HVAC Rant

[Drew]

Heres a rant. Yesterday morning, 430ish, I hear the furnace recycling without the usual noise of the flames firing (gas furnace). So I get up and discover that the ignitor is not....igniting. Now this could be the ignitor or the control board so I call our long time HVAC guy, answering service but calls back at 7am, who sez that they're closed for the holiday, I didn't know NYE was a holiday, but will come out for $170. Fearing no heat for days, sure come out.
He arrives at 8am, done at 830am after replacing a $23 ignitor and charges me $375 which was $170 for the trip and diagnostic and $205 for the part and labor. Murder WAS on my mind for a brief moment. I immediatly went on line and purchased an ignitor for $30 which included shipping so this will never happen again.

Drew