Sometimes it takes me a bit of motivation and effort just to get myself up to the attic or down to the basement.

It isn’t simply because I am lazy. Actually, I’m ashamed to admit that I am simply scared of both places. How stupid is that? I have carried a childhood fear for all of these years now. The attic scares me because of all that insulation and the fact there isn’t any HVAC up there. Going from the comfort of my HVAC maintained living area to the attic can be quite a shock in winter and summer. The basement is creepy just on it’s own without any HVAC consideration. A trip to the attic to get the holiday decorations set off a bit of an HVAC panic for me. I was sorting the boxes in the attic when I spotted something weird near one of the HVAC air ducts. Upon closer inspection, it was obvious that what I was seeing was a mouse nest. I ran downstairs to call the exterminator. He came out and took care of the situation but informed me the mice made there home in the air duct as well. This led to another panicked call, this time to the HVAC people. They calmed me down and gave me the number of an HVAC duct cleaning crew. Thankfully, these good people were able to get out the very next day. I was stunned by the amount of stuff that came from the HVAC air ducts. However, maybe that’s as it should be given that this was the first time those air ducts had ever been cleaned.
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