On Sep 30, 12:47*am, Joe wrote:
On Sep 30, 12:10 am, jazz wrote:

How often do you get your *furnace / AC maintained. I live in cold
climate with 2-3 months of hot. *I was recommended yearly for both.
Are the
extended *service plans worth the extra cost.

Thanks

I pay yearly for my boiler to be serviced every year, I was told it
makes it much more efficient and pays for itself by cutting down on
fuel usage. I also wonder if it would be more economical to get a
service contract.

In my area, you can't get a service call unless you have a service
contract. found that out the hard way one night when my igniter
failed. Hadn't been in the house long enough to have stashed away a
spare, had to stay up most of the night moving around space heaters to
keep everything from freezing until the stores opened in the AM.

In retrospect, I wonder if I'd cranked the thermostat up to 85 degrees
or something and then ran down real fast and lit the burners with a
fireplace match if that would have allowed me to heat the house up
enough to get a couple hours sleep before it cooled down enough to
force me to relight it, but I'd probably have blown myself up...

nate