The daily heavy precipitation in our area just will not relent and it is aggravating me. I would love to be able to at least get the chicken area raised and sodded but I can’t as long as the ground is this waterlogged. A dump truck filled with dirt would destroy the yard and might even get stuck back there so I don’t have much choice but to grin and bear it for the time being. I do plan to get a few pieces of sod hopefully this weekend to fill in some mud spots in the chicken yard at least.
Today Cindy has her first day of 2020 Census training. She worked for the census once before at least 20 years ago. It’s not a bad part time gig with decent pay and flexibility that should allow her to work around her fitness class instructor schedule. She seems nervous but excited about the opportunity.
This weekend I need to try to find a way to mow at least some of the grass. I also would like to get some extended riding time in if I can get a couple hours where the skies don’t look like they are on the verge of letting loose.
Below is the email I sent to my AC company regarding my thoughts about their recent service. So far it has met with silence.
XXXX I have to say I am rather disappointed. When I had my recent AC maintenance done by XXXX I told him about the mildew smell we were getting sometimes. He said he checked the UV light and it was a “little dim” but working. Last night I pulled the light and it was not working at all and something was rattling around in the bulb.
In the process of researching getting the replacement bulb I saw a lot of information about how UV lights are supposed to be installed. Every single source said they are supposed to be installed inside of the air handler so the light is shining directly on the coils, not up above it like your guys have done. They normally also include a sight window so it is easy to check if the bulb is working or not.
I’m not sure why the choice was made to do it this way but it clearly is not the ideal or most effective approach. I believe I paid in the neighborhood of $600 when you guys installed this. I’m really surprised it wasn’t done more by the book.
I’m going to wind up either moving the existing light to inside the air handler or installing a second light inside of it. I am pretty sure the mildew smell is because the bulb was bad even before XXXX came out. I am questioning if he even verified it’s operation at this point. When he did the visit he did not have his normal tools, not even a shop vac to suck out the drain line so I’m not sure how thorough he could be.
When I brought up the mildew smell to you even after the maintenance it you didn’t seem very eager to address it other than to quote me your time and materials rates. I understand you are likely very busy but the reason I have chosen to use you over the years was because I thought I could count on more personal, caring and responsive service.