After all the time with the furnace guy, we were thrilled that it didn't turn out to be an $800 blower motor. But, we were dismayed (as was he) to discover it was a plastic bag. The guy said it was likely stuck in a vent somewhere from construction...5 1/2 years ago...because it was too big to get sucked in from our cold air return vents. He said it's common but this was his first bag.
The crazy thing is, we've changed our filter countless times in the last 5 1/2 years so where the heck was it?
So, $180 later, he removed a bag. And he charged us $13 for a new filter. Thirteen dollars. I could have got it at WalMart for six. But he was so nice and he was there until 9 p.m. The truth is he could have charged us $250 for the 2 1/2 hours he was there. And he checked our gas fireplace for free and discovered it's dangerous to use because it was never sealed. Yikes!
A stupid, ugly bag.
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