Briana chose to stay with her mom after she split up with her dad.
In fact, the day they moved out of his house was the last day Briana ever saw her dad.
He was a drunk and had made it a habit to hit her mom when he came home. Her dad always sought the slightest provocation and would turn into a monster. He didn’t mind Briana screaming for him to stop hitting her mom. Eventually, a charity organization helped them escape when he was away from work, and they never looked back. Briana is now a grown woman living in her first house. Her mom lived in a different city and flew in last month to visit Brian. As they were catching up, Briana complained to her mom about the rising energy bill in the house. She had to pay a small fortune to keep the space warm during winter. Now, she was afraid of having the same experience come summer. Her mom has lived in her own house for some time and asked Briana a few questions about her home’s heating and cooling systems. She wanted to know if Briana had hired an HVAC expert to evaluate the heating and cooling system before moving in. Briana shook her head, and her mom said the issue might be a lack of proper HVAC maintenance. Briana’s mom explained that cooling and heating systems need maintenance yearly to keep them running efficiently. That was the only way to ensure she didn’t have to deal with rising energy bills. Her mom also added if the cooling and heating units were old, they might need replacements soon.