My brother is almost ten years older than me and he has always been someone that I look up to. We have always had a great relationship and I regard his opinion very highly. My brother has been working for the same company since he graduated from college and they just gave him a giant promotion. I was so happy for my brother because I know that he works hard at everything he does and he really deserves all of his success. My brother invited me over for dinner last week so we could celebrate his big promotion and when I got there I noticed there was an HVAC truck in the driveway. I asked my brother if anything was wrong with his HVAC system but he told me that he was replacing the flooring in his bathroom and getting radiant heated flooring. He said that he wanted to get the radiant flooring for the bathroom to reward himself for his big promotion. I had no idea what radiant heated flooring was and he explained that it was a way to heat up a room by warming the floors. He said he really wanted the radiant flooring because it would be so nice to get out of the shower and have warm tile floor instead of the cold tile he is used to now. I am so happy for my brother and his new radiant heated flooring. I hope that one day I will be able to have a nice house like his and also have radiant heated flooring as well.

July 21, 2020

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It’s crazy how when you get older and you realize that you have way more responsibilities than when you were a kid. My parents never warned me that I would have to deal with so much as I got older. I wish my parents would have taught me more about running a house when I was a kid because then I might have been a little bit more prepared to deal with the daily life of being an adult. My parents never taught me how to do my taxes, to make sure my bills were being paid and to schedule regular maintenance on my heating and cooling system to ensure that it is always working properly. I had to learn all of these lessons the hard way. The worst lesson I had to learn the hard way was to make sure you always have regular maintenance on your heating and cooling system. This was the most expensive mistake that I made because I didn’t realize I was making it for about six months. So when I had an HVAC tech come out to my house to look at my HVAC system it had so much damage that I had to replace the entire heating and cooling system. I had no idea that replacing my heating and cooling system would be so expensive but I was really shocked that I was going to have to pay that much. After this I made a vow to never let my heating and cooling system go a month without having an HVAC professional look at it to make sure everything was working properly.

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I love the climate in the city where I live. The weather is almost perfect all year round. The only time the weather really gets bad is when it rains outside and that is inevitable. We never really get cold weather which is awesome because I hate being cold more than anything. Typically the weather is around seventy degrees everyday and sometimes it gets a little bit colder in the winter. I don’t want to have to pay for a heating system in my house because I don’t really feel like I would use it enough to pay for the maintenance on the heating system. So I did some research on ways to heat your home without having to have a heating system installed. The first article I read about heating your home suggested that you purchase a few space heaters to warm up the house and then store then when they aren’t in use. I loved this idea because space heaters aren’t very expensive and you can purchase one for each room and really control the temperature. The only thing I am nervous about having the space heaters is the fire hazard that they bring. I am going to have to watch them closely and try not to leave them in a room without someone watching. I have heard horror stories about people leaving their space heaters turn on and burning down their entire house. I hope that if I can keep a close eye on the space heaters then that won’t happen to me.

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My husband and I haven’t been traveling for a few months now so we thought it would be a good time to go on a little vacation and have some alone time. We have three kids and they can be quite the handful. Since my oldest daughter is seventeen we thought it would be a good idea to let them stay alone without having a babysitter. My husband and I laid down some ground rules because we wanted them to know what our expectations would be while we were gone. We also needed to make sure they knew what their chores would be during the weekend. One thing I wanted to make sure the kids did while we were gone was change the HVAC filter. I wanted to make sure they knew how important it was for them to change the HVAC filter while we were gone because it could potentially destroy our HVAC system if the filter wasn't changed in time. Well, when we returned our trip I asked how everything went and my daughter told me right away that she forgot to change the HVAC filter and that the air filter was jammed up in the HVAC unit because she didn’t change it in time. I am really annoyed by this because I know that having an HVAC company come out to the house to fix the jammed air filter would be pretty expensive. I am going to have to take the cost of the repair out of her allowance.

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I recently decided that I wanted to upgrade my HVAC system in my house. I got a nice promotion at work and thought it would be a nice reward for all my hard work. I did a lot of research on which type of HVAC upgrade I wanted and thought that getting a brand new smart thermostat was the best idea. I called a local HVAC company that was going to install my new smart thermostat to make the appointment. I have had the smart thermostat installed for about two weeks now and I have to admit that it’s been a real nightmare. I really thought the smart thermostat would make my life easier but that has not been the case. Every time I look at the smart thermostat there is a flashing light that is letting me know if the battery is dying. I called the HVAC company that installed the smart thermostat to ask why the battery on my smart thermostat would be dying if it was just installed and they couldn’t give me a straight answer. I have gone back and forth with the HVAC company for a few days now and they still aren’t willing to help me out and replace the smart thermostat. I thought that the HVAC company would be willing to at least come out to the house and look at my new smart thermostat, but that wasn't the case. I am starting to get really annoyed that they are being more helpful with my issue.

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My wife and I can not seem to agree on anything these days. I think it has to do with the fact that we have been spending so much time together for the last few months. However, I don’t think that I can take it anymore. I really hate fighting with her because we have never been that couple that fights a lot. The thing that we have been fighting the most about lately is the temperature of the house. I love for the house to be freezing cold and my wife likes the house to be warm. This has never been an issue for us before because we don’t spend too much time at the house during the day together, but now that we are both working from home the HVAC system has become a big issue. I started to do some research on ways to resolve our HVAC issues. I read a few articles about the zoned HVAC so we can have each room be a different temperature. This way we won’t have to argue about what temperature we have the thermostat set to. We can just go to different rooms and be happy! I think we really need to invest in zoned HVAC so we don’t have to fight anymore and we can save our marriage. Who knew that this was going to be the thing that helped us stay together. I really hope it works because it will be an expensive investment!

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My husband spends a lot of time in the garage. I think he likes spending more time out there than with me and the kids. I know that’s not actually true, but it does sometimes feel like that. I thought it would be a fun idea to surprise him for his birthday and remodel the garage. He likes to spend time out there and work on his projects. He always has a project building or repairing something. Right now he is working on building a table for our living room and I can’t wait for him to be done with it. I really think it’s going to be a beautiful table once he is done because he is so good at building things like this for around the house so I can’t really be mad that he is spending so much time out there. So I am going to hire someone to organize the garage and I am going to hire an HVAC company to come out to the house and install an HVAC unit in the garage. I know he is going to be so happy to have air conditioning out there because he is always complaining that it’s too hot in the garage. I know it might be a little bit expensive to have the HVAC system installed in the garage but I do think it will be worth it to see the look on his face and to no longer have to hear him complain about how hot he is while he is working.

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