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Let's play a little game of How Much Worse Can My Day Get?...
  1. Our furnace died this morning. But it gets worse...
  2. The technician was here for mere minutes before deciding the controller board is fried with signs of water damage. Cost to replace: about $1,000. But it gets worse...
  3. Because of the damned holiday, the earliest that a replacement controller can be ordered is next Tuesday. But it gets worse...
  4. It'll probably take at least a day more to get the part and install it, possibly 2-3 days if the part can't be located in the greater mid-Atlantic area. But it gets worse...
  5. The board damage is probably related to issues we had back in the summer when the chiller exchange for the air conditioning was icing up. Because the AC killed our furnace, there's no warranty coverage. But it gets worse...
  6. The entire AC exchange will have to be replaced before summer or we'll likely go through this entire process all over again next fall. That will take another $2-3k.

As you can imagine, I'm not an especially happy camper right now. Thank god we didn't spend a lot on xmas presents because if we weren't flat broke before, we definitely are now.

All I want for Xmas is....

Date: 2011-12-25 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redbearmark.livejournal.com
a new central air and heating unit? sigh!

I had to replace mine in November around Thanksgiving five years ago. Not fun!

I hope that you can get it done in relatively timely fashion and be up and running again soon.

Do you have space heaters to take the edge off?

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