This picture was actually taken around 11 p.m. after at least an hour of every single window in the house being open and literally six oscillating fans and the ceiling fans had been running. When we got home the temp was 89. Keep in mind the temperature gauge is downstairs and our bedrooms are upstairs.
This is what we found when we took the front off the furnace. Yep, you guessed it. The white stuff is ice. Pure, solid ice. I seriously don't know how ANYTHING was frozen in our home that day.
Pops said we would have to thaw it out and then it would run and cool us down again. He gave us a good idea about blow drying it. Check out my straight out of the 80's blow dryer.
She may be old, but she did the trick. I really thought that poor blow dryer would blow up on us. I guess if she made it through all the years of helping me sport the Utah Claw the ice was nothing.
Apparently this is what a "healthy" furnace looks like. So I urge you all, please, please, clean your filters every once in a while. The filter actually said once a month but I find that excessive.And if you go out of town for 4 days turn up the temp a few degrees. It was HOT lesson, but we learned it. Another fun thing about being a home owner. :)
2 comments:
Wow.. glad that was all it took to fix yours.. ours went out the week we brought the baby home.. and MAN OH MAN.. we sat at a constant 85 degrees.. seriously! I feel ya.. we ended up having our thermostat go out and we had to live without it until we finally figured it out for 3-4 days.. ya i know.. it sucks! :( Booo! Glad your was fixed easy tho!
The really bad news was that my electric bill was $230 that month. Ugh.
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