My four-year-old son could not sleep, and when I asked him why he said he could hear something moving around.
I was so sleepy, so I took him to my bed.
Before I fell asleep, I heard something moving in the ducts, or at least I thought I did. The following day I called the local heating business. I did not tell them something was moving in the conduits; instead, I said our whole-home heating system needed repair. This was partially true because the heat pump was working just fine. We always schedule annual heater maintenance to help with indoor comfort. The HVAC professional that installed the system told me that care and tune-up were vital to ensure optimal performance when it came to both old and new heating equipment. When the heating technician arrived, I told her the real issue. I expected her to laugh, but she told me it was a more common issue than I thought. She said that she had seen more bizarre matters in the one decade she had worked for the heating company. Seema, there was much more about heating and other things in the heating industry. The tech inspected the heat pump installation and conducted duct cleaning so that the rodent would be forced out of its hiding place and find the opening from which it had entered. She then checked the smart thermostat and fireplace for good measure. Not even in my wildest dreams did I ever see myself calling a heating dealer because of a rodent, but if it meant having the bed to myself again, I would do anything.