Chamber of Horrors

There is little in this world that causes as much stress as suddenly realizing your furnace fan is running constantly and yet the house is cooling down. Our furnace of 15 years decided it had just had enough, I guess, this past November. With visions of currency flying out of our bank account, I called our heating and cooling contractor. After looking at the furnace, he pronounced that we had either a hole or crack in the combustion chamber of our gas furnace. We can either have it replaced or replace the whole furnace.

So, what to do?

Does the furnace need to be shutdown completely?

Of course, this never occurs anytime of the year but on the coldest days of winter. How do we keep the house warm?

Over the next few articles I will address what we decided and how we handled the “Chamber of Horrors” experience.

Until later...
The Home Know-It-All