So... over the last few days my furnace (which gets it's heat from the hot water heater) sprung a leak.
At first it was just a slow drip that we could stop by putting towels around the furnace, and replacing every few hours.
Well the leak steadily increased, causing the carpet of my finished basement to be soaked in a six foot semi-circle away from the furnace.
We would keep putting towels down- but within an hour they would be soaked, allowing the carpet to become worse each time.
When we would wake up in the morning (or come home from work) there would literally be a puddle in the carpet.
On Monday afternoon, we had a service guy come in to look at it. He said that the main coil had burst a leak, and would have to be replaced. They cost about $1000.
He said another option would be to replace the entire furnace, and rent it instead of buying it. That way it would always be covered should anything go wrong again. He left unable to do anything about it.
Last night we took the cover off, and removed the filter. There was about 5 inches of water (probably about 6 gallons) in the bottom of the furnace that I had to bail out. The damn thing was still leaking like a broken faucet, and we couldn't replace the towels fast enough to keep the carpet from being wrecked.
This morning I turned off the water taps to the furnace, stopping the leak.
It also means I have no heat in my house.
So today an adjustor came to look at it, assess the damage and suggest what to do.
She said that in order to replace the entire furnace, they would have to tear down our finished ceiling in the basement to redo the vents. The furnace would also take 4 to 6 weeks to arrive as they are imported from Texas. Meaning no heat all this time.
All of that meant nothing as my wife and I are unwilling to have the ceiling torn apart.
So our only option would be to replace the part itself.
We don't have $1000 to spare. We don't have $100 to spare.
F--K!
Our only option will be to put it on credit, which we are paying hundreds of dollars a month to anyway.
She is supposed to call us back to let us know if the replacement part is in stock. If it is, they can fix the furnace Wednesday.
If not, it will be 4 to 6 weeks for the part to arrive.
DOUBLE F--K!!!
My nerves are shattered enough as it is.
Thank you for your time.
Good day.
Kevin
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at: 2/20/07 10:16 am
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