11-14-2012, 05:30 PM
A few years ago my furnace broke on Christmas Eve or Christmas day and between the Christmas holidays, a weekend and New Years, it took a few days to get a repair person on site without mortgaging the house to pay for it. Meantime, it was 10deg or lower outside. I used my wood burning stove to heat the house and a Mr. Heater in our bedroom. It was actually TOO hot in the house. I'd get the wood burning stove up to top temp then turn on the furnace blower to circulate the air. That would move a bunch of hot air from the living room to the rest of the house an equalize the temps a bit. Mr Heater isn't going to get your room up to 70deg, but it will keep the room above freezing which was my goal. My wife and I zipped sleeping bags together and had several heavy blankets on us to keep warm. I had an electric oil radiator space heater in my son's room. He was only an infant at the time. It kept his room a cozy 70deg.