To be perfectly honest, I’m not the handiest guy on the planet.
I’m pretty much useless at any type of repair, renovation or even a supposedly quick-fix around the house… One time I even attempted to do a easy oil change and somehow managed to mess up our car engine! So when a problem does appear in our home, I usually reach out to a professional or a neighbor who has some sense when it comes to apartment repairs.
But occasionally, I try to take the initiative and roll our sleeves up to take on the job. One incident that stands out is the time I tried to do a heating repair. It was an unusually frigid morning in January and I was relying on our furnace to keep me from shivering. I began to notice that our heating seemed to be working weakly or not at all as I shivered in our entryway. I went to check the furnace and saw that it was completely dead. I didn’t want to spend the night with our teeth chattering in our bed, so I got to toil attempting to do furnace repair… Wow, do I overbid our abilities. After about an hour of trying to figure out which parts actually made up a heater, I was more behind than when I first started. I decided I would absolutely end up destroying the furnace if I tried to touch it, so I reached out to an Heating and A/C dealer. That was absolutely the safe choice, as our furnace was abruptly repaired and working back to normal soon after. I have not attempted to touch an A/C or furnace unit since then!