“I think there is something wrong with my heater,” my mother continued.
So I jumped in the car, drove over, and the pilot light on their central heating and air was blown out. Moments later and I had warm air blowing out their vents after egressing from their basement.
“Thank you sweetheart!” my mother exclaimed to me as I got in my car to drive home.
Dad had to work today and my mother can be kind of aloof about such matters. The Secretary was about to schedule a possibly expensive appointment.
“Oh, you need a new thermocouple,” I can hear the repairman telling my mother hook, line, and sinker.
It is unscrupulous, but it does happen.
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2 comments:
Sounds like their furnace is pretty old....they don't even have pilot lights that stay on...my furnace is 15 hrs old and it doesn't have a pilot light...
Thankfully I grew up in a house where my dad just fixed everything and he taught me how to do the same. In the last 10 years I have saved us from buying several new appliances and getting a plumber in. You can really save significant amounts of money by just learning to do a few things on your own.
Ambrose @ Brown & Reaves Services, Inc.
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