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The HVAC contract zero plus zero repairs is throwing me in these responses.
I'm assuming the cost is negligible and thus just ignored.. or are people really never having their HVACs checked out yearly, every other year, not unless they break? I mean furnace filters cost something.
Dryer vent cleaning? does everyone really do that themselves? Ive had a few friends have theirs catch on fire and mine almost did when the hose got disconnected when moving it back in place...so I no longer do it myself.
We don't have AC other than a window unit for the bedroom. For heat and hot water, we have a gas boiler and radiators. There is very little to break and no consumables (e.g. filters). Haven't had any service or repair in years. I think the last thing was a new electronic controller about 5 years ago, which cost a few hundred dollars. I do have to bleed the radiators myself every year, but that is really easy. And, yes, I do clean my own dryer vent.