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Jun. 2nd, 2015 03:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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A guy was just here to service the air conditioner, just a tune up to make sure it's running right as summer begins. We've worked with these folks for many years, and they've done well by us, so I'm inclined to trust them. Today, the guy told me that, while the air conditioner is currently running, he very much doubts it will last the summer and that we may be better off replacing it sooner rather than later, when it's really hot and they're really busy.
Last year, the same guy (I think) told me that a replacement would cost on the order of $3600. To pay that, we'd have to borrow more money from Cordelia. (And I'm not sure that 'borrow' is the right word given that we're not likely to be able to repay it all before she goes to college.)
I mean, we knew this was coming eventually. The unit was installed in 1991 (the same year as the old furnace and the old roof. We've had to replace both of those already), so it's almost twenty five years old. I just kept hoping that it wouldn't come any time soon.
I don't see that we have any really good choices apart from replacement. Scott and I both have summer allergies bad enough that the air conditioner really helps us breathe, and in recent summers, it's tended to get horrifically hot. We don't even have any way to put fans in windows to get a cross current. Our ceiling fans help a lot, but they're not magic.
A guy was just here to service the air conditioner, just a tune up to make sure it's running right as summer begins. We've worked with these folks for many years, and they've done well by us, so I'm inclined to trust them. Today, the guy told me that, while the air conditioner is currently running, he very much doubts it will last the summer and that we may be better off replacing it sooner rather than later, when it's really hot and they're really busy.
Last year, the same guy (I think) told me that a replacement would cost on the order of $3600. To pay that, we'd have to borrow more money from Cordelia. (And I'm not sure that 'borrow' is the right word given that we're not likely to be able to repay it all before she goes to college.)
I mean, we knew this was coming eventually. The unit was installed in 1991 (the same year as the old furnace and the old roof. We've had to replace both of those already), so it's almost twenty five years old. I just kept hoping that it wouldn't come any time soon.
I don't see that we have any really good choices apart from replacement. Scott and I both have summer allergies bad enough that the air conditioner really helps us breathe, and in recent summers, it's tended to get horrifically hot. We don't even have any way to put fans in windows to get a cross current. Our ceiling fans help a lot, but they're not magic.
