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Remember that really comfortable, idealistic, post I wrote yesterday about the perfect winter farmhouse? Remember that?
The furnace broke down again. It's 9 degrees outside.
The furnace broke down again. It's 9 degrees outside.
posted by Jenna at 6:44 AM
12 Comments:
Oh no! Well, I'd say to bring out your cold weather stuff until you can fix it or ask someone to help you with it. Yesterday's was a perfect post, too...
Murphy stopped by eh!? That sucks. Get that stove stoked, and call it in!
Kelp, that's what I did! I called the emergancy line, and got the woodstove roaring. Long as the pipes stay warm: we're okay.
They're calling me at eight to see if they can talk me through the problem. If not, I have to fork up the cash for an emergancy visit.
What kind of fuel does your furnace use? oil?
I have oil forced hot air and I havent even turned it on yet, Im heating 100% with wood. Last year we only burned 40 gallons of oil as we went through 4 cords of wood. I hate paying the oil man!
Good luck with your furnace, stay warm!
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Oh good gracious. It never fails, does it? Bundle up and let's pray the oil people can talk you thru it.
I forgot to add that I find Google very useful in situations like this. find your furnace mfg, model and add the word problems or troubleshooting in a google search to see if you can diagnose the problem on your own...could save you a few bucks on a service call. you might even have luck finding a solution on youtube w step-by-step instructions on how to fix it.
to save your pipes, while the heat is off, let the taps in the bathroom and kitchen drip (about 6 drips a second). it slows down the freezing proses.
forget paying emergency fees. stoke the wood-stove till monday. you will be fine, it is really not cold enough out to freeze your pipes. during the ice storm we were out for 1 month. the stove was no weir near the pipes and they never froze. you really should be good till monday (or even Tuesday if this is still holiday time for you guys down there)
In addition to letting them drip, open the cupboards doors under, that lets warmer air from the main house it.
You'll be okay- you're getting good at this. If you can manage to fix it yourself, you'll feel awesome. I hope you can- there is some good advice here!
Why is it that things ALWAYS break on the weekend when the rates are double?
Our oil furnace broke down last winter 'cause of some stupid little part - took them a month to get it in. Our wood fireplace saved us. Stay warm, Jenna.
I have oil forced hot air and I havent even turned it on yet, Im heating 100% with wood. Last year we only burned 40 gallons of oil as we went through 4 cords of wood.
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