Let’s face it, being cold is not fun. So when it is cold outside and your heater goes out what can you do to stay warm? First, call and have someone come out and fix your heat. But what do you do while you wait for the repair guy to get there? How do you stay warm while you wait? New York Air Conditioning, Heating & Plumbing has some great ideas to help you stay warm while you wait.
Stay Small & Close when Heat Stops Working
When your place is cold a great thing to do is hunker down together in a small room with low ceilings. Your body heat can help keep the place feeling warmer. Keep everyone bundled up in one room and seal under your doorway with towels or blankets so that you can keep all the heat in and keep all the cold air out. Some fun ideas are that you can snuggle in together and watch some TV, play board games or have a dance party. Do some type of activity to generate even more heat in your living space. Getting up and moving will help your body stay warmer versus just staying on the couch and not moving.
Warm Up with Food
Eating warm food can help keep you warm. Have you ever noticed eating or drinking something hot will make your body feel warmer also? Try baking a pie or cooking a stew. Making and serving some hot cocoa will warm your bellies and bodies. This will help the cold home feel a little warmer while you wait. Do not try to use the oven as a heater, this can be very dangerous. The oven can help warm the house a little bit while you are baking. But don’t leave it on and try to use it as a heater.
Utilize Portable Heaters for Temporary Heating
Utilize electrical devices to temporarily heat a room and warm you up. While staying in one small room, plug-in space heaters to help warm up your space. You can use heating pads and heating blankets to help keep you warm while you are sitting down. These are great to use to help you stay warm for a little why while you wait for your heater to be repaired. Just don’t leave them unattended and don’t fall asleep while running these devices. This can also be dangerous and get overly hot if not paying attention.
Forced Air Furnace & Boiler Maintenance, Repair, Replacement & More in Bedford Hills, Manhattan, Flushing, Queens, Brooklyn & The Bronx, New York
While furnace outages are cold and usually not a fun thing to have happened, you can try and make it fun and enjoyable to help take your mind off of the cold. The problem with your heater going out is that it can be costly. To replace the furnace can be very expensive. You can try and avoid future furnace outages by preparing for winter with a heating tune-up. New York Air Conditioning, Heating & Plumbing would gladly come out and do a heating tune-up so you don’t have to worry about not having the heat on a cold day or night.
