The heating unit went out in my apartment at least a month ago, possibly longer.
- At first, I wasn’t too concerned because it was not winter yet, and the fall weather was still fairly warm.
Not only that, but there were a lot of repairs that were going to be done at my home, and I figured the landlord would notice the malfunctioning heating unit and repair it. I guess I should have known better than that, because the furnace system went unnoticed and was never repaired. By the time I let my landlord know of the issue, it was already the beginning of winter. The landlord tried to call out their heating and A/C maintenance man, but he was already booked with other heating and cooling repair appointments. The landlord told me that the waiting time was another two weeks. Well, I couldn’t go without heating for two weeks, and while I considered getting a space heater, I heard some bad things about those and the thought of a fire hazard in an apartment did not sit well with me. I decided to use my electric oven as a heating source, and I would keep my electric oven open with a fan above it, blowing all of the warm air out and further into my apartment. Thankfully, I didn’t have to do this too often, as the heat was decent enough to last a while. I will be glad to have my regular heater back though, because changing the thermostat is much easier than using the electric oven.