Cold in Florida and the furnace has brain damage

Our burner malfunctioned 2 weeks ago so we had 2 days without heat. We used space heaters until it was fixed and at night I have electric mattress pad that I turn on to heat the bedding before I go to sleep ( I turn it off after I get toasty warm as I would overheat from the down comforter. 68 is hot for us in winter. Why not invest in a few space heaters, or an electric blanket? My Mom lived in Clearwater and their house had a real fireplace.

LOL I would welcome 30 F LOL we are at 9 F right now and it is probably gonna get colder tonight. I have in the past had to deal with furnaces not working but I always had a woodstove to keep me toasty warm. Make sure you bundle up.

what are tootsies? I have a fireplace and touch wood it is still in working condition up till now even if i had to find wood or buy it in order to have my place heated. I do think it is much cheaper than using an electrical system.

lol. i cannot remember the last time i saw 68! seriously, it is absolutely freezing up here in canada! the high is -25C tonight which makes 68 seem absolutely BALMY! shall i send you some cold air? (now you know why you live in florida eh?)

I'm sorry that your furnace is broken, I think 68 is cold for inside, I like to keep mine at 74. 30 would feel like a heat wave to me right now lol. sometimes my furnace quits working but we call maintenance and he has to come right out and fix it.

Well I have been through this. It was last January. I rent the house that I live in. Well the gas man came to replace the meter because they said that it needed to be done. So he came into our house to turn off the gas to my furnace. He said that my furnace was broken and had to cut the gas to the house, so we had no furnace. It was -35 degrees celcius here. Anyways it took my landlord a week to get it replaced. We had exotic pets here and kids, so we had to use baseboard heaters and our oven to keep the house warm.

Sorry to hear that your furnace is being a pain. If ours were to go out or act up I would sell my children to get it fixed This morning when I woke up it was -20 wind chill and tonight the actual air temp is suppose to be -9. Hope you stay warm!

Hey spalladino! Yup! I up here in NY, where the artic air is blowing and it is a balmy 21 right now and that is a heat wave compared to what it will be like when it gets to be morning and the snow arrives bringing with it some cooler temps! I do know how you feel because you guys aren't used to it being that cold there and it is a shock to your system! I know being in the 30's for Florida is really cold! My Mom complains when she has to use the "heating system" too! She says the same thing that you are saying! Florida is just not meant to have to use the heating systems so they never work right! But, my landlord doesn't ever believe that it needs to be even 68 degrees inside so for me that would be really nice! I am sitting in my kitchen/office with the oven on! This is the warmest spot in the apartment! Smart of me to make this my office huh? Actually, it was the only place to put the computer! Lucky for me I don't pay for the gas! Oh no! It just dropped a degree! I have the weatherbug on the computer so I can see it while I'm typing! Great! I'm sitting here with my hoody on, hood up and all! It's now 2:00am and I need to go into the bedroom, which is the the coldest room except for the bathroom, which really feels like you're outside! My boyfriend has the comforter over his head so you can't even find him! The cold doesn't seem to bother him! Well, stay warm! Hope the heater cooperates!