I hate my room sometimes.

[conuly]

When the weather is relatively nice, the radiator works. Okay, this is good, it's nice to have heat. Now that it's 10F out there, my radiator stops working. And almost every one in the house, but *not* the one in the living room, so I know we have oil.

I am not happy.

Comments

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Wtf? LJ has PRIDED itself on being ad-free and now... AUGH!

::throws a fit::

[conuly]

Wrong post :)

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

LOL! Joy. I was paying oh so much attention. :-P

[adiva_calandia]

My sympathies, and the fact that two people are dead is terrible. But (you knew there was a but coming) as an Alaskan, I find the phrase, "The deep freeze continues tonight with a low of 11" mildly ludicrous when it's -7 out right now and it's been 9 or 10 all day. And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

Hope your heat comes back. I truly do sympathize.

[conuly]

And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

The law says that your landlord is supposed to provide heat (oil heat, usually, never electric) no matter what. Many landlords don't, or they don't reliably. You can sue, but that just causes problems a lot of people don't need. So they freeze, or they turn on the ovens and bring in outdoor heaters, putting themselves at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

[adiva_calandia]

Hmm. Mkay. Makes sense. Is *your* heat back yet?

[conuly]

The heat in my room? The radiator's busted. I usually *prefer* it cold, so I usually don't care, but not while typing!

[thornleaf.livejournal.com]

Have you bled the air out of them?

Ours weren't wording at the beginning of the winter; our superintendant asked if we'd bled them. I stared blankly at her (lived all of my adult life with electrical or forced-air heating until now), and she explained that periodically (at least once a year) you need to get the air out of them by opening the valve a little and collecting the water that sprays out until no more air comes out. Anyway, after we did that, they worked just fine.

[conuly]

No....

I'll go try that.

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

Wtf? LJ has PRIDED itself on being ad-free and now... AUGH!

::throws a fit::

[conuly]

Wrong post :)

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

LOL! Joy. I was paying oh so much attention. :-P

[adiva_calandia]

My sympathies, and the fact that two people are dead is terrible. But (you knew there was a but coming) as an Alaskan, I find the phrase, "The deep freeze continues tonight with a low of 11" mildly ludicrous when it's -7 out right now and it's been 9 or 10 all day. And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

Hope your heat comes back. I truly do sympathize.

[conuly]

And is there some kind of power shortage or something, that the Red Cross is recommending people inside to wrap up in blankets?

The law says that your landlord is supposed to provide heat (oil heat, usually, never electric) no matter what. Many landlords don't, or they don't reliably. You can sue, but that just causes problems a lot of people don't need. So they freeze, or they turn on the ovens and bring in outdoor heaters, putting themselves at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.

[adiva_calandia]

Hmm. Mkay. Makes sense. Is *your* heat back yet?

[conuly]

The heat in my room? The radiator's busted. I usually *prefer* it cold, so I usually don't care, but not while typing!

[thornleaf.livejournal.com]

Have you bled the air out of them?

Ours weren't wording at the beginning of the winter; our superintendant asked if we'd bled them. I stared blankly at her (lived all of my adult life with electrical or forced-air heating until now), and she explained that periodically (at least once a year) you need to get the air out of them by opening the valve a little and collecting the water that sprays out until no more air comes out. Anyway, after we did that, they worked just fine.

[conuly]

No....

I'll go try that.