The old window a/c in my apartment was so loud it kept me up at night

I was happy when I found this apartment because it was the best location for the price compared to any other dwelling I looked at previously.

  • On top of that, the landlord was willing to forgive my credit rating being a little lower than average, but that has already improved in the time since.

As great as this place seemed at first, it was rife with problems. I had to push the landlord to finally fix a plumbing problem that I suspect he was neglecting with his previous tenant. Once that was finally addressed permanently, I had to get him to fix the broken window and the weatherstripping around the two doors that go in and out. This place surely wasn’t perfect, but at least it gave me a home for the foreseeable future. One thing I knew that needed to be replaced eventually was the old window air conditioner. While it was cold and never prevented me from staying comfortable, it was so loud that it kept me up at night whenever it would turn on again to cycle. This became so annoying that I eventually went out and purchased a brand new window air conditioner myself with my own money. I just put the old window a/c in a storage closet and will put it back where it was installed when I move out of this apartment someday. Aside from being much quieter, the new air conditioner uses less electricity to keep me feeling comfortably cool, even in the worst summer heat waves. I’m much happier with this new window air conditioner compared to the old one.

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The people I was with and I need a new air conditioner before the baby arrives

Before our baby arrives this summer, both of us are going to have to get a new air conditioner system, and i keep telling my husband that both of us are going to have to do that, but he keeps putting it off for some reason, then meanwhile, the weather is starting to change as well as I know that it’s gonna start heating up here pretty soon, and the people I was with and I do not have long winters around here where both of us live, as well as usually the Spring shows up anywhere around the end of May. I do not do well in the heat, as well as I am definitely not going to be ecstatic about it if I end up bringing a new baby beach house as well as my beach house is boiling as well as stuffy. I dislike being inside a boiling as well as stuffy home, as well as I am determined to have entirely great air quality in this venue before both of us bring in our baby beach house too. I want to have a new air conditioner method installed, but I also want to have a whole beach house air purification installed to run at the same time. I know my husband thinks that both of us have all the time in the world, but I know the time goes fast toward the end of a pregnancy. I have the doctorry ready already, as well as both of us already had our baby shower, and right now, the only thing left to do is make sure that the air conditioner method is laboring. If he does not get to work on it soon, I am just going to call the Heating, Ventilation, as well as A/C contractor myself as well as get it done… He won’t love that, but I don’t care!

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The two of us need a new cooling system before the baby is here

Before our baby arrives this summer, we are going to have to get a new cooling system system, i keep telling our fiance that we are going to have to do that, but he keeps putting it off for some reason; Meanwhile, the weather is starting to change plus I think that it’s gonna start heating up here pretty soon, but the two of us do not have long winters around here where we live, plus usually the Spring shows up anywhere around the end of March.

  • I do not do well in the heat, plus I am really not going to be blissful about it if I end up bringing a new baby beach home plus our home is overheated plus stuffy.

I hate being inside a overheated plus stuffy home, plus I am determined to have really enjoyable indoor air pollen levels in this location before we bring in our baby beach home too. I want to have a new air conditioner plan installed, even though I also want to have a whole beach home air purification installed to run at the same time. I suppose our fiance thinks that we have all the time in the world, even though I think the time goes fast toward the end of a pregnancy. I have the dentistry ready already, plus we already had our baby shower, right now, the only thing left to do is make sure that the air conditioner plan is laboring. If he does not get to labor on it soon, I am just going to call the Heating plus Air Conditioning company myself plus get it done, and he won’t love that, even though I don’t care!

