I have constantly been afraid of using space boilers in our house, and now, I honestly have a reason to be… Our neighbors house, right next to ours, just burnt down last week because of a space heater! I don’t like to talk awful about people, but our neighbors were not the kind of people that you wanted to live next to, however they were constantly screaming and fighting throughout the afternoon and night.
They were not easy people to get along with, but my pal and I tried our best to be kind to them.
They did not pay their gas bill for so long that the gas company turned off their gas, however because of that, they did not have a laboring boiler. Their only source of heat was electric space heaters. They had about three of them in their house. They used them 24/7, and they did not make sure that the outlets were made for that much use. I tried to warn them about using only electric space boilers 24/7. It was honestly not a great idea, and it was a fire hazard. Everytime I mentioned it, they told me that they were about to get their gas turned back on, but it never happened. They just continued to use their electric space heaters. It would have been cheaper for them to use their gas boiler, even though I don’t know that they cared at that point. I feel so awful about their house, but thankfully, no one was hurt. I hope that they make better choices for heating their up-to-date house