All Clear… Or Not.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by Christine | 5 Comments
It turns out that we wouldn’t have died from asphyxiation last night with the heat running. We would have just wasted a lot of power in the process. (Gas? Electricity? I’m not sure. But you get the picture.) It seems that the gas going to the heater was turned off, so there was no chance that we were ever getting any heat last night.
Hopefully it will be on soon. I’d like to feel my fingers again. Maybe if I go and sit outside, they will warm up.
Update: Ok, change that. It’s a good thing that the heat didn’t come on last night because the downstairs heater (we have two) has a cracked heating element. Actually, with a few cracks. And if it had come on, we would have had some serious carbon monoxide issues. So, thankfully, we are alive – but now we need to buy a new heater. Which costs between $1,500 and $2,000.
Could someone please hold me while I cry?
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Hi! I'm Christine. Wife to Mike. Mom of Jason. Owned by 4 cats. Houston & Destination Wedding Photographer & owner of Hot Mama Boudoir. Blogger since 2000. Living in Houston, Texas since 1985. Living in a 1920 Bungalow in the Heights since 2011.
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December 15th, 2004 @ 4:04 pm
Christine, go to home depot or someplace and get a carbon monoxide detector just like a smoke detector. Winter time heating problems cause more fires and more carbon monoxide poison deaths.
December 15th, 2004 @ 4:38 pm
For now, the bad heater is off. I couldn’t turn it on if I wanted to. We’re getting a carbon monoxide detector anyways though. Better safe than sorry!
December 16th, 2004 @ 2:16 am
Why weren’t the cracks in the heat exchanger caught when the inspection was done of the furace/ac? Did you have it inspected before purchase?! I don’t mean by the house inspector but furnace inspection pre-sale. If so, they gave you a letter which should state soemthing… This happened to us on our second house and third house if it is any consolation. Didn’t you want a heat exchanger for Christmas?
December 16th, 2004 @ 6:37 am
all i want for christmas is a brand new heater, a brand new heater, a brand new heater….
sing-a-long…
December 16th, 2004 @ 6:42 am
Earlier I was singing, “I’m dreaming of a new furnace, one that will warm my frosty toes!”
We didn’t have the AC/Furnace inspected; just the house inspection and the termite inspection. We have a home warranty, so now I get to see how that works. Oh, and a new heater is only $500 more than the new water heater we bought back in July… *sigh*