We have been in a bit of a tight financial situation lately due to the failure of a couple of rather important appliances; our water heater had a leak, which we were told could not be fixed and thus needed to be replaced, and our furnace was broken and we feared it needed replacing as well. We had some people come out today to replace the water heater and look at the furnace, ready to write a $600+ check. As it turns out the water heater was leaking in a place that could be fixed ($100) and the furnace was serviced ($120) and is now working. Instead of spending $600+ to “fix” one appliance we spent $220 and repaired both!

Next on the list: the hot tub!