On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:55:58 GMT, Gunner
wrote:


Seriously though..best to close off the house and heat one room. That
can be done easily enough in a myriad of ways.

To give my house a bigger look, they put no doors on any first floor
room or on any part of the stairs, so the basment club room, the
living room, dining room, kitchen, hall, and upstairs hall are all
connected. I could retreat to one room, but it hasn't been necessary
yet. It would also cut me off from the bathtub steam.

There was one time when we had no electricity for I think 3 or 4 days,
and I was starting to call peopel for a place to stay. Unfortunately
most of my friends didn't have electricity either. Just when I was
really feeling cold, the power came back on.

You have to have a source of fresh air if you are burning kerosene or
propane, and I'mnot sure how big a source. Once for a friend,
Icouldn't decide and I was afraid she'd lose more heat out the window
than the propane heater would make. Any advice on that?

Never try to warm the entire house..aint gonna be any easy way to do it
without some seriously bit BTUs

Gunner