When I first moved into my new home my mom was giving me all kinds of advice and to be honest, I didn’t listen to any of it.
I really regret that I ignored all of her advice.
Last week my air conditioner stopped working because I didn’t listen. I remember now that she told me it’s important that I do not put things on top of the fan on the AC unit, but I was being stubborn. I figured it would be fine if I put a few things on top of the AC unit, the grates were protecting the fan. Well, 5 HVAC visits later and a gigantic bill and I learned my lesson! Heating and cooling systems are not cheap! I really had no clue how expensive it is to call an HVAC technician. On top of that, I didn’t know that getting an air conditioner installed was almost as expensive as the AC unit itself! Basically, one of the clay pots that was on top of my air conditioner was hit and small chunks went into the fans of the AC unit. I don’t really understand why, but this caused a lot of problems for my old air conditioner. The HVAC technician said he might have been able to fix it, but the machine was about to die anyways. I went with the cheapest new air conditioner I could find, and it really hasn’t been that bad. It’s definitely better than my old AC unit, so in a way I am glad that I broke the last one. Now I will listen to any advice that someone gives me about my home or HVAC related things! I do not want to be calling an HVAC technician anytime soon.