It started yesterday while I was doing my Christmas baking. The oven made this kind of low whistle sound. There appeared to be more of a whiff of gas smell even though the stove was lit so I made sure things were well ventilated. I was successful in getting my first batch of shortbread done thankfully.
Then later, we checked around dinner when I wanted to bake the second batch. I turned on the oven to 350F but it just stayed at 100F. We checked to see if we could get the stovetop to work and it would barely light. Definitely not much gas getting through. However, our gas fireplace in the family room's pilot light was going so well that you could hear it. Kinda scary. We turned off the pilot for the fireplace and then "bingo" the stove worked. We got the cookies made. Dinner was made on the BBQ and boy was it good. :)
This morning is like any other morning. The alarm goes off and then Rich gets up to have a shower. I fall back asleep. 20 minutes later (I guess) Rich comes back in the bedroom to tell me there is no hot water either. We get downstairs and the floors are not keeping their heat either. We have a general "LACK" of gas here at the house.
I admit, this is making me pretty anxious as I have to go to the Interior for Thursday and Friday for work and then we have a wee party in the works for Saturday. It won't be much fun if we can't serve anything hot or even heat the darn house! Can you imagine?!?! "Hi, welcome to our home. Please take this blanket and these slippers to wear to stay warm while you're here as we have no heat".
And just my luck (I can't speak for Rich's) but it's happening just as the temperatures dip to the negative double digits.
Well, Terasen has been called but since it's not truly an emergency (no smell of gas or anything), we're not high on the priority list.
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