This winter has been quite a winter for my furnace.
We have had our furnace for nearly 15 years, which means that our furnace is nearing the end of its life.
Soon, the furnace won’t work, and we will have to find a new way to heat our home. This winter was the first obvious sign that our furnace will not make it another winter. I can’t tell you how many troubles we had with our furnace, but I hope to document a few for your future reference. First of all, our furnace stopped working randomly in the middle of the night for most of the winter. I can’t tell you how many times I woke up at 2 AM to find out that our furnace was blowing cold air. I would turn it off and back on, and the furnace would light back up again and start heating our house. Towards the end of the winter, randomly throughout the day, I would hear what sounded like screaming coming from our furnace room. Apparently, multiple bearings were breaking down with our furnace, and they would all need to be replaced. Finally, in the last three weeks of the winter, the furnace stopped working completely. The furnace wouldn’t turn on, blow air, or do anything that the furnace was supposed to do. I quickly ran to the store and purchased a small propane space heater to keep us warm for the next few weeks, and I realize that I am going to have to call an HVAC technician to order a new furnace. I have also contemplated trying out a different type of heating system. Now would be the time to do it!
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