My old farmhouse has some plumbing that runs through the ceiling and exterior walls of a large unheated room and adjoining bathroom. The floor of that room is concrete so I guess the ceiling was the only option. FWIW, the room has the equivalent of 4 doorways to heated space.
The heat exchanger is cracked on the furnace and we will be without heat until the new system can be installed, which is about 2 weeks, but possibly sooner. I -have- to have heat in that room or the pipes will freeze. The outside spigot has even frozen in the bathroom when I -had- heat and so I have to keep one of those radiator-looking electric oil-filled heaters running all of the time on that bathroom wall.
What is the safest type of heater that can be left alone? I hate to do it at all but I don't have a choice.
Thanks.
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