My AC has bit the dust.
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (60627)
July 22, 2026 10:47pm CST
I realize the AC is not going to break down in the winter, nor is the furnace ever going to break down in the summer. But sheesh...this only happened one other time, in 2020 during the pandemic. It was two weeks getting the parts, etc. to fix it and it was so, so hot outside then.
This time we are in a short respite from the extreme heat--which won't last long. Our brand-new maintenance man lasted two weeks. No complex anywhere seems to be able to keep a maintenance person anymore. This means that once a week, someone comes from the ''sister'' complex that is a two-hour drive away, to do any maintenance requests. That means next week--sometime. After he gets here and tells me he will have to call the AC repair people because he can't fix it (don't ask me how I know it will go down like this!) THEN someone will call the big dogs in to see what's wrong with it, give an estimate, yada, yada...you get the drift. I bet I'm down for a month....and it won't be pretty.
Going to see if I can borrow a window AC from a friend. It's all I can think of to do. I can stand the heat if I have to, but son can't.
Son just made the comment that in the winter we can add clothes and blankets to be comfortable, but in the summertime when the AC is down and it's super-hot and humid, it's just miserable. He is right.
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@sallypup (69519)
• Centralia, Washington
13h
I hope you get help super soon. Last night my upstairs bedroom's floor was hot so you can imagine how suffocating it was in there. I brought in a box fan. Hubby is up there now seeing if he needs to try to get the window A/C system working.
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@MarieCoyle (60627)
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12h
I hope he can get it going for you soon so you can both get some rest. We will manage in some way, thanks, Lenore.
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@MarieCoyle (60627)
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12h
Yes and no. They have a very small home. The only extra space is a very small second bedroom that currently has it’s contents piled into a mountain and covered with plastic tarps, as son in law is painting everything in there plus everything is out of the closet while he builds more shelves, etc. I think we will try to stay home.
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@AmbiePam (123327)
• United States
12h
@MarieCoyle I’m for all of your family pitching in and putting you up in a hotel. I worry about you two in that atrocious heat.
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@MarieCoyle (60627)
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12h
@AmbiePam
Tonight and tomorrow night are actually pretty cool outside. It’s the days after that I’m working on getting through. But yes, it’s a thought. I am going to check with my oldest son tomorrow and see what they are doing this next week. They have had some of my DIL’s family there this week visiting, but if I had to I could drive there and we could stay there if their current company was gone.
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@sissy15 (13340)
• United States
4h
I've been there; I went most of my childhood with no AC, but that's because my dad was cheap. Now we have window units, and they don't always work the best. We have been sleeping downstairs because the window unit in our bedroom upstairs isn't working right; it needs to be cleaned, but with everything happening, we haven't been able to get to it. I hope your AC gets fixed before the major heat hits again. Summer is miserable without an AC, especially when it's humid heat.
@MarieCoyle (60627)
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11h
My AC is a central air system, which means it is a permanent unit. It will need to be repaired where it is or removed and replaced. This isn’t like just buying a window unit, it’s literally thousands of dollars to buy a new central air conditioning system.
@toniganzon (77956)
• Philippines
6h
I"m really sorry. I live in a. tropical country and when it's summer season here, it's impossible not to have the ac on. it's hot and humid and my son could never sleep without an ac. Even during the cool months we still have the ac on. Especially at night when going to sleep.
