| Furnace repairs are costly - they can easily cost | | | | Q. Do you feel air coming out of the floor registers? |
| hundreds of dollars. Quite often, the cost of labour is | | | | WA. (Wrong Answer) Yes, the air is fine. |
| the biggest item on the invoice, if not the only one! | | | | The technician will come and check the air for you. |
| Meanwhile, you can significantly reduce or even | | | | He may find that the furnace (air handler) switch was |
| completely avoid charges for furnace repairs. It's | | | | off and turn it back on for you. Do you want to pay |
| quite easy, but you need to do this before the | | | | $100 for that? |
| repairman comes. | | | | RA. (Right Answer) Just a second, I'll check. (After |
| Before actually coming to see the furnace, a good | | | | checking a couple of registers) Air flow is as usual, or |
| technician will try to learn as much as possible about | | | | weaker than usual. (Whichever is the case.) |
| the problem. He should call you and ask you to do a | | | | Now, he might be able to figure out what the |
| couple of basic checks on the furnace. If the | | | | problem is, just from that simple question. |
| technician gets enough information, he'll come with | | | | Q. Is the filter clean? |
| the part you need to fix the problem, saving himself | | | | WA. Yes, it's clean. |
| a trip just to decide what part he needs. Quite often, | | | | The technician can come and check the filter for you, |
| the problem is just a blocked filter or an accidentally | | | | but is that really worth $100? |
| turned off switch - you can find this out right over | | | | RA. I don't know. My husband usually checks the |
| the phone. | | | | filter, but he's not home. |
| So, when you're speaking to the technician, he'll ask | | | | The technician will explain you where to find the filter, |
| you to do some routine checks. Don't worry, he | | | | and what to check. |
| won't ask you to do anything unsafe or difficult. Let's | | | | And if your technician doesn't call before coming? |
| go through a few possible scenarios. | | | | Well, you may be dealing with the wrong company. |