When I was a kid, my parents had a space boiler downstairs in the residing room.
It was chilly all of the time during winter.
The apartment did not have unquestionably nice insulation, and periodically there was ice inside of the apartment on the window. There was never any snow on top of the apartment due to the loss of heat. The roof was entirely warmer than the rest of the apartment due to heat rising! Snow frequently melted off the roof plus ended up down on the ground. My associate and I had a lake of water in the front yard. My parents used space heaters to keep the apartment warm. There was a space boiler in the residing room. The space boiler was one of the big machines that had green coils that get extremely hot. One time my sibling touched the coils plus she ended up with a immense burn on the back of her hand. On one particular night, all the people was asleep. Our dog was downstairs as usual, however this time she decided to get into mischief. The dog was playing around plus accidentally knocked over the space boiler in the residing room. No one knew about the accident until the carpet caught on fire. My parents woke up in the middle of the night when they smelled smoke. My associate and I did not have any type of smoke detector or fire alarm in our apartment back then. My associate and I got out before anyone got hurt plus my dad put out the fire before it burnt down the whole house. That was one of the scariest situations that I have ever faced in my whole life.