Well, it's all done. The furnace and the air conditioner have been replaced. Boy, the Air conditioner sure is small. I suppose that just shows how much better things have become, smaller and more efficient. The same goes for the furnace. I wasn't home at all when the servicemen were ripping the old stuff out and putting the new one in, but Kris spoke to them and did we learn some things.
The pipes for the air intake and the CO exhaust were somehow not hooked up right. They had to replace one of them for sure because there is a new PVC pipe in the joists because they apparently were not up to code. The same went for the chimney and the exhaust ducts coming from the hot water heater, not up to code. I seriously want to know how the building inspector passed things when we bought the house 14 years ago. At least we are all up to code now and everything is working.
When I came home the first night, the house smelled like the oven when it is on the cleaning cycle. They told us that it will go away shortly. But until then, it sort of gives me a headache. I will say that the amount of air coming out of the vents is increased. Kris said the service guy told her that we did have an issue with the blower on the old furnace not moving enough air, which makes sense. The house warms up much faster than it used to. Unfortunately, the one thing that didn't change it the amount that the Christmas tree lights affect the room temperature/thermostat. So we still have that to deal with, but that is minor compared to having a furnace that will not shut off during the night.
The pipes for the air intake and the CO exhaust were somehow not hooked up right. They had to replace one of them for sure because there is a new PVC pipe in the joists because they apparently were not up to code. The same went for the chimney and the exhaust ducts coming from the hot water heater, not up to code. I seriously want to know how the building inspector passed things when we bought the house 14 years ago. At least we are all up to code now and everything is working.
When I came home the first night, the house smelled like the oven when it is on the cleaning cycle. They told us that it will go away shortly. But until then, it sort of gives me a headache. I will say that the amount of air coming out of the vents is increased. Kris said the service guy told her that we did have an issue with the blower on the old furnace not moving enough air, which makes sense. The house warms up much faster than it used to. Unfortunately, the one thing that didn't change it the amount that the Christmas tree lights affect the room temperature/thermostat. So we still have that to deal with, but that is minor compared to having a furnace that will not shut off during the night.
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