My daughter was so excited about hosting her first slumber party. I was also secretly happy to see my baby transform into a girl. She even laid out two extra pajama sets just in case they forgot to carry their own. I had contacted the heating corp initially for duct cleaning. Still, when I remembered about the slumber party, I included a furnace/heater tune-up to avoid any mishaps on my girl’s slumber party. It occurred to me that I had forgotten entirely about the ductwork. It is one of those things that you do not give a second thought to until someone else mentions them. My husband had talked about sealing a leak in the HVAC duct with duct tape, and then it dawned on me that the last time it was cleaned by a professional was when my second born was born five years ago. As for the boiler installation maintenance, it is done annually without fail. When installed, the HVAC repairman told me that care is one of the vital energy-saving help tips, and true to his words, the gas furnace runs smoothly and optimally, therefore, uses less energy. The home services tech going to service the whole home heating system was also going to clean the washable filter. The heating provider also checked the gas fireplace, which we had not used in a while. I wanted to be sure it was in good condition because the girls wanted to roast smores and act as a campfire. That evening after they had smores, they headed to the bedroom. I could hear them giggling even long after I had switched off their lights.
The end product from duct cleaning
That day I fell asleep in the living room and didn’t even bother going to bed, the gas fireplace soothing me into a dreamless slumber
When I moved into my current house, I did my best to take good care of the boiler installation. I made sure always to do it to prolong the lifespan of the whole home heating system. For the past four years, I had not missed any furnace/heater tune-up, and when I started noticing that my house was a little stuffy, I was alarmed. I always cleaned the washable filter every two months, so something else had to be the issue. I called a friend who works in a heating corp as an HVAC repairman and told him about my concerns which did not have to do with the actual gas furnace. After our talk, it was evident that my focus should have gone to the ductwork. I immediately called home services and asked to have a duct cleaning. The day the heating provider came, I requested to see the dirt out of the HVAC duct. I was shocked to see the amount of muck that was there. The weird part was that there was a lot of hair, and I could tell from the dirt that it was from way before I moved into that house. I could have expected hair from a drainage system but not in the vents. I did not bother asking for energy-saving help tips because the ones I had were working, and I would continue with things as they were. That day I fell asleep in the living room and didn’t even bother going to bed, the gas fireplace soothing me into a dreamless slumber. My niece was surprised to find me fast asleep in the living room.
new air conditioning information
A homeowner from five years ago remembered me when we sat next to each other in a bus
It was going to be a long bus ride.
I had a book and earphones that would be enough to keep me busy during the three-and-a-half-hour journey.
I was not lucky enough to get a window seat, but I hoped my neighbor would open the window when it got too hot or stuffy. An hour into the journey, the passager beside me asked if I knew anything about whole-home heating systems. I hesitated before I answered him because it was an odd question. I told him that I am an HVAC repairman, and then he smiled. Whinstallation and ductwork five years ago. I was surprised that I gave him a confused look. He asked if I worked for a specific heating corp and when I said yes, he told me that he remembered me from the crew that worked on his boiler installation. He told me it was hard to forget the only lady in a team of men. We talked about the gas furnace, and I asked him if it had been serving him well. He told me that he had not had any issues with it because he tried his best to apply most of the energy-saving help tips we had given him. He also ensured that he contacted the home services company every year for furnace/heater tune-up. He also told me that he had switched to a washable filter that he found worked better. I asked him if he kept an eye on his HVAC duct, and he admitted that other than sealing a leak once. I advised him to contact a heating provider to do a duct cleaning. He also told me some minor issues with his gas fireplace, and I told him a few things he could try.
A furnace/heater tune-up for an off the grid vacation home
He also gave us a list of energy-saving help tips that would help us use the least energy possible.
Winter vacation was something me and my friends had been looking forward to for a long time, and it was finally going to be a reality. One of my friend’s parents owned a home somewhere in the mountains, and that is where we were going to spend the next ten days. The only downside was that the house was off the grid, but that was the best part. The house had a gas furnace, and we had to ensure enough gas to last two weeks or more, so my friend went there two days earlier to ensure that the heating provider did the furnace/heater tune-up and the gas cylinders refilled. Since it was a vacation home, they barely had any home services such as duct cleaning, so the HVAC repairman insisted on looking at the HVAC duct. The ductwork was old, and it needed to be insulated again. He also put in a new washable filter so that the air circulating in the whole home heating system was clean and free of dust and debris. He also gave us a list of energy-saving help tips that would help us use the least energy possible. The recommendations would save us the trouble of calling the home services company in the middle of our vacation. The heating corp did an outstanding job with the boiler installation, and the home was hot and cozy. Because there was no wifi or tv to distract us, we spent most of our evenings roasting marshmallows on the gas fireplace and interacting with one another. The best part of the vacation was the stories we got to share.