so the furnace person had to be called back a second time monday.
he had spent two hours working on it initially, which set me back $528 and change. assured me it worked.
fine.
i went and turned up the thermostat. nothing happened. oh it said "heat" all right, but nothing was going on downstairs. i paced, i worried. i hate being "that" person who has to point at and critique flaws. i hemmed, i hawwed, and finally i called the place back asking to speak to the tech who helped me. five mins later he called back and said that he'd come right back to check it out. i was sure it would be a simple flick of the switch and off he'd be with me red and embarassed.
not so.
turns out, the humidifier was leaking into the furnace, which caused a short in my thermostat. $70 +gst later, it was all fixed. the newer digital thermostat has had to be junked because it's fried and we are back to our traditional thermostat, warts and all, minus the humidifier. after telling ch about all the drama and the cost, he said "i think we are done with humidifiers from now on" (because we had a huge leak in it the first weekend it was installed and woke up to an inch of H2O on the basement floor one lovely sunday morning, with no furnace, and OH it was in the winter).
we'll see how the fil reacts to that news. he wont like it.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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so the furnace person had to be called back a second time monday.
he had spent two hours working on it initially, which set me back $528 and change. assured me it worked.
fine.
i went and turned up the thermostat. nothing happened. oh it said "heat" all right, but nothing was going on downstairs. i paced, i worried. i hate being "that" person who has to point at and critique flaws. i hemmed, i hawwed, and finally i called the place back asking to speak to the tech who helped me. five mins later he called back and said that he'd come right back to check it out. i was sure it would be a simple flick of the switch and off he'd be with me red and embarassed.
not so.
turns out, the humidifier was leaking into the furnace, which caused a short in my thermostat. $70 +gst later, it was all fixed. the newer digital thermostat has had to be junked because it's fried and we are back to our traditional thermostat, warts and all, minus the humidifier. after telling ch about all the drama and the cost, he said "i think we are done with humidifiers from now on" (because we had a huge leak in it the first weekend it was installed and woke up to an inch of H2O on the basement floor one lovely sunday morning, with no furnace, and OH it was in the winter).
we'll see how the fil reacts to that news. he wont like it.
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