Working in the HVAC business has its perks, but for me, my family enjoys the perks.
I work as a heating contractor, and the other day when I had just finished a furnace/heater installation, I got a call from my father requesting that I find time and schedule a furnace/heater tune-up for their in-law suite.
When I reminded them that it was less than a year since I had sent an HVAC tech to their home for the annual service plan, they told me they had found someone who wanted to rent the in-law suite. They wanted to ensure everything was fine and did not need furnace/heater repair before the new tenancy occupied the suite. I had become their go-to HVAC repairman when it came to quality heating. The suite has hydronic heating as its whole home heating system. Before that, they used a portable space heater for that space. A heat pump was the power source and fitted with an impressive temperature control unit. The main house had a heat pump install system, but it was not the same system the suite used. My parents decided before I became an HVAC provider. When I started learning about heating technology, I realized it was an unnecessary expense because the heating and air conditioning system in the main house would have also catered for the needs of the detached in-law suite because they were nearby. But with this new renting venture, having separate quality HVAC equipment will work out very well. They sounded very excited about getting a tenant, especially since the tenant had an eight-year-old son, and they took that opportunity to remind me that they were still waiting for grandchildren from me.