Last year, the Winter weather arrived much earlier than usual, however i was already running the gas furnace by the end of September.
The temperature abruptly plummeted below zero plus reMained there for multiple weeks straight. It never warmed up above freezing for more than seven straight months, but we accumulated over multiple feet of snow. It was necessary to plow plus shovel out the driveways plus walkways every single day, occasionally more than once. The piles of snow grew taller than our garage roof. I spent a luck on our heating bills plus couldn’t wait to shut down the gas furnace plus open the windows. The weather warmed up quite abruptly plus honestly abruptly; Along with rapid snow melt, all of us got hit with torrential rains plus high winds. There was widespread power outages plus flooding. Without power, I was unable to run the sump pump, so our basement filled with water, and since the a/c runs on electricity, all of us were also left without cooling. The house abruptly became warm plus overly moist. There were problems with mold plus mildew growth. I couldn’t even open the windows because of all the rain. The food spoiled in the freezer plus all of us needed to fill buckets with water to flush the toilets. It was a horrendous experience. After power was restored, I hired a licensed Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business to check out the gas furnace plus a/c. I sad that the flooding had disfigured the component plus didn’t dare beginning up the cooling unit until it was officially took care of. Fortunately, only a cleaning was necessary. The Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C business proposed that I invest into a permanently installed standby generator. While the generator was super pricey, I was willing to spend money anything to avoid being left without running water, lights or air conditioning again. If all of us ever lost power in the winter, all of us couldn’t stay in the house without heat.