Friday night got a little chilly here---so we decided to turn on the heat and warm up a little. We didn't realize that it really never came on until we were going to bed. We decided to take a look on Saturday morning. When we woke up it was a chilly 62 degrees inside! BRRRR! Poor Garrin worked on the furnace for 3 hours before we called a repairman to take a look. The guy didn't work Saturdays, but gave him some help as to what to look for. Garrin tried all that with no luck---so we decided to call repairman #2. Well....he was so busy he couldn't come out--but based on what Garrin was telling him, he thought maybe some kind of animal had gotten down in there.
Well---sure enough....first there was 1 bird. Garrin put it all back together and fired it up. It didnt' work long before it was obvious there was another blockage. He pulled down more of the pipe and out came bird number 2,3,4,5,and 6. A little air with the compressor brought out #7. Whew...what a lot of birds....yuck! And yes...they were all dead! AND...there was a really "FOWL" smell...hehehehehe.
We thought that was it and hurried to leave as we were meeting friends for dinner. Had a great time with Robert and Wendy--it had been a long time since we had gotten together and we talked & ate for 3 hours! We came home and I told Garrin that it didn't seem like the heat was working again....so he finally had to cut the pipe apart to see more of it. He put a smaller PVC pipe inside and pushed it all along to see if there was any other blockage---and out plopped a large nest...yep---inside our 3 inch pipe. I guess they flew in from the exposed pipe on the outside of the house. Yep--the one that is now covered with screening.
I'm happy to report that here we are...24 hours later...and we are still warm and everything is still working! Yippee! Thank heavens! We got our first snow last night!
Oct 12, 2008
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That's disgusting! We had a similar situation in a basement apartment. Birds would fly into the chimney and get stuck and then, well, you know the rest. Sorry about all the hassle, just one more thing for you to do. Love the new fall colors!
That is a great story!! I can't wait to tell that to all of my friends. hehe! I remember growing up we had a wood stove and every so often we would open the door and a bird would FLY out. don't ask me how they survied. But I have vivid memories of chasing them out of the house. Which is probably why I don't really like bird to this day.
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WOW, this would have been exciting if you hadn't been freezing!! I will remember this if our furnace stops working!
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