When my central heating system broke down, I really freaked out.
I even had the heating system tuned up and the HVAC expert didn’t say that I should expect my system to break down at the worst possible time.
I guess that’s just the risk we take with using older machines though, the HVAC was going on 11 years afterall. It wasn’t even covered under warranty anymore, that’s how old it was. Well, I got a few portable space heaters from my attic, but realized that wasn’t enough. Still, I put them in the basement so that my pipes wouldn’t freeze and I asked a friend of mine if he would lend me his space heaters. His central heating system was fine and he said I could always just come hang out at his place. I thought about it and realized it would be more comfortable. I already called the HVAC company and they said it would take a week to get to my house because they were backed up with heating system repair work. Fortunately as long as I kept those space heaters running in sections of my home, it would stay warm enough so the pipes wouldn’t freeze, that was my main concern. My buddy was really nice to lend me the heaters along with letting me stay at his place for that duration of time. Eventually I got the call from the heating system expert and he was able to get the heating system working fine again. When I went to give my buddy the space heaters back, he told me I could just keep them because he never planned on using them. I told him I would give them back if he ever ended up in an emergency situation like I was in.