I regularly try to fix everything at my home myself; I don’t like having to pay for furnace repair, cooling unit 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 Heating and A/C technician and so he certainly knows his stuff. I suppose I know more about heating and air conditioning units than the average person, just because I used to go out on heater and air conditioning repair calls with my dad back when I was a kid. But sometimes, this method just doesn’t work, and one day, my furnace went on the blink and I couldn’t find a video to help me find out what the problem was. I called my dad and no matter what I tried, neither of us could get the darn furnace to fire back up again. I was angry 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 accidentally 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 Heating and A/C businesses to come out and do the furnace maintenance job for me. I had to pay a decent price for the furnace maintenance work, so I’m hoping that next time I’ll be able to fix it myself or with Dad’s help.