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I was told by another tenant that if you live on the basement or first floor of a three story building, it has to be 40 degrees outside for the heat to come on in your apartment. Right now it's 43 outside and the heat is not coming on in my 1st floor apartment. Just checked the weather for my area and it will not drop to 40 degrees at all this evening. Looks like the temp will be in the mid 40's the rest of the evening and the high tomorrow will be 53. Now I am just going by what another tenant said who lives in the basement of the building. So just wanted to know has anyone heard this before in regards to first floor and basement apartments when it comes to the heat?
Get a space heater. I have control of the baseboards in my apartment, but they are always along the walls where I need to put furniture, so I can't use them anyway. When it gets too chilly, I use a small space heater in the room I'm in, and I have a heated mattress pad on the bed.
If you're somewhere that freezes, run the water slightly, so the pipes won't freeze.
At any rate, I would never let my landlord decide what temperature is comfortable for me. If your landlord should be providing heat, call your landlord. And still buy a space heater, is my advice. You'll only be out around $20 for a small one, maybe less.
I'm in a rooming house, the common areas are cold, but every room has a wall-mounted space heater which, obviously, can be individually used and adjusted to suit, so nobody has to be too cold or too hot, except in the bathroom.
Get a space heater. I have control of the baseboards in my apartment, but they are always along the walls where I need to put furniture, so I can't use them anyway. When it gets too chilly, I use a small space heater in the room I'm in, and I have a heated mattress pad on the bed.
If you're somewhere that freezes, run the water slightly, so the pipes won't freeze.
At any rate, I would never let my landlord decide what temperature is comfortable for me. If your landlord should be providing heat, call your landlord. And still buy a space heater, is my advice. You'll only be out around $20 for a small one, maybe less.
The rental office provided the space heater but won't that run up the electric bill? Plus I don't want to use a space heater if I have company because that would be kind of tacky. The space heater should only be used if it's just me not if I have a visitor.
Just call your LL and find out why the heat isn't on. Why are you depending on other tenants to get the actual info? And, what does your lease state regarding supplied heat?
It appears you are getting wrong or confusing info from the other tenant(s). It sounds like they might be confusing what they think the LL's heating process is with what your city/state heating requirements are.
This topic is sounding familiar. Didn't you post and ask about this before?
Just call your LL and find out why the heat isn't on. Why are you depending on other tenants to get the actual info? And, what does your lease state regarding supplied heat?
It appears you are getting wrong or confusing info from the other tenant(s). It sounds like they might be confusing what they think the LL's heating process is with what your city/state heating requirements are.
This topic is sounding familiar. Didn't you post and ask about this before?
Maintenance came through tonight and will be back tomorrow morning to address the heat situation. The guy explained that it's something they need to do with the pipes. He also said the heat is supposed to be on when the temperature is 60 degrees outside not 40 degrees.
The bathroom in my apartment doesn't have a vent and during the coldest months it averages around 50 degrees in there. The majority of other units have the vent in the bathroom, it's just a handful of us who have to take baths/showers in a cold room.
We're not allowed (per our lease) to use space heaters, but tough noogies, I use one in the bathroom. There is no way I'll be that cold while bathing.
I brought up the issue to management and received the standard deer-in-the-headlights.
So why not move to another unit? Easy: the rent. To save $300+/month I'll use the space heater.
The bathroom in my apartment doesn't have a vent and during the coldest months it averages around 50 degrees in there. The majority of other units have the vent in the bathroom, it's just a handful of us who have to take baths/showers in a cold room.
We're not allowed (per our lease) to use space heaters, but tough noogies, I use one in the bathroom. There is no way I'll be that cold while bathing.
I brought up the issue to management and received the standard deer-in-the-headlights.
So why not move to another unit? Easy: the rent. To save $300+/month I'll use the space heater.
The last building I lived in had that rule about no space heaters and I definitely wasn't going to freeze to death if the heat wasn't on inside the apartment. I do understand the rule because some people don't realize you are not supposed to use a space heater when you go to sleep. So you don't have hot water to warm up the bathroom when it's cold and you are about to take a shower?
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