Jack is quite afraid of the cold.
- Convincing him to come over for a week’s visit this winter was something I didn’t expect to pull off but here we are.
He has been here before but just on a layover. Now I know where he is from, they do not rely on heat and Ac products so much but here, it is the order of the day. Their seasons are relatively friendly and they can survive most days without heating or any major HVAC maintenance. The first thing he inquired upon arrival is the reliability of our heater, the biting cold got to him fast indeed. Not to leave him with any doubt, I gave him a quick overview of our equipment and showed him how to operate the one in his room. We recently renovated our home, so most of the equipment was new. The furnace/heater installation was quite a lengthy process especially after realizing that the living room furnace we bought was the wrong specification. The heating dealership that we have been relying on for our heater maintenance assumed our living room was still the same size, that’s why he made the mistake. Jack talked about hydronic heating he read about somewhere but I told we couldn’t incorporate that into our home yet. The best we could do is a hybrid heating upgrade that eliminated the cost of boiler repair, hence fewer calls to the HVAC repairman. As for the old heat pump we had, that found its way to dad’s garage. I am glad Jack didn’t find a hard time during his visit and the highlight of it all was a visit to the local heating business to learn a few things about ACs.