 

 

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Don’t fall for the electric furnace scam

I tried talking to a few people to see if there is anything I can do but there really isn’t

I’m really getting sick and tired of it. Three times a day I have been getting phone calls from scammers telling me that they have this great promotional thing about updating my electric furnace system. I literally just had an HVAC expert come into my house and upgrade my system last month. I used to have a gas furnace but wanted to go a different route. I just don’t know how these scammers like knew I was at one point in the market to upgrade my system. Maybe my phone or computer is hacked because that’s really the only way they could figure it out. I talked to my friend John about it the other day and he says he gets many about his car extended warranty. My other friend Beth says that she gets a few a day about her car insurance policy. I can say I’m getting extremely frustrated and wish these phone calls would stop. I used to answer them and almost got caught but thankfully I outwitted the scammer. Then after that I messed with them a bit because I was bored and eventually that became boring. Now my phone rings and I look at it and roll my eyes in disgust. I tried talking to a few people to see if there is anything I can do but there really isn’t. They will hopefully eventually stop but it’s most definitely frustrating. I make sure to let all my friends and family know on social media or other means to be careful because I really don’t want them to get scammed.

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Feeling the dentist's office air conditioning

Talking to my cousin John about my visit to the dentist the other day and realized we go to the same Dentist. When John and I got insurance for our jobs a few years ago we both went to our friend Mike to see who he goes to. We didn’t realize at the time we were meeting the same guy but we recently found out we do when we talked about weird topics. Mainly the subject was where we hate to go because the air conditioning is so cold. We listed a few places like I said the movie theater, and he said the pool at the gym. Then we landed on the air quality at the dentist’s office. First of all my Dentist Mr. Robert Estlund is a great guy and he does a phenomenal job. I’d say it’s second to no one. The one thing about his dentist’s office is that he loves it cold. I sometimes walk in with jeans on even when it’s 90 degrees outside because after being in his office for 10 minutes I can’t handle wearing shorts. I know John and I shared a couple of stories about our visits there and I did say it may not last much longer because the man doesn’t clean his air conditioning filters. So probably one day we will walk in there and it will feel like a sauna and that day I’ll hate to be wearing jeans. I have talked to our dentist a few times about the temperature but he laughs and you can tell he is grinning behind his plastic mask. His eyes give it away. Regardless he’s a great guy but I wish he’d take me seriously about the temperature.

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A logical approach to air conditioning

I’m watching as my region of the country is going through that annual rebirth process that I love.

For sure, I really enjoy having such a mild winter and I’m sad to see that end.

But we also get this gorgeous Spring prior to the brutal heat and humidity of the coming Summer. However, the temperatures are rising and I’m hearing a few heat pumps kick on with this year’s first bit of air conditioning. That’s something that I’m looking to change up a bit when it comes to dealing with the climate here. I’ve been down here for more than a decade now and it’s time that I start acting like it when it comes to the climate. I’m done being that guy who is scurrying from one the commercial HVAC of the office to the central air conditioning at home. I’ve decided that I’m not spending my entire summer inside the air conditioning this year. Where I live is beautiful with plenty to do outside. But since I’ve been here, I pretty much stay inside the cooling comfort of the residential HVAC all Summer. That’s going to change and I’m going to save on air conditioning costs as well. It’s a pretty simple plan really. I’m just not going to reach for the thermostat until much deeper into the Spring. I sort of want to lean into getting more accustomed to the climate here. Granted, you don’t want to be outside during the peak heating hours of the summer. That’s a time of day where being inside the central air conditioning of home or the commercial HVAC of the office is a good idea. But I want to get more comfortable with higher temperatures simply so I can get outside in the morning or after I get home from work.

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He told me he was cleaning the fireplace chimney.

I got home last week, and my husband was soot from head to toe.

I asked what he had been doing with his time off.

He told me he was cleaning the fireplace chimney. I knew we had a chimney sweep that cleaned the chimney, and I couldn’t figure out why he was doing it. He told me the fireplace chimney wasn’t hard to clean, but I begged to differ. From the looks of him, he was looking up when the soot broke loose. I was worried he may have inhaled some of the soot. I asked him to please let the chimney sweep clean the fireplace chimney from now on. He was taking the man’s job. I knew my husband was bored with retirement, but I would be joining him at the end of the year. We had plans for travelling next year, but that wasn’t helping him now. I told him he should go back to the HVAC company. They were always looking for mentors. He could also go to the college and see if they need HVAC instructors for their HVAC classes. Our son thought this was a good idea when we approached him. He said he could use dad as a trainer and he knew the school was looking for instructors. I knew my husband wished he had waited until I retired to hand the HVAC company over to our son, but what was done was done. There was no turning back. A week later, I got home to a husband that was whistling. He was going to spend the week with a new HVAC technician, and the following week, he was starting his position as assistant HVAC instructor at the local community college.

