Looks like we’re going to end up with a new furnace! The people from TroubleFree Heating and Cooling came out to inspect our furnace and found that it was so caked with soot and buildup that his telescoping camera couldn’t make out whether or not our heat exchanger was cracked or damaged. He said that […]

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I came home today to find my carbon monoxide detector alarming. I would’ve immediately assumed that it was the batteries and not a real problem, except for the fact that we changed the battery a few days ago when the thing went off unexpectedly. I relocated one of the very old CO detectors into our […]

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Tonight, we were one of a few thousand Ameren customers in my area that was affected by a sub-station outage that took my power out from 6 pm until around 10 pm. As a result, Tasha busted out her giant supply of candles and we lit this place up pioneer-style. I really like candlelight, and […]

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