The Tipsy Butler
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It's 3:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve. I've just got back from the supermarket which was hell-on-earth because the world and its dog was there buying up the place for the impending 3 day snowstorm.
Two sets of guests arriving so I go and make sure the rooms are perfect ..... hmm, something's wrong, they feel a little cool.
Trot down to the basement ... the furnace isn't firing. I'm able to get it started but it won't stay lit for more than 5 minutes.
That's when you go into B&B "mind-think" Get some alternate electric heat into the guest rooms asap (worry about electricity going out later). Try and fix the problem yourself, but based on the fact it's NYE afternoon, don't try too long before calling the service guys. While you wait for service guys, try and isolate the problem so that when they get here you can bring them up to speed quickly and then figure out what can be done to salvage the situation in a "worst case scenario".
Everything worked out beautifully. Service guy was here 10 minutes after I called (one huge advantage of small town living), based on what I told him he was able to figure out the problem quickly and half an hour later the furnace was roaring away.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.
Two sets of guests arriving so I go and make sure the rooms are perfect ..... hmm, something's wrong, they feel a little cool.
Trot down to the basement ... the furnace isn't firing. I'm able to get it started but it won't stay lit for more than 5 minutes.
That's when you go into B&B "mind-think" Get some alternate electric heat into the guest rooms asap (worry about electricity going out later). Try and fix the problem yourself, but based on the fact it's NYE afternoon, don't try too long before calling the service guys. While you wait for service guys, try and isolate the problem so that when they get here you can bring them up to speed quickly and then figure out what can be done to salvage the situation in a "worst case scenario".
Everything worked out beautifully. Service guy was here 10 minutes after I called (one huge advantage of small town living), based on what I told him he was able to figure out the problem quickly and half an hour later the furnace was roaring away.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.