# How efficient is my oven at heating my apartment?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-efficient-is-my-oven-at-heating-my-apartment/277412 "2004-12-01T00:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-efficient-is-my-oven-at-heating-my-apartment/277412/21 "2004-12-01T21:56:25Z")

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What if you left a (properly vented) gas oven door closed while using it for heating? You can roast a turkey for hours with no ill effects.

> [@Lightnin'](#):
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> I did have an oven, though- and was told by my landlord that it was my source of heat during the winter. It was unvented, and wasn’t even anchored to the floor- it was literally just sitting there, by itself, since I didn’t even have anything that could reasonably be called a kitchen…
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> I had no idea that CO was something to worry about, at the time… so it’s a miracle I’m still alive.

Ever feel headachey and lethargic while you were using it? That was the initial stage of CO poisoning.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-efficient-is-my-oven-at-heating-my-apartment/277412/22 "2004-12-01T22:30:03Z")

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> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#):
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> [OT]And what is this “CO” you speak of?[/end naive off-topic]

Carbon Monoxide

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**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-efficient-is-my-oven-at-heating-my-apartment/277412/23 "2004-12-01T23:32:34Z")

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> [@Go You Big Red Fire Engine](#):
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> [OT]How do they not pay for _hot_ water?[/end naive off-topic]

Apartment building with giant central hot water heater that provides hot water to all apartments. They pay for it as part of rent (condo fees, etc) but it is not metered or billed by usage.

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