Peabody
MegaDork
12/19/24 12:27 p.m.
Ashyukun (Robert) said:
Woke up this morning (an hour early... Thanks, The Bat! -_- ) and realized that the furnace wasn't heating properly (again... we'd had a tech out last weekend). So I called up the HVAC company, and to my surprise they had an appointment slot with the higher-level tech that we needed starting just an hour from when I called. The tech showed up about halfway through the appointment window, and eventually determined that the core problem was simply a clogged water drain hose from the flue so all that needed to be done (seemingly- *fingers crossed*) was to un-clog the hose. I'd been expecting a much more costly fix (I figured the inducer was going out), so an essentially zero-cost fix- especially since this was considered an unresolved issue from the earlier visit so the usual service appointment fee should be waived- was a very pleasant surprise.
And I now have one more thing to check that I can easily fix myself the next time the furnace misbehaves...
The EXACT same thing happened to us last week. It's been an intermittent problem for the last year, and really, I should have figured it out
...and my twenty year old daughter just made it safely home from Reno to Ventura for the holidays.
Welcome home my little Honey Bunny....dad is going to spend stupid money on you!
Duke
MegaDork
12/19/24 10:47 p.m.
Duke said:
Put in my 2 weeks' notice for retirement today.
...and, 2 weeks later, I'm done.
P3PPY
UltraDork
12/20/24 12:04 a.m.
Peabody said:
Ashyukun (Robert) said:
Woke up this morning (an hour early... Thanks, The Bat! -_- ) and realized that the furnace wasn't heating properly (again... we'd had a tech out last weekend). So I called up the HVAC company, and to my surprise they had an appointment slot with the higher-level tech that we needed starting just an hour from when I called. The tech showed up about halfway through the appointment window, and eventually determined that the core problem was simply a clogged water drain hose from the flue so all that needed to be done (seemingly- *fingers crossed*) was to un-clog the hose. I'd been expecting a much more costly fix (I figured the inducer was going out), so an essentially zero-cost fix- especially since this was considered an unresolved issue from the earlier visit so the usual service appointment fee should be waived- was a very pleasant surprise.
And I now have one more thing to check that I can easily fix myself the next time the furnace misbehaves...
The EXACT same thing happened to us last week. It's been an intermittent problem for the last year, and really, I should have figured it out
Wellll I see what I'll be googling when I wake up in the morning! I ruled out the flame sensor and got stuck from there.
