Over the winter an icicle broke off our gutter and messed up the A/C

During the winters, we get huge icicles around here because the temperatures get super cold and stay that way for weeks on end. I rarely ever go back behind our house, especially during the winters when the snow is so deep and the weather is so cold. However, back behind the garage is where the exterior air conditioning unit is. Apparently, we need to build a little shed or something for the A/C unit to protect it from the icicles that form on the back of the garage on the eaves. Of course, we didn’t realize that this was something that we needed to do until it was too late. Now that the weather is finally heating up outside, we decided to go ahead and clean our central air conditioning system and get it ready for the spring and summer that’s coming up. We tend to wait until the last minute to do this type of thing so I was actually pretty proud of myself when I actually decided to get everything checked out early this year. It’s probably because it’s been such a long hard winter. We are all just ready for some sunshine and some summer fun, that’s for sure. Anyway, it’s a good thing that I went to check out the air conditioning system behind the garage, because I found that the whole thing was dented up and the fan blades inside were dented up beyond repair. Apparently, a gigantic icicle had fallen off the garage roof during the winter and crushed it. Now we have to get an air conditioning repair professional out here to see if the A/C is something that can be salvaged or if we’re going to have to buy a new one!

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