The good news: I cleaned out the laundry room and found a favorite sweater that had mysteriously made it into the ironing pile and been "lost" since last winter (I don't iron very often!).
The bad news: I had to clean out the laundry room so that the furnace repair man could make his way completely around the furnace.
The good news: We are alive and well after our carbon monoxide detector went off after turning on our furnace for the first time since spring.
The bad news: We need a new furnace.
The good news: Our furnace is 37 years old so us and all the previous homeowners got our money's worth out of it!
The bad news: We are not in a good financial position to buy a new furnace right now.
The good news: It's not the middle of winter and we are fine with no furnace for a week or so.
The bad news: There's no bad news on this one. It's all good!
The good news: Our heating bills will very likely go down dramatically.
The bad news: There's no bad news on this one either. It's all good.
The good news: Several friends have given us leads on reputable companies to get quotes from, and online sites that sell furnaces for less.
The bad news: Again, no bad news.
The good news: My husband has a job!!!!!!! We have a fireplace and firewood. I wanted to pull out my fall clothes anyway. And I needed to go through all the kids' fall clothes anyway too.
The bad news: No bad news. :-)
We are, indeed, grateful that our carbon monoxide detector did its job. As you know, carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless so we would not have known there was a problem were it not for the detector. It read dangerously high levels in the basement very quickly, and with our windows and doors closed this time of year, it would have continued to increase and make its way throughout our house. I shudder to think what could have happened if we did not have a detector. PLEASE make sure you have a carbon monoxide detector in your home! Two is even better. One near your furnace, and one in or very near your bedroom so that you are awakened if it ever goes off in the night. I have heard from several sources that the kind with a number display are best (not just a signal sound to alert you, but with a digital number read-out of what the level is). This is a good one for most homes. They are usually under $50 and that is a small price to pay for the safety of your entire family. They also usually plug directly into an outlet so you don't have to rely on battery power and remember to change the batteries every so often.
Consider this your friendly public service announcement. As well as sincere gratitude expressed from a very thankful heart.
I am glad for the good news too! Scary thinking of the possibilities. I think we got more carbon monoxide detectors when ADT was installed last spring.
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Laurie
Before you purchase anything, make sure that you check out the government rebate on energy saving upgrades. I think you can get up to $1500 back from the government, but there are stipulations as to what is and is not covered. Might as well try to get one that is covered if at all possible.
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Blessings.
Oh heavens! I'm so glad you're okay. Prayed for provision for a new furnace...
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you need a new furnace, but so glad you had a carbon monoxide detector. We don't, but I can't think of why we'd need one. We heat with electric heat pumps, have an electric water heater and no gas logs in the fire place. Electric range, oven, and dryer too. I guess if we actually burned wood in the fireplace maybe...
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