14th October 2021
Construction day began at 8.00am when the crew arrived to replace the furnace. That meant breakfast early, that meant a long day.
There is an advantage in having a unit that controls both the heat and the cold, it is efficient and relatively compact, the disadvantage is it is expensive.
The dogs didn’t know who to bark at first, but quickly got used to them, and viewed the progress from the comfort of the sofa.
We had to go out to collect a desk that Kelli found at a bargain for ten dollars.
What started out as a simple journey turned into an adventure. The address had fooled the GPS and we drove around in circles for quite a while before making a call to the seller for more accurate directions.
The desk was small, and painted black there was also a chair included.
By the time we returned, the old furnace was standing outside, along with a mass of tubes and wires. Inside the house, without the furnace there was a large hole in the floor where the air is pushed down into the crawl space. For the installers it was a long day, they finally left at seven, leaving a neat installation.
I wanted a Bluetooth thermostat controlled by my phone, not just because I’m bloody lazy, but it made a much neater unit on the wall in place of the enormous old relic of eighties technology.
We had plenty of things to keep us out of the way of the workers. Kelli made good progress on the two dressers, I stained both tops, made repairs to one of the cabinet doors, and as always more stripping on the third chair.
Another Lifetime to go 