Anybody got one of these?

[TestRocket]

It was 25 degs and spitting snow (all day) and around noon I bump the thermostat up because I was feeling cool in the house. About an hour later I bumped it again and realized our heat was not coming on. Oh ooh! Bundled up and outside removing screws and I find no pilot flame on the gas pack. A quick phone call to a buddy that does heating/cooling for a living and in about 15 minutes I find I need one of these:



It will be gas fire logs and a space heater tonight and on the phone in the morning looking for a new exhaust fan and then leaving work early (I hope) to get us out of the freeze!

[Sailor]

Dang.....it is one thing to have the AC go out when it is hot but to lose your heat in a deep freeze is a different matter.  I hope you can get if fixed in the morning.

[Tenpoint5]

That sucks!! Good thing it will be 60º tomorrow down there in the south!!

[TestRocket]

Yea! That global warming should push this teen-to thirty deg temperatures out of here about late March or so? Well, for those of us that are in the deep south anyway!  ;D

[ADH]

Well for the ones further south (Central Florida) it will only get up to 53 with a wind chill of 37 at 1pm ;D ;D

[TestRocket]

Well for the ones further south (Central Florida) it will only get up to 53 with a wind chill of 37 at 1pm ;D ;D

And I know that's cold to you guys!  ;D

[ADH]

Well for the ones further south (Central Florida) it will only get up to 53 with a wind chill of 37 at 1pm ;D ;D

And I know that's cold to you guys!  ;D

Ya think.. we may have to take a shot or two of antifreeze (well the adult stuff that is) ;D ;D

[TestRocket]

I'll join ya!  ;D

[TMB]

Why didn't ya' call me??  I could have brought over The Big Easy's and SRG's we could heat your house in no time with my 4 units and your unit going at the same time!!!!  LOL   

OBTW.. The smell would drive the neighbors crazy!!!  ;D

[begolf25]

I feel your pain TR. Two weeks ago we woke up to our carbon monoxide detectors going off. After the fire department rolled up and did some checking we figured out the furnace was causing the issue. Of course it happened on a Saturday so I was lucky enough to pay for "emergency service" to have someone come look at it. Tech found some big cracks in the heat exchanger so we have a nice new furnace now.

Merry Christmas to me!

[TestRocket]

I found the part I needed this morning and left work at lunch to pick it up for $175.00. When I got home it was 25 degs outside and the house had cooled down to 57 degs. It only took me a little less then an hour to replace it, get the unit fired back up and get everything back together.  What a relief! But it took 3-4 hours to get the house warm enough for me to take the blanket off my shoulders. When Jan got home the first thing she said was "it feels nice and warm in here".  I'm guessing I saved $200-$350 by doing it myself? So the question is what do I want for Christmas? Not! I'd just spend it on the kids!  ;D

[Tenpoint5]

Morgan if it make you feel any better. My house is only at 65º. I am still having problems getting the kids to put on socks instead of running around barefoot and the two older boys complain it is too hot wearing a shirt so the run around wearing a muscle t-shirt and The youngest he just runs around without a shirt. 57º might just get them to put on a shirt!! ;D

[beefmann]

congrats on the fix great  job

[TestRocket]

Morgan if it make you feel any better. My house is only at 65º. I am still having problems getting the kids to put on socks instead of running around barefoot and the two older boys complain it is too hot wearing a shirt so the run around wearing a muscle t-shirt and The youngest he just runs around without a shirt. 57º might just get them to put on a shirt!! ;D

Well those young bodies must have a furnace running their metabolism! Or maybe it's all that good food they get?  ;D

[TestRocket]

congrats on the fix great  job

Thank you beefman! It does feel good when you can do it yourself and save money too!