Yeah so…nothing is wrong with the furnace.

The heating guy just left and it turns out that our furnace has some safety mechanism in place where if it tries to ignite three times and is unsuccessful, it quits trying. Apparently, that happened last night…and this phenomenon is not uncommon (say that three times fast…phenomenon is not uncommonon) after significant windstorms, which we also experienced yesterday and last night.

Turns out, all I had to do was turn it off…and turn it back on…to reset it. Well, I did turn it off at 7 AM, when I decided I didn’t want cold air blowing into my house all day…but it took an HVAC technician to turn it back on for me and make everything all better. Oh well. While he was up in the attic he inspected our unit and declared it fit for combat. He also praised our meticulous filter…yeah, we’re good about that…changing it out often, what with my allergies and all.

On his way out he said, “I’m not sure why I didn’t tell you to try turning it off and back on this morning when you first called.” I replied with a smile, “Because then you wouldn’t have made $90.”