I'll send you some warm thoughts, and you send me some, k? :)

Our furnace is out, too (we rent our house). It's been out since yesterday. According to our landlords, someone was supposed to come this afternoon so we arranged to stay home, but no show....

We're very frustrated (and cold) and are going to call the city now. Apparently they'll fix it and charge it to the landlords.

Thank God for warm clothing and bedding!

Get warm!

Hope you get it fixed soon. Amber and Mike just got their furnace fixed late this afternoon. They have been heating with wood for a few weeks. You might have to get some other kind of heat if they don't get it fixed. Good thoughts though they do.

Sue

Hope you get it fixed soon. Bundle up. You may want to turn on the oven and open the door and use that for heat. But be careful, don't take a nap. And make sure to keep any eye on the oven. And congratulations to Jeff.

That's what I call a "good news/bad news" day. I hope Jeff loves his new job and hope that repairman gets there PDQ.

Well, Pattico, how are you doing?
I have kept you in my thoughts and prayers all afternoon.
I am glad Jeff got a job.

We've found a really nice heating and air conditioning guy.
He's a pastor of a local church, called Rebels...they are christian bikers. A fun bunch.

I think it was the igniter had burned in half or something like that.

Cost $104.00 for parts and labor.

It could have been much worse.

At least it's nice and warm again.

patti

Glad you are nice and warm again and that it was a relatively affordable fix :)

Oh and congrats to Jeff!

Glad you got problems fixed!

You may want to turn on the oven and open the door and use that for heat. But be careful, don't take a nap. And make sure to keep any eye on the oven.

No, no, no, no, no!!! Do NOT ever do this!!

Sorry, Lindsey, I was just trying to help. I'm glad the heat's back on and it didn't cost an arm + a leg.

Another good reason to own a couple of space heaters and thermal underwear! Glad you got your problem fixed.

Yea - using the oven for heat is dangerous. I just bake extra cookies - then shut the oven off when I am finished and leave the door open. Safe and yummy! :)

Are you getting this horrible ice today Patti? We still have power. I think there is enough wind to keep the ice off the lines for the most part. Some REC people out though.

I read that you had your furnace fixed. For future reference, if your furnace is gas - and is - for the sake of argument - 5 years old or thereabouts, there is a sensor in the furnace that accumulates dust/dirt and that must be cleaned by a technician. This happens despite annual cleanings of the furnace. The first time it happened to us we thought we had switched on the air conditioning. The repair man told us it is a problem with all of the newer furnaces. The fast, but temporary fix, is to turn the thermostat all the way down - and then back up high again - but not to turn the furnace on. But you only get so many successful heat returns this way. This has happened to us twice - and to many others this year in the Toronto area - all with furnaces about our "age". Three weeks ago we thought it was happening again and I was up all night doing the turn down/turn up bit because it was freezing cold here and I was concerned about the pipes. The service man came, but of course just after I had finally got the down/up working again - but while he saw a bit of build-up on the sensor he didn't think that was the problem. He showed us a small, rather opaque looking circle on the furnace and told us that when it happened again, to start counting the flashes - and keep note of the times it happened - also if the flashes were say 9 fast, 3 slow etc. So we did this for 2 days and finally the down and up wouldn't work. They sent a senior fellow with a new electrical board who said that it was unusual for this part to go on a furnace not quite 5. The part cost Cdn. $400 but was covered under warranty. We have a maintenance agreement with our gas provider for repairs only - but come Feb. 10 when furnace turns 5, warranty will expire. Feb. 9 we are switching back to maintenance PLUS - for the parts. I am watching the furnace carefully though because other people have had their electrical boards go this winter too - all on furnaces of our vintage - plus other parts as well - one person has had 2 replaced. One lady asked what had happened to furnaces that lasted 25 years - obviously a "young" person. In our old house, building in 1932, the oil furnace was still going strong in 2000. The gas furnace that was in our current house lasted 17 years (which we were told was now considered normal) - so it was about 7 when we moved in. I wonder if the current one will last 10. The air conditioner had to be replaced in spring 2007 - and replaced with a 14 Seer. People were making jokes as they passed by our small bungalow with the super giant 14 Seer in front of it. Well, they aren't laughing now, as many people on the street have had to have their units replaced. I hope that you don't have any further furnace problems.