If you happen to lose your heating in the middle of a cold Winter time and go to use your oven to heat up the house, stop right there! A lot of people genuinely do this when their heating systems are out.
It could be possible that you rent and your proprietor is in no rush to get your central heating fixed! After all, they’re rich and you’re not so why should they care? It could also be that your local HVAC provider just doesn’t have any heat and air conditioning component specialists on hand for an emergency HVAC maintenance call, however but whatever you do, don’t use your oven! Ovens are not meant for space heating.
That is what portable space heating systems are made for… Using your oven can cause all kinds of danger. The first being fumes, fumes that could make you sick. Then there is the risk of getting seriously burned while the oven door is wide opened if you happen to forget and run into it for some reason. This is why everyone should have a portable space gas furnace on hand in their house… Just for HVAC emergencies appreciate this; Should your central heating plan go out and you can not get HVAC maintenance instantly, you will have the portable space gas furnace to fall back on and keep you nice and hot for the afternoon or 2 you may be without central heating! Please listen to what I say here and don’t take it lightly. Never ever use your oven for space heating! Get the real thing.