I always try to fix everything at my house myself.
I don’t like having to pay for furnace repair, A/C repair, or appliance repairs when it’s something that I could do myself.
I watch a lot of videos online, and I also call my dad for help sometimes. A lot of times, he is able to walk me through furnace repairs right over the phone. He used to be an HVAC technician and so he really knows his stuff. I feel like I know more about heating and cooling systems than the average person, just because I used to go out on furnace repair and air conditioning installation calls with my dad back when I was a kid. But sometimes, this method just doesn’t work. One day, my furnace went on the blink and I couldn’t find a video to help me out. I called my dad and no matter what I tried, we just couldn’t get the darn furnace to fire back up again. I was annoyed at the furnace by this time and I think I must have used my wrench on it with a little too much enthusiasm. To make a long story short, I think I ended up tearing my furnace up even worse than it would have been to start with. I hung up with my dad and had to call one of the local HVAC businesses to come out and do the furnace repair work for me. I had to pay a small fortune for the furnace repair work, so I’m hoping that next time I’ll be able to fix it myself or with Dad’s help.