I joined a cleaning crew laboring on fixing up an aged couple’s neglected home; The decluttering went first, then came the maintenance for numerous things.
The condo had an aged & rusted boiler in the basement that had outgrown any possible boiler repair. The owners had been using a furnace boiler instead but even that needed expansive furnace/heater tune-up… My buddy and I had to buy new functional Heating, Ventilation, & A/C equipment, & my buddy and I couldn’t afford to, so my buddy and I called in a heating supplier to help with the project. The Heating, Ventilation, & A/C repairman tried to labor on each heating technology, but my buddy and I were out of luck. My buddy and I all thought that reviving at least one of them would be as simple as replacing a furnace filter, but due to neglect, the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C serviceman requested a full upgradement! Finding the funds for it took a lot of labor since my buddy and I were laboring on a fixed budget… But miraculously, I can only call it a miracle because someone gave to pay full price for a new one. My buddy and I couldn’t install a central boiler because the condo needed more space for HVAC duct, although that was the cheaper option, & the electric furnace was way beyond all our budgets, however our procurement expert managed to get a deal with the heating & cooling provider, saving us a bit of cash from the purchase & replacement costs. For the last monthof our project, my buddy and I had a plumber & an Heating, Ventilation, & A/C serviceman team around the condo doing replacements, & it was such a lively part of the project. Once the replacement was done, my buddy and I busy the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C repairman for maintenance to ensure that the new component gained better care.