How often must one perform boiler maintenance before giving up? After six months of doing it on the first of every month, the HVAC technician told my friend and me that we were throwing away money.
After dealing with heater issues at inopportune times for half a year, he decided that replacing the unit would be the best option.
When the heating company expert compared the cost of the repairs to the cost of purchasing a hybrid heating system, the half-year mark helped us realize how wasteful our actions had been. If my friend and I had kept up with repairs instead of purchasing the heat and AC product, we would have had enough money to buy a new heating system/heater replacement two months earlier. After that eye-opening conversation with the heater maintenance expert, my friend and I decided to visit the heating dealership right away. My colleague and I were hoping he would recommend the device that offered the benefits of both conventional heating and heat pumps. Fortunately, the other expert in HVAC maintenance agreed with my friend and me that we qualified for the replacement because we could install the hydronic heating system ourselves. I didn’t want it, but it was tempting. With that, my friend and I set out on yet another mission to enhance the coziness of our abode. This may seem like a simple and exciting tale, but in reality, it was just the start of our adventure. After spending all of our savings on unexpected repairs, my friend and I realized that the only way we could afford a new HVAC system was to pay for it in installments from the local supplier. For the same price as my friend and I paid for the repairs, a six-month plan was easily within our budgets. I wish we’d known about the option to upgrade sooner, but we always imagined it would be much fancier.