Last night, just as I was about to go to bed, I realized that my family room was unusually cold.
There are two air vents within my family room, so I listened quietly to hear the heat pour through them.
I waited and waited, however nothing ever happened. I stood in front of both air vents and tried to feel the heat coming out, just in case I wasn’t hearing it. When I still couldn’t feel the heat, I went into my family room and found the thermostat. I raised the temperature by two degrees and waited for the boiler to kick on. Again, I waited and waited however nothing happened. When I returned to the thermostat, I noticed that the thermostat said my home felt like it was 67 even though I’d set it to 75 degrees. This was the moment when I realized that my boiler wasn’t working. I didn’t want to call the emergency line with the local Heating & A/C contractor because it would cost me almost double! However, I didn’t want to freeze in the middle of the night either. I decided to try and solve the problem myself before calling the Heating & A/C contractor. The first thing I did was check the air filter. My old air filter didn’t look terrible, however I updated it anyway, then next, I went to check if any of the breakers were tripped. Sure enough, something had tripped the breaker and caused my boiler to stop working. Thankfully, I was able to flip it back and my boiler began to heat my house again.