My buddy called me a few days ago, looking for some advice, he was having some troubles with his heating unit.
He told me that even though his furnace wasn’t heating his home, I knew that my friend’s home was incredibly old, but I also knew that the furnace wasn’t, so I was able to mentally cross out that idea.
I was planning on seeing my buddy in a couple of days anyway, and after that I could take a look myself. When I went over and visited our buddy I looked over the heating component myself, and it looked fine. I also looked at the thermostat which also looked fine. I began to speculate that it honestly wasn’t an issue with the furnace, but most likely with the ductwork! My buddy had lived in this home for close to 20 years, and I did remember learning that ductwork needed to be substituted eventually. I told my buddy what I thought it was, even though he dismissed my idea. He seemed hyper focused on the HVAC unit, and thought that it had to be an issue with the actual heater. He called a professional HVAC worker out and the a/c worker took his time examining his home and the HVAC unit, the a/c worker reached the same conclusion that I did, it was actually the ductwork having multiple holes in it and needing to be substituted, not the actual central furnace itself. My buddy didn’t want to disclose that I was right, but silently paid to get the ductwork replaced.