House Maitenance

After the CO detector went off this weekend I scheduled a furnace repair call with Riggins to find out if the furnace was malfunctioning. They came out today and told me that the heat exchanger was fine. He said that there would be a distinct odor in the house if the exchanger was cracked. He did think that the blower was turning off too soon leaving the furnace very hot. Maybe hot enough that dust and ash were burning leading to the CO alarm so, he adjusted the blower's thermostat, replaced the gas filter and a nozzle ($103). I'm not sure I buy the diagnosis but I was in the house for several hours this afternoon with no alarm.

We talked about how the bedrooms were always cold even when the living room and kitchen are warm and he showed me how to adjust the dampers in the basement to favor the bedrooms. Now I have to remember to open them up in the warmer weather.

Since I was at the house anyway I asked Elliott's Septic to come out and diagnose a problem we've been having with the washer. When it drains the water backs up and gushes out of the pipe where the goose neck goes in. He poked around in the back yard and couldn't find the lid for the septic. Since the problem is kind of mild he suggested that we wait until the weather gets warmer OR the problem gets worse. Seems logical to me. I paid him $35 for the service call.

He told me that many of the houses in the area have cesspools instead of septic tanks. I guess we'll find out when the weather gets warmer.