The last time I was at my brother’s house, I noticed that his gas furnace behaved funny.
Besides the unusual odor that seemed to come out of the heating unit, a closer look at the gas furnace showed that the gas furnace burners were heating strangely.
Having repaired my neighbors France before coming over to see my brother, I knew that this gas furnace needed special attention. I worked in the Heating, Ventilation and A/C industry, so this would not be a major issue for me, then fortunately, out of habit, I carried my toolbox with me everywhere I went. I rushed to my truck & got a few of the tools I would need to complete repairs. I intended to check the burners & confirm that they did not have any debris on them. I started by checking the flames, which were not red & were majorly uneven. This was enough indication that the burners were dirty & genuinely jammed with debris. I switched off the gas furnace & allowed it to cool before cleaning the burners. All I needed was a vacuum cleaner which I borrowed from my brother. Besides the duster that had accumulated over the summer time period, the gas furnace had traces of soot combined with condensation, which affected the gas furnace’s usual functioning. It was also clear that my brother had not had his gas furnace cleaned in the annual Heating, Ventilation and A/C repair session advocated every season. I made sure to bill him to teach him a lesson to take care of his unit. After all, hiring a professional Heating, Ventilation and A/C specialist is not cheap, & I did not want him to guess that I would typically be available to do these favors for him.