Sometime on Thanksgiving Day, my furnace conked out. When I was ready to go to bed Thursday night, I started to notice how cold it was in the house. I threw an extra blanket on my bed and between that and several cats snuggled up close to me, I was warm enough in bed, but getting up Friday morning was something else. I called a couple places about getting my furnace repaired and they were closed for the holiday. Yes, they offered emergency services, but I would have to pay through the nose for it. One place said there would be a $249 service charge in addition to parts and labor. Another place quoted $220 an hour, starting from the time the technician left his house to the time he got home again, with a minimum charge of one hour (meaning if he lived next door to me, I’d still be charged $220 for having him come). Plus labor while he was here, plus parts. That likely would have amounted to over $600 once all was said and done. I decided I’d rather go without than to pay that! Then a friend suggested another company – one I had forgotten about – Baybrookes Heating and Cooling. I called them and had to leave a message for a call back. I was not hopeful that I would get that call before I needed to leave for work, but about a half hour later, he called. He was busy servicing someone else, but he said he could be here in a couple hours. Later, he called again and said he had a cancellation and he was on his way! He fixed my furnace and he cleaned it and the final bill was just $243! The problem was the ignitor switch. The part cost $90, so labor cost was very reasonable, especially considering it was a holiday. Trust me – Baybrookes will be my first call from now on any time I need furnace work done! Those other places won’t even be considered! Oh yeah, I was a little late for work – just an hour and a half late, so that wasn’t so bad.
Sometime on Thanksgiving Day, my furnace conked out. When I was ready to go to bed Thursday night, I started to notice how cold it was in the house. I threw an extra blanket on my bed and between that and several cats snuggled up close to me, I was warm enough in bed, but getting up Friday morning was something else. I called a couple places about getting my furnace repaired and they were closed for the holiday. Yes, they offered emergency services, but I would have to pay through the nose for it. One place said there would be a $249 service charge in addition to parts and labor. Another place quoted $220 an hour, starting from the time the technician left his house to the time he got home again, with a minimum charge of one hour (meaning if he lived next door to me, I’d still be charged $220 for having him come). Plus labor while he was here, plus parts. That likely would have amounted to over $600 once all was said and done. I decided I’d rather go without than to pay that! Then a friend suggested another company – one I had forgotten about – Baybrookes Heating and Cooling. I called them and had to leave a message for a call back. I was not hopeful that I would get that call before I needed to leave for work, but about a half hour later, he called. He was busy servicing someone else, but he said he could be here in a couple hours. Later, he called again and said he had a cancellation and he was on his way! He fixed my furnace and he cleaned it and the final bill was just $243! The problem was the ignitor switch. The part cost $90, so labor cost was very reasonable, especially considering it was a holiday. Trust me – Baybrookes will be my first call from now on any time I need furnace work done! Those other places won’t even be considered! Oh yeah, I was a little late for work – just an hour and a half late, so that wasn’t so bad.