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What Should I Do If My Furnace Stops Working? · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

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  This time of year here in Ohio,
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  it can be kind of cold.
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  And so we need to get ready for even colder weather coming up soon.
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  So,
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  a question come into the radio program and I've asked my favorite heating expert,
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  Nathan Shafer to join me and answer a question for me.
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  Hey,
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  Nathan.
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  Hey,
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  Jim,
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  happy to be here.
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  Hey,
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  it is great to have you here.
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  A question's coming.
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  Now,
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  this is kind of a basic question and you may not think so because you probably hear this all the time.
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  The question is,
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  is what should I do if my furnace stops working?
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  And I'm assuming that they've set the thermostat to a certain temperature and it's just not cranking up.
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  Absolutely.
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  Yeah.
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  I mean,
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  uh it's at that time of year,
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  right?
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  So that's,
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  that's a common time of year for that to be happening.
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  And we're going to go into the,
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  to the uh dead of winter.
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  And so even more likely to have to get that cold night,
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  but it seems like a simple question.
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  Uh It is a very great question.
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  So,
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  uh number one contact shape for heating,
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  cooling,
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  uh there's many ways you can do that.
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  Um,
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  you could simply give us a call.
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  We have,
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  uh,
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  our team is on call 24 7.
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  So you always get a live person.
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  Uh,
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  right here at our,
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  at our team here at our facility,
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  um,
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  you can book an appointment on our website and so they could go there and,
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  and simply book an appointment.
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  Um,
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  they can text us,
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  they can email us,
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  uh,
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  lots of different ways that they can contact us.
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  But number one,
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  if that furnace is not working,
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  uh,
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  we could try a couple of things first to make sure that,
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  uh,
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  hey,
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  this sys system does have power,
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  you know,
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  something to get tripped to breaker or something like that.
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  Uh,
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  make sure the badge and the thermostat are good but those few,
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  couple of mi minor things check out.
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  Great.
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  You know,
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  I've replaced my air filter.
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  Hey,
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  step,
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  uh,
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  step one or two,
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  I guess,
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  depending on,
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  uh,
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  your level of technical,
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  there is,
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  uh,
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  give our team a call and we'll get you taken care of.
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  Yeah,
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  don't mess around with this stuff yourself.
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  We talk about this and I'll tell you one of the most dangerous things about heating a home are the fumes.
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  It's carbon monoxide.
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  Ok.
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  We don't have that problem with air conditioning.
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  Little less dangerous,
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  but honestly,
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  and I don't mean to scare people,
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  but that's the biggest thing you have to worry about and you want to have an expert in your home who can make sure it's vented properly.
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  Absolutely.
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  You know,
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  it doesn't matter,
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  you know,
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  uh,
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  the type of system that you have,
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  there's multiple different types of systems and combinations of systems that hook together.
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  And so in reality,
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  they're all,
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  you know,
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  very dangerous.
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  And so you've got uh exhaust,
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  like you mentioned,
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  your carbon dioxide things.
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  You've got electric,
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  you've got uh,
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  gas,
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  you've got water,
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  uh,
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  you know,
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  you got a combination of one or,
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  or multiples of these all combined together in that heating system in the home.
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  And uh it can be a catastrophe waiting to happen if uh if things aren't done correctly.
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  And so something that uh maybe oftentimes a lot of people don't think about,
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  but we want to take very,
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  very seriously and make sure we had a train nice and professional and they're taking care of matters for you.
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  Yeah,
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  I think when people hear about heating and air conditioning,
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  you think,
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  well,
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  I can go to the big box store and I can buy a portable heater,
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  I can buy a window air conditioner.
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  So it's not that dangerous.
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  I want you to think of these systems as your,
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  in your home,
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  as mechanicals and in,
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  in the industry,
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  that's what is often referred to.
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  Ok.
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  The mechanical systems of the home,
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  like a big power plant would have mechanical systems.
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  Your house is,
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  is a plant itself and you need to treat it as such.
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  Absolutely,
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  100%.
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  It's definitely not something to be taken lightly uh at all.
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  Yeah,
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  Nathan,
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  as always,
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  thank you so much for joining me.
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  All of Nathan's information is located in the show notes of this podcast.
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  Reach out to them for any of your heating and air conditioning needs.
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  Thanks again,
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  buddy.
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  All right.
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  Thank you,
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  man.
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  Appreciate it.