I'm having trouble with the ancient natural gas heater in the farmhouse - it gets hotter than a furnace in you-know-where and when I turn the knob down just enough to where it shuts off, it won't come back on again. When I turn it up enough for it to come on, it won't shut off.
There are three heaters in the house, but the only one in use is in the kitchen for my 16 year old cat. the only occupant of the house (just the kitchen and back porch area, the rest of the house is closed off).
There is electricity, but I had the water cut off several years ago due to freezing issues.
Granted, it is extremely cold this week, next to no insulation in the house, with 9' ceilings. There is a ceiling fan in the kitchen.
I was going to call the gas company to come out and check it, maybe the thermostat is messed up?
Then I thought since it is an antique, I might be better off replacing it with a newer, and hopefully more energy efficient, version.
This one is vented with a pipe to a chimney built into the wall. I can see what looks like at least 50% of the heat rising out of the chimney from outside.
I couldn't read the serial number on the back plate, but it is an Atlanta Flame and could be 100 years old.
The other two in the house are just as old and I already swapped one several years ago for the kitchen.
It's not an emergency, but I walked back and forth last night at least a dozen times, until 1am, trying to adjust the heat. I finally turned it down and went to bed. This morning it was still off and the room was 32F. I left on an electric heater that has a temp indicator. It was reading 47 last time I checked last night.
If it wasn't for Winkey, I'd just turn off that pilot light too and forget about it. But I can't do that just yet.
Any suggestions and/or advice?
I'll go take some photos, try to get the serial#
There are three heaters in the house, but the only one in use is in the kitchen for my 16 year old cat. the only occupant of the house (just the kitchen and back porch area, the rest of the house is closed off).
There is electricity, but I had the water cut off several years ago due to freezing issues.
Granted, it is extremely cold this week, next to no insulation in the house, with 9' ceilings. There is a ceiling fan in the kitchen.
I was going to call the gas company to come out and check it, maybe the thermostat is messed up?
Then I thought since it is an antique, I might be better off replacing it with a newer, and hopefully more energy efficient, version.
This one is vented with a pipe to a chimney built into the wall. I can see what looks like at least 50% of the heat rising out of the chimney from outside.
I couldn't read the serial number on the back plate, but it is an Atlanta Flame and could be 100 years old.
The other two in the house are just as old and I already swapped one several years ago for the kitchen.
It's not an emergency, but I walked back and forth last night at least a dozen times, until 1am, trying to adjust the heat. I finally turned it down and went to bed. This morning it was still off and the room was 32F. I left on an electric heater that has a temp indicator. It was reading 47 last time I checked last night.
If it wasn't for Winkey, I'd just turn off that pilot light too and forget about it. But I can't do that just yet.
Any suggestions and/or advice?
I'll go take some photos, try to get the serial#
I said sure, send him out, for the heck of it. 
