It was a different time back then

That old radiant area oil furnace got so tepid that it would manage to melt the glue holding the tiles down.

Most people in the Southwest do not have real central heating gas furnaces in their home… Well, at least they did not some years ago, when I was growing up. I know for a fact that our condo had a wall oil furnace built into it however both of us never really used it… In fact, it was kind of dangerous because air regularly would come down the chimney and blow the pilot light out, plus that means this would leave the gas leaking into the house; So, more often than not, I recall that the gas was turned off to the wall heater. Instead, for heat, both of us would just crack open a window and then turn on the oven for a little extra warmth. The window was cracked open to make sure that it was going to be totally “safe”… However, that also assured that the only moderate spot regularly found in the condo was right in front of the oven door. That was fine, but as the years passed, both of us eventually got an area oil furnace for heating the house. I’m not sure that it was much safer than the oven. It definitely was a single of those old radiant area furnaces with coils situated behind a little grill. It did not spread the heat out absolutely well, no matter what we did. Like the oven, you had to sit right in front of the oil furnace to feel any warmth. However, unlike the oven, you couldn’t sit absolutely close to absorb the heat of the heater. That old radiant area oil furnace got so tepid that it would manage to melt the glue holding the tiles down. There was still something nice about those super old radiant area furnaces though. Anything is better than nothing. I’m really glad to have central heat now.

 

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