When I was starting up the oil furnace in the fall, it wasn’t acting just right, but because the weather turned so cold so fast, without any warning as well as much earlier than usual, I hadn’t gotten around to scheduling the normal seasonal maintenance! I knew there was really some dust, lint as well as other kinds of debris gathered inside the components, but while I had the best intentions of contacting a local Heating as well as A/C corporation as well as set up an appointment, I simply got tied up as well as forgot to do it… There was a lot to do to prepare for Winter as well as not much time to accomplish it, along with rapidly plummeting temperatures, the weather forecast was calling for lots of snow as well as potential blizzard-like conditions.
I had yet to Winterize the pool as well as put the barbecue grill as well as all of the patio furniture into storage.
I needed to buy rock salt for the front steps, hire somebody to plow out the driveway as well as find the snow shovels. It takes a while to make sure all of the warm Winter gear, such as heavy boots, coats, gloves as well as hats are accessible. There’s also the lengthy process of tightening up the apartment for Winter. I make a point to make sure the windows are sealed tight, inspect the caulk around them as well as check the condition of the insulation up in the attic. I sporadically roll up towels as well as venue them on windows sills as well as along the bottoms of exterior doors to prevent drafts… Since the oil furnace was operational as well as supplying ample heat, I never provided it a thought. Unluckyly, the gas furnace quit in the middle of that early season blizzard. The outside temperature had plummeted to setback twenty degrees with steady snow coming down. The two of us needed emergency heating repair.