My husband tore our furnace up when he was trying to fix it. I hate to say it, but this was not a complete surprise to me. It seems like my husband does something like this every couple of months or so, and he ends up costing us way more money than we would actually need to spend on a regular repair job. I don’t know if he has male answer syndrome or what, but he always feels like he has to try to fix things around the house even though he doesn’t know all that much about fixing anything or doing repairs or maintenance. He is just one of those guys who likes to feel very manly, and he thinks that he should be the one to repair the plumbing, electrical work, and heating and cooling systems at the house. I keep telling him that if he’s not trained in plumbing, electrical, or HVAC systems, then there is no possible way that he’s going to be able to fix those sorts of things. There is a reason that people go to school to get HVAC certifications and plumbing and electrical certificates. Of course, he never listens to me when I’m complaining to him about this sort of thing and he always persists in trying to fix things himself. Last week, our heating system wasn’t working correctly and he decided that he was going to try and fix the furnace himself. This turned into a whole big thing, and he ended up basically tearing the furnace apart in making everything worse than it was to begin with.