I can’t get my home warm!
Let me offer some simple and some extreme ideas. These ideas are based on the furnace or boiler is working. If it isn’t then call for help. But whatever you do, do not bring in the charcoal grill or even the gas grill into your home for heat or cooking. They will kill you long before you get warm. I’m sure by this evenings news you will someone has died from doing just as a solution. Even sitting in a running car to stay warm can lead to death form the exhaust.
Cocooning might be the first place to start. Cocooning? Yes, cocooning moves everyone into one central room. Bring the extra blanket and pillows for the next few days. Close of the rooms that don’t need to be used. Open the doors to the bathroom and on the vanity to keep the pipes from freezing. Don’t forget the kitchen sink. If you have a ranch you could hang a sheet or a blanket up, to block off the hallway leading to the other rooms which will help even more. Even thin sheet will work. If you live in a 2 story home, block of the stairway to the second floor.
Have a fireplace or wood stove use them to add some extra heat. No power you can always cook on the wood stoves top. Have a wood stove or fireplace but no wood. Think again! You picture frames, wood furniture or even the Christmas tree you just put out in the yard. No saw you say, use a kitchen knife. The furniture is replaceable your life isn’t
Haven’t lost your power yet then fill the bath tub for extra water for cooking and drinking. If you use the water for flushing the toilet don’t power into the tank power the water directly into the bowl it will take less water that way to flush it, wait until hit is filled with solids. Conserve water.
Extreme circumstances often call for extreme measure. Don’t be the lead story on tonight’s news.
Once these storms and the artic vortex pass call a home performance contractor for more permanent solutions. Visit our website at www.qualitydesignbuild.com for more information on home performance. If you live in Pocono Mt. region of Pa call us at 800-404-3995 to see how we can help.
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