The next day our friendly furnace repairman stops by and long story short red tags our furnace. In other words, do not even try to turn this thing on. It is too dangerous. Suddenly understanding why Isabelle has been having headaches and feeling very blessed by the mild fall weather we have had.
Frugal Tip #1: Order your furnace online and install it yourself
After talking to a couple friends that installed furnaces themselves we ordered a new one online for ridiculously cheap. It arrived the Monday after our furnace went out. Space heaters kept our bedrooms warmer than our furnace ever thought of keeping them during the 6 days in between.
The old furnace used to sit under the hood of this big duct. John decided to take the opportunity to move it over a few feet and open up the space into the storage/work room.
The official red tag. Actually still red unlike pink slips and green cards.
I think the look on his face pretty much sums the whole thing up.
Our friend Andy helping move over the gas line.
The new furnace. Not done, the big vent hood still needs to go over the back. John is at Home Depot as we speak.
And these wires are still hanging in the location of the old furnace. Somehow thinking that isn't very safe. But the house is nice and toasty warm and we are all breathing deeper confident the air is safe with our new CO detectors checking things out for us.
New problem: These chairs used to be in the location where the new furnace now sits. I see a storage room cleaning/organizing/rearranging coming on soon...
But that is not all, Oh no, that's not all. Tune in tomorrow for the continuing saga...
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