Thursday, January 29, 2009

No Heat!

Last Sunday night we noticed that the house was cooling down. I went to the thermostat and it was set at 71 but the temperature was 66. The furnace had shut down! I went up in the attic (that's where the furnace is) and tried without success to light it. We decided to wait until morning to call for help. We turned on the gas fireplace and started 2 electric heaters.
The next morning I got in contact with the guy that installed the furnace and he came right out. After examining the furnace he found that the inducer motor and blower wheel was not working and it had shut down the furnace. He went down to Boise to pick up a new motor but they had none in stock. He came back and told us that they ordered one but it would take 2 days to get here. He would come back Wednesday to install it.
We had quite a time trying to keep the house warm enough so that we were comfortable. Sadie our dog loved it! She enjoyed being in front of the electric heaters and the gas fireplace soaking up that wonderful heat.
The furnace guy came Wednesday at noon and installed the motor and everything is back to normal. Sadie is quite upset because her heaters are all put away. She sits in front of the fireplace and looks up at me as if she were saying, "Well when are you going to turn this thing on?"
Having something like this happen makes you appreciate the conveniences that we have in our homes.

1 comment:

Erin Rebecca said...

Oh my goodness! Be thankful that you live in Boise and not over here where it is below zero!!!