Waiting for Strike Three
November 23, 2007 by John in Health-Medical, Household
“Whole f***ing world’s against us dude, swear to God.”
I’m not the superstitious type, but I’m starting to wonder if a third strike is waiting in the wings.
Strike 1: Went to the dentist for my semi-annual checkup and cleaning. Good news? The cleaning took about 5 minutes. Bad news? Two of my old fillings have cracked and I have a new cavity. Not sure how all those factors, great hygiene and three cavities, came about at the same time. I guess even when flossing and brushing regularly shit happens.
Strike 2: Last night my furnace died. I woke to a house below 50 degrees. Fenske came over and near as we can tell the fan motor is toast. The thermostat, pilot light, controller, etc. all seem to check out. Naturally this happened on Thanksgiving weekend when not a single HVAC business is open. So I just got back from the rental store with three small electric space heaters.
Strike 3 (speculation): I’m thinking a water pipe might burst due to #2. Just throwing that out there. Or maybe the head gasket will blow in the Golf. Or one of the space heaters will catch on fire. Actually, that’s not a bad thing if I can get me, the dogs and my backup hard drive out safely, and the garage doesn’t catch. I could start from scratch. Hmmm, Maybe I should put that ultra-rare Thunderbird Sport wheel out in the garage, just in case. Of course, if that did happen I’d be screwed now that I’ve mentioned it here.
I have no idea if I’m going to be able to have the fan in the old Lennox (probably 20-22-ish years old–the manual is dated 9/85) replaced for a smallish sum of money, or if I’m going to have to bite the bullet and finance a brand new furnace. If I can do the former it will buy me some time until the Summer when I can tear out the floorboards (water damage from various other problems) and do it all up right.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:49 am
[...] Just a little update: Had a guy from Tri-County come out and look at the furnace this morning. Looks like the fan motor was toast as Fenske had already surmised. The repairman is on his way back with a new motor mounted in the squirrel cage. Should be up and running shortly for a few hundred bucks. Now I can take a breath and (hopefully) wait until Spring to get the new furnace, mounted in the crawlspace. [...]