On a cold Wednesday in early March another teacher reported a failed heating unit for her classroom. A service technician from our preferred vendor, Land HVAC, arrived early the next morning. By Monday the unit was ready to install and thanks to a contact from one of our trustees, the unit was in place and turned on by Tuesday.
That makes FOUR units replaced in the past 18 months at a cost of $10,500 each! And with the new unit for the school offices, it brings to $52,000 the total invested.
Hoping that a cleaning and inspection would help extend the life of the remaining seven (7) units, the trustees instructed Land HVAC to inspect them later that week.
On Thursday, March 7, we received the bad news. ALL SEVEN of the remaining units were unsafe to operate!
Even as this post was being prepared, Pastor Albers was trading texts and emails with our vendor, Trustees, and the Governing Board. Given that the weather report for the last weeks of March is rather cold, replacement is necessary.
CAN YOU HELP? An extra gift to our Capital Improvement Fund will help rebuild the balance of this fund. While we are waiting on a final quote for work, costs for the remaining units will be more than $70,000, bringing the total amount invested in new HVAC units to more than $120,000.
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