One of the worst things that can happen to your household is a leak that destroys your heating and A/C system.
My first ever inkling that something wasn’t right was around three months ago when I saw that my heating and cooling bills were much higher than correct and I couldn’t figure out why.
As usual, I had been simply making use of my heating and A/C system. The a/c was already running when I got home from labor in the night thanks to my smart thermostat, which also keeps it off in the afternoon; however, for a long time, this served me well, allowing me to save a considerable amount of currency on my utility bills. However, I have recently observed that some of my utility bills have continued to rise despite having made no changes to my usage. At first, I also blamed the general increase in the cost of living, which, granted, is a contributing factor to some extent. Then I finally realized that the trend was heading much higher and that, even if prices were increasing, the numbers still didn’t add up. My suspicion that something that was wrong with my ventilation system led me to schedule an inspection from the heating and A/C corporation. A fairly influential heating and A/C contractor was called out to confirm my suspicions, and he confirmed that I was right. He told me that I had many leaks in my HVAC ducts, which allowed a lot of air to escape and forced my a/c to run for longer than usual. Simply having it all fixed was all that was required to permanently resolve the issue, so the main heating and A/C tech tested it for me the same exact afternoon.