If you lose power to the house (room, natural gas, apartment)

[Driller1]

Originally Posted by fallingwater

Im screwed when the power goes out. We have a well that runs on electricity. So pretty much going to the bathroom becomes an issue after a few toilet flushes. No more water. No showers, no washing hands. We have jugs saved for emergencies but you will be amazed at how quickly you can go through water. We have a gas fireplace that runs just on natural gas. We won't freeze death so thats good. We have been looking into those home generators that are hardwired but they aren't cheap.

Our water well pump runs with a generator.

[nightcrawler]

If the power is out in my home, I am basically living back in the 1700's

[helpful person]

you can get a gas wall furnace that when the power goes out a small room can be still be kept warm
the pilot light stays on and burns gas and hot in summer you can turn the pilot light off to stay cooler and restart the pilot light later but I think it needs electricity to get the pilot light to work again you need
natural gas piped into your home

[Nonesuch]

Originally Posted by helpful person

you can get a gas wall furnace that when the power goes out a small room can be still be kept warm
the pilot light stays on and burns gas and hot in summer you can turn the pilot light off to stay cooler and restart the pilot light later but I think it needs electricity to get the pilot light to work again you need
natural gas piped into your home

Empire, Williams, Cozy, etc produce direct vent "Gravity Wall Furnaces" which do not need to be plugged in at all, they even come with a "millivolt' thermostat to turn on and off automatically without a power supply. Most of these don't require electricity to relight the pilot, have a piezo igniter like on a gas grill.

[helpful person]

they should come with a battery back up to light the pilot in case of a power outage a flame near gas is too dangerous

[helpful person]

you cannot have natural gas piped into an apartment or building its is not fair or safe for other tenents

[Pitt Chick]

Originally Posted by helpful person

you cannot have natural gas piped into an apartment or building its is not fair or safe for other tenents

That is just plain silly.
I lived in several buildings with natural gas.

[Redraven]

Originally Posted by helpful person

they should come with a battery back up to light the pilot in case of a power outage a flame near gas is too dangerous

Well, dang, there is another one of those "We should have all died many years ago!" things.
Spark ignition gas kitchen ranges are a relatively new invention. In fact, nearly all gas appliances when originally built had "light with a match" burners and/or pilot lights. Even RV appliances did. In fact, some still do!
My first travel trailer even had mantle type propane lights that were lit with a match! The burner in the propane refrigerator was lit with a match. The pilot light in the oven was lit with a match (so is the one in my 2002 motorhome!).
My propane gas grill has to be lit with a match, because the electric spark gadgets are very failure prone.
The top burners on our gas kitchen range can be lit with a match, but the oven can not.
Remember, what some consider "dangerous" today was normal not so long ago!

[helpful person]

a lot of people are not careful even if you think you are you still can make a mistake

[helpful person]

one person should not die for another persons mistakes