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Why does my furnace smell like burning dust when I first turn it on?

by tomseest@hotmail.com | Sep 22, 2026 | Furnace & Heating

Short answer: If it’s the first time this season you’ve turned on the heat, a burning-dust smell for the first 10 to 30 minutes is almost always normal. That’s dust that settled on the heat exchanger over spring and summer, burning off. It should go...

Fall heat-pump tune-up checklist for the Sequatchie Valley

by tomseest@hotmail.com | Sep 8, 2026 | Furnace & Heating

Every fall we get the same phone call. First cold morning, heat pump kicks on, house won’t warm up, and now it’s 38 degrees in the kitchen and someone’s yelling. Nine times out of ten, that phone call was preventable by 45 minutes of work in...

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  • Why does my thermostat say 72 but my house feels cold?
  • Why does my furnace smell like burning dust when I first turn it on?
  • Should I turn my heat pump off when it snows? (short answer: no)
  • Fall heat-pump tune-up checklist for the Sequatchie Valley

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Kilgore Heating and Air

Sheddie Kilgore, Owner
Family-owned in Whitwell since 1996

235 Paul Hackworth Rd
Whitwell, TN 37397

(423) 637-1846

Mon–Fri: 8am–5pm
Weekends: by appointment

Services

AC & Cooling
  • AC Installation
  • AC Repair
  • Ductless Mini-Splits
Heating
  • Heating Installation
  • Heating Repair
Specialty
  • Foam-House HVAC
  • Metal Fabrication
  • Gas Piping
  • Tankless Water Heaters
  • Zoning Systems
  • Whole-Home Dehumidifiers
Ductwork & Commercial
  • Ductwork
  • Commercial HVAC

Service Areas

Serving three states from Whitwell, TN — the Sequatchie Valley, Cumberland Plateau, Chattanooga metro, North Georgia, and the Alabama side of Sand Mountain.

Sequatchie Valley
  • Whitwell, TN
  • Dunlap, TN
  • Jasper, TN
  • Pikeville, TN
  • South Pittsburg, TN
  • Kimball, TN
Cumberland Plateau
  • Tracy City, TN
  • Coalmont, TN
  • Gruetli-Laager, TN
  • Sparta, TN
  • Spencer, TN
Chattanooga Metro
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • Soddy-Daisy, TN
North Georgia
  • Trenton, GA
Sand Mountain (AL)
  • Bridgeport, AL
  • Stevenson, AL

Why Kilgore?

Owner-operated. No franchise, no call center, no upsell theater.

  • Licensed & insured in Tennessee
  • Sheddie answers the phone
  • Honest diagnosis, transparent pricing
  • Right-sized systems, always

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