My Experiences with Furnaces

Furnace Repair

Furnace repair, one morning I left to go to work, I knew it was supposed to snow, nearly blizzard conditions so I made sure to turn my thermostat up. When I came home from work that day, I noticed that my house was colder than usual. The Furnace seemed to be working, but I just could not figure out why it was so cold! I did not know much about these types of things; one thing I did know was that the blower motor could have maybe gone out or the igniter. So I immediately went online and started looking at reasonable prices for a technician to come out and look at it.

As I went on my hunt for reasonable companies, I came across a rather decent company that seemed to have a lot of experience, had been in business for a long time, had reasonable prices, Also, had top of the line equipment. They were very friendly and seemed to know what they were talking about. So I decided to schedule an appointment to have my furnace cleaned and repaired the following day, which was December 22,2010. While I was on the phone with them, they said that I could possibly need a whole new furnace!
After I scheduled my appointment, I looked online for new furnaces, and it came to my surprise that there were many different kinds of furnaces! So I thought to myself, ‘Oh, I’d better leave this for my technician to tell me more about it.’ So, I just went to bed that night with many blankets including one electric blanket, since it was too late for buying an electric fireplace or a space heater of some sort. Before I went to bed, I looked at my indoor thermometer and it read 51 degrees, I knew I was in for a rough night. My appointment time block was a 9am-1pm, so I set my alarm for 9am.

Hoping I only need to have my furnace repaired

I woke up the next morning, and sure enough, right at 9am the technicians were there to take a peek at my furnace, I had been expecting them to come later since I lived rather far from their location. After doing some heavy duty cleaning, and checking, they brought it to my attention that it was not broke, it was in fact the Blower Motor that had been backed up with a lot of dust and debris that had stopped it from working. They asked me how long it has been since I had a clean and check. I said it has been at least five years. The technician said that for not having it checked in five years, that was more than likely the cause of the buildup. I was very thankful that I did not need a whole new furnace system.

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Only needed to have my furnace cleaned

Before the technicians left, they explained to me in high detail how it important it is to get your furnace cleaned and checked every year to two year tops to prevent incidents like this from happening, and so you won’t have to suffer for a night in the cold, and be left with a high bill of repairs or possibly have to buy home furnace. I definitely learned my lesson!

NOTE: The furnace repair story above was given to us by one of our employees.