Last week, I was looking in the newspaper and I saw with the local HVAC company was offering HVAC classes for homeowner.
They were showing simple things like how to changing air filter in the HVAC system, how to diagnose the problem and know if it was a problem with the thermostat, or simply a lipped breaker switch.
I thought that these were basic things that every homeowner new, but I was wrong. I went to the HVAC class, hoping to learn how to clean my furnace and air conditioning unit. There were several older couples there, who knew how to change the air filter, but I was shocked at the younger people who had no clue that there even was an air filter in their HVAC system. One woman said she was paying the HVAC technician to come to the house every month and do a service because she knew they change the air filters when they service the HVAC system. Listening to all the reasoning for these people being at the HVAC class, I felt like I was walking into the unknown abyss. I had nothing in common with any of these people, and I felt like I already knew more than they did. When I saw my local HVAC technician out the hallway, he looked at me oddly. I told him I was hoping to learn how to clean my HVAC system. He gave me a funny laugh and told me that’s what he was hired to do. Since he was such an excellent HVAC technician, I told him I was going to go home and relax for the evening. I already had someone to do the cleaning and servicing of my HVAC system.