How hard is it to learn furnace maintenance?

[spinbaby]

We're tired of taking a day off so someone can come out to do what seems to be mainly vacuuming the inside of the furnace for about $100.

[matcom]

1. ask whoisalhedges

[kick-ass-bob]

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[LaraMN]

2. You mean mean-spirited appliance kicking?

I'll walk you through it for twenty bucks.

[gollygee]

3. We have a book on minor home repair and maintenance

and that's in it. There's a bit more than vacuuming but my husband read about it and did it in less than half an hour.

[atomic-fly]

5. I just scheduled a cleaning for $125.

I have an oil furnace.
Last year I changed the filter myself, but they ended up doing that when they came to service it.
They put in a new burner tip and clean it. I'm wndering if they make it burn more fuel (since they work with the fuel company?
I'd rather not take a chance with combustable devices.

[spinbaby]

7. It doesn't look that difficult, does it?

Surely we can save both money and aggravation by learning how to do it ourselves.

[trackfan]

6. Try repairclinic.com

http://www.repairclinic.com