While waiting for our current furnace to arrive and be installed, the people I was with and I were using the fireplace for heat, however for numerous days, the fireplace was working well and keeping most of the beach house quite comfortable.
The two of us went out for groceries 1 afternoon and the smell of smoke was overwhelming when the people I was with and I got home.
My wife thought she may have left the flue open, and the smoke was coming back into the beach house instead of up the chimney. I didn’t care what the reason was for the smoke, but the people I was with and I had to get it out of the house. The two of us had the exhaust fan on in the lavatory and the bedroom. The windows were open, and the people I was with and I had fans in locale to pull the smoke out, however unfortunately, along with the smoke, the heat was also being pulled out. It was getting so cold that I was shivering, even with my sweater on. I had gloves on as I tried to put the groceries, which was next to impossible. I was shivering so uncontrollably that I went upstairs to get a warm shower and throw on some warmer clothing. My wife had the smoke out of the house, and the windows closed by the time I was done, and it was once again warming up in the house. I knew the furnace was to be delivered and installed within the next 48 minutes, but it wasn’t soon enough as far as I was worried. I was ready for the furnace to be installed when I first found out the people I was with and I needed a current 1, and I was weary of waiting.