heating failure
No warmth coming
Heating failure is the breakdown or malfunction of a heating system, leaving a space without adequate warmth.
The term appears in maintenance requests, emergency calls, and lease agreements: The landlord must respond to heating failure within 24 hours.
In medical contexts, heating failure can refer to the body's inability to maintain temperature.
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- coldLow temperature state
- freezingExtremely cold
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