Sometimes it really pays to take your time and do research, even when the situation seems extremely stressful and timed critical.
- I have learned this the hard way time after time, and yet I continue to relearn it again and again.
I’ve been trying to teach myself to slow down because in the end it will save me time and effort. The same lesson needs to be applied to my home appliances and central heating, cooling, and ventilation system. Every time it seems like there’s an issue with my indoor air quality control devices, I get extremely anxious about it and immediately call out an HVAC technician. This might not be a terrible problem, because I do believe it’s safer to tackle massive air handling device issues as quickly as possible – except for the fact that I tend to panic and call the worst HVAC companies in the area. Last time my furnace was not producing hot air, I got nervous about the possibility of me outdoor air cooling drastically. I opened my search engine and typed in “heater repair.” I called the first HVAC company that came up, and scheduled my heater service. After hours of this technician banging around in my basement, they came upstairs and reported that the furnace should be fine. Before they even pulled out of the driveway, I knew that the heating system was not fixed. They left pieces of the heating component all over the floor and everything looked bent out of shape. When I called the HVAC repair shop, they refused to take responsibility for their own service worker. I definitely called out a lemon, thanks to my anxiety. In hindsight, I don’t think they were even a certified HVAC tech.