After the blokes had installed the air con yesterday, an Electrician / Gas man came to check the wiring etc was to code and do the testing on the new equipment. Unfortunately, during his check, he discovered that our existing Furnace (the one the company said we could get away without replacing) had major cracks in it..... cracks in the welding near the flames, and that it was leaking Carbon Monoxide!!
He informed me of this and told me that it would be against the law, not to mention incredibly dangerous, to turn it back on and that he could not do so. The upshot of this was that we needed a new furnace. Immediately. The man was incredibly apologetic that the salesman when quoting for the job had not picked up on the cracks and promised me a deal that they will be offering in 2 months time whereby you get free installation which would mean that a new furnace would be $600 cheaper than the actual price, and that he would rush off and get one now and have the blokes install it immediately. Obviously we didn't have a choice, but it added another $1300 to our bill!.... arghghghg. Anyway the guy ended up coming back with a far superiour model to that which he'd promised us because they didn't have the cheaper one in the warehouse..... so we ended up getting it at no extra cost, based on the fact that they couldn't leave us without heating. And to be fair, $1300 is still half the price of a new furnace quoted by the other 2 companies that came over. But argh. We will have to economize in a big way and stop eating and wasting money on things like food!
In other news - my ankles swelled up last night and I had a terrible headache (which I still have). Convinced I have pre-eclampsia. Which is unlikely. But my friend had it, thus I know about it, know how serious it is, and have convinced myself that I must have it. I went to bed with 2 Vicodin and my TED support stockings on. The swelling is better this morning but the headache still lives on. Thankfully I have an appt. with the Perinatologist tomorrow so I don't have to bug the OB today, but I will have to mention these symptoms to him as they're not great.
Posted by katie at February 13, 2007 11:57 AMHoly crap! Could this explain some of your symptoms? You might want to mention it to your doc though it's probably too late to check your COHb (carboxyhemoglobin) level. Don't think of the $1300 as an extra expense. Think of it as an absolute necessity. CO poisoning is NOT something you want to mess with.
Posted by: lynanne at February 13, 2007 02:26 PM