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Ok, so I know the landlord has to provide us tenets with hot water, but how much? I live in the top of a 3 story walk-up with 6 units total.
It seems like most of the times I take a shower, the hot water lasts about 2-3 minutes and I'm scrambling to get out of there.
If I want to take a longer hot shower, I have to do it at weird times when I know no one else in the building would've used hot water for a while. Like between 1pm to 4pm on weekdays or in the middle of the night. I work at home so I *could* just continue showering in the afternoon, but I would much rather prefer the morning.
Anyway, the landlord provides us all with hot water but definitely not enough for my standards. Are there any regulations as to how much hot water he is to provide?
This is an interesting question. I have a 3 family with 2 adults in each apt, and a single person in the ground floor (total of 7 people), and just a 50 gallon hot water tank for everyone. Very rarely, maybe once every couple of months, we get low on the hot water, like if 3 people take a shower at once or one after another, but otherwise it's fine. Everyone is staggered enough that the hot water lasts, surprisingly.
I wonder if there is a rule about size of tank and number of apts or bedrooms. My tank is definitely too small for the number of people, but it works so far. And I pay about $1000 a year in gas for the hot water tank...which is why I kept it small...it adds up quickly.
With 6 units the law says you must have a steady supply at 120 degrees minimum. If most of your showers go cold in 2 minutes, your landlord isn't in compliance. Call for a city inspector.
Sobro,
There's no reguation about tank size, in fact some tankless On-Demand systems work very well. We had a tankless system for 325 apartments and it worked well. The City regulates only the end result...120 degree water.
My family owns a building and even though i do hate it when there's no hot water, but that's what it is when you're in a building full of people who are living on one boiler for hot water and it doesn't just heat up all that water instantly. 2-3 minutes is odd...mine usually goes off after 10 minutes, because other people in the building are also showering as well.
My family owns a building and even though i do hate it when there's no hot water, but that's what it is when you're in a building full of people who are living on one boiler for hot water and it doesn't just heat up all that water instantly. 2-3 minutes is odd...mine usually goes off after 10 minutes, because other people in the building are also showering as well.
Not necessarily. I live in a 50 something unit building with one boiler and I've never had the water turn cold, no matter how long a shower I take.
I have a thermometer for our hot water as I like gadgets. Our water has not gone above 111 degrees, I keep telling the LL, but he keeps telling me he will raise it, but it is still 111 degrees. He did something as so people will not scald them selves, but when I shave, I don't even run the cold water, just the hot, that is how I know it isn't hot enough...
I know from RSA that the water has to be 120 degrees constant..............and it isn't
Ok, so I know the landlord has to provide us tenets with hot water, but how much? I live in the top of a 3 story walk-up with 6 units total.
It seems like most of the times I take a shower, the hot water lasts about 2-3 minutes and I'm scrambling to get out of there.
If I want to take a longer hot shower, I have to do it at weird times when I know no one else in the building would've used hot water for a while. Like between 1pm to 4pm on weekdays or in the middle of the night. I work at home so I *could* just continue showering in the afternoon, but I would much rather prefer the morning.
Anyway, the landlord provides us all with hot water but definitely not enough for my standards. Are there any regulations as to how much hot water he is to provide?
Alot of landlords are being extra tight about water these days. Water costs have gone up quite a bit in recent years but they are skirting some laws. I would speak with landlord or management company if that does not work proceed to 311.
I will switch to a small tankless system (instant) when this one goes, and then there will be never ending hot water. Saves money too since you never have to keep a giant tank full of water heated 24/7.
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