The heater repairman has come and gone. Our house is nice and toasty, once again. When he got here, we were looking at a $75 tune-up. So how can it be that AtHomeDaddy is HAPPY that he just paid the guy $122?
Some blower motor thing evidently needed replacing, so our $75 tune-up jumped to a $400 repair very quickly. Then the good news started. I think he saw I was about to have a stroke when he said $400! Would that have been a HEATer STROKE?
First, he could re-use some parts, so that knocked the price down $40. Whoopee! Then, while removing the old parts, he found the real problem. Somehow a Dirt Dauber has gotten into the blower and made a nest. The nest was obstructing the blower and causing havoc. Once it was gone, no more problems and no new parts needed! Super Whoopee!
So to wrap up. AtHomeDaddy just spent $121 to get a guy to knock some mud out of the heater. But now we are warm so it was money well spent.
12 years ago
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Sounds like you came out great to me!
Years ago I spent $80 just so a plumber could come out and turn a valve ½ a turn. I still wake up in cold sweats over that one.
Yeah, we paid a plumber $50 to tell us, "I can't do THAT. You'll have to call someone else!" To replace an outside spigot. I think I found him listed in the yellow pages under, 'Plumber, World's Dumbest'.
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