Thermostat is all the way up but apartment is still freezing. Help?

It's all fixed now thank you everyone! The temperatures for the next week are a lot higher thankfully so we'll be a lot warmer!

It feels like 7 degrees here and the past few days it's gone down to feeling like -16. I've had the thermostat as high as it'll go but it's freezing in here. The night it was -16 we were all warmer than we are now and it's 23 degrees warmer than it was. I can't do anything to the insulation but could something be wrong with the heaters?

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reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M Best Comment

usually if its cold inside and the heater is not able to heat its because the windows and doors are not well isolated. they sell transparent plastics that you can cover your windows with and in extremely cold days you can put tape around the doors to cover the crack. you can also put your oven on low and leave the door of the stove slightly open , you can also use fans to circulate the air in your house (or turn on seiling fans if you have them) because hot air tends to rise and hover above the room, by circulating the air you prevent heat from hovering and creating layers where the upper air is hot but the air close to the floor is cold. it gets extremely cold over here so i have some experience.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@reflectingmonkey This is among THE worst advice I have ever witnessed.

1. Covering your windows and doors by sealing them in plastic not only will be ineffective, who wants to live like that? It's also not healthy.

2. NEVER use your oven for heating. It's designed for using heat to cook food, not to warm up a room. In addition to be an inefficient heating source, if the oven is a gas one, your idea can only lead to a disastrous outcome.

3. Using fans to circulate cold air to create warmth is the dumbest idea using 0.0 logic that I have EVER heard.

reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

@MarkPaul i live in one of the coldest places on earth but I will not argue with you little piece of insignificant shit

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@reflectingmonkey If you are engaged in deploying your own advice, that would explain why you live in one of the coldest places on earth.

reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

thank you for best answer