in the furnace repair cost guide.
Symptom guides: Won't ignite · Short cycling · Blinking light codes · Pressure switch trips · Signs your furnace needs a technician
Almost always condensate. A condensing furnace makes water in its heat exchanger and vent, and the gurgle is that water fighting the inducer's suction in a trap or hose that isn't draining freely. Common causes are a partly plugged trap, a sag in the PVC vent that holds water, or a drain hose kinked behind a finished wall. Left alone it can trip the pressure switch. Cleaning the trap and correcting the slope usually quiets it.
On a condensing furnace that old, the usual causes are a dirty flame sensor, a weak pressure switch or a plugged condensate trap, any of which can shut the burners off while the blower keeps running. Cool air can also come from an out-of-balance air exchanger. The $79 trip charge is waived when you approve the repair.
Furnace clicking but not lighting? Follow a technician's startup sequence, from power and inducer to igniter, gas and flame sensor, then call 612-429-3465.
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