a hot Spring and Summer. In Spring my a/c was giving me it's usually temperamental behavior only more so. I knew it was going to be a hot Summer because this past winter was warm and there have been some rumors about global climate change. So I called my a/c repair service and the guy came out and did some work on it, got it working great and took some cash from me. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. It was a Thursday night and I noticed the temps climbing. I checked the a/c and found it wasn't working right and I knew the day of reckoning had arrived.
My old heating and a/c system is about 30 years old and I've been told before to get it replaced off season so I don't have to deal with it in the middle of heating or cooling season. The thing is, it was working and I didn't want to deal with the hassle of replacing it. But fate played it's hand and a service call confirmed the a/c was deader than a door nail. But the guy who runs the place, the one who gives out prices for a new system told me they were too busy to come out and give me prices for about 2 weeks.
It's too hot to wait that long so I called another place; that was Friday afternoon. A service guy soon arrived and checked the a/c and confirmed it was dead. He showed me different systems and gave me prices. OK, I said, how soon can you have it installed? I'll have the a/c working for you tomorrow, he said. You're going to do an istallation on a Saturday, I thought, that's too good to be true. I figure he'll make the deal, take a deposit and maybe I'll see them next week.
Saturday morning arrived and there he was at my door. He starts disconnecting the old system and one by one additional ppl arrive, all doing something else. By Saturday afternoon it was blowing cold air. Real cold air.
I now have an energy efficient system that is handling this heat wave with ease (knock on wood). I'm a little bit poorer too, lol.