 

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The fireplace worked!

When I moved into my apartment, I thought it was beautiful.

Unfortunately, I had to call the maintenance man every day as I was finding new things broken.

The apartment building was brand new, and I had an apartment with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a working fireplace. After less than a month, I had to get a new refrigerator, the washer and dryer hadn’t been connected, and the fireplace wouldn’t light. It was chilly in the apartment, because they hadn’t put a thermostat in there yet. Monday morning, I was waiting for the HVAC technician to install the thermostats. On Tuesday, the maintenance man told me they would have a plumber at the apartment to turn on the gas so I could use the fireplace. I thought I should have access to the gas lever so I could use the fireplace instead of the furnace. He wasn’t happy when I said this, but he told me to take it up with the plumber. Wednesday, I should have been at work, but I was waiting for the HVAC technician. He hadn’t brought the right thermostats the apartment manager ordered, and he needed instructions on where they were to go. I spent an entire day listening to the building manager and the HVAC technician argue over the placement of six thermostats. It is soon going to be time for me sign a new lease. Mine is for only one year, but I am hoping the second lease will be for five years. I love the apartment now that the bugs are all worked out. I am only five minutes from work if I walk, and I have excellent HVAC, and a working fireplace. What more could a single woman want?

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Don’t try to use an evaporative cooler in a high humidity environment

I would go camping in the summer time a lot more if it wasn’t so humid out at night while in that time of the year.

As such, Spring and Autumn and usually milder temperatures for hiking and camping, even if you contend with the cooler night minutes.

I don’t care about covered in sweat in my sleeping tote and having my skin stick to the inner lining. My spouse is much tougher than I am when it comes to “roughing it” in the wilderness because she camped with her father and sisters from the age of many years old. She l earned how to build shelters, start fires, scrub and cook fish, and other essential survival skills. Some days my spouse talks about selling everything and living in an RV, however the particulars usually bring her back down to reality when she realizes the number of sacrifices the people I was with and I would be forced to make if the people I was with and I got rid of our lake house and lived on the road exclusively. That’s why I’m ecstatic to go camping with her anytime she wants to satisfy that urge, even if that means I’m uncomfortable in warm summer time temperatures. One day I was browsing the clearance aisle at the local superstore and saw this product called a personal air cooler and thought it would be perfect for summer time camping. I was wrong in so several ways, not realizing I had bought a cheap and ineffective version of an evaporative cooler. The worst section is that evaporative coolers usually only work effectively in environments with humidity levels below 50%. When we’re camping at night in the summer, occasionally the humidity is 100%. Then you’re just blowing warm air and water on your face with that cheap personal “air cooler.”

 

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The air conditioner kept clicking off

For some reason, the air conditioner kept turning off in the hotel room that we were staying in the other night.

It was so aggravating! I regularly set the air conditioner really low whenever we are staying in hotel rooms.

That’s because I think that it gets so overheated plus stuffy inside of hotel rooms while we are asleep. Maybe that’s because there are regularly 4 or 5 of us in the hotel room at the same time. My fiance plus I regularly travel with our three kids. I would normally blame one of the kids for breaking the air conditioner, however that’s not what happened this time. This time, the kids were all super tired plus all three of them went right to sleep. I decided to go on plus set the temperature control at 65 the way that I normally do, however the thing just wouldn’t stop turning itself off. I don’t think what in the world was going on with the cooling system system, unless it was doing it on purpose! That’s when I got the awful plan that maybe they had settings built right into the temperature control plus you could not entirely adjust them to be warmer or cooler. I was pretty aggravated about that because the nice cold air that I get in the room at the hotel is one of the main reasons that I ever want to stay in a hotel in the first site. Without being able to adjust the air conditioner the way that I wanted it, I knew that I was going to wake up dripping with sweat. I’m regularly overheated these mornings. I called the front desk to see if there was some way to override the system, however they said that there wasn’t.

 

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