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arches wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper]If you have oil heat, then yes, the upper apartments are always colder than the lower apartments. We live on the upper floor of an small older building. it was terrible when we had oil heat back in the day! the people downstairs would be complaining that they were boiling hot, but we would be cold. you would have to blast the heat to high heaven for us to be even somewhat warm and by then, the people on the lower floors would be roasting. it was a major struggle. Once we switched to gas heat many years ago, things work much better. i know the bottom apartments do get a tad warmer than mine does still, but all in all, the system works a million times better than oil did!

As for heat in the middle of the night, I find that to be a rare occurrence, we have our building thermostat set by temperature too-but, we have the temp setting for the middle of the night down much much lower than during the rest of the day going by the theory that we don't want to waste fuel when people are in bed with their blankets and comforters and are asleep and warm to begin with.

There's no difference between properly functioning oil vs gas heat in terms of heat output/distribution. They probably repaired some other flaws in your system when they did the conversion. Or maybe your oil burner was too small (usually they are too big, though). Either way, at least you solved the problem.


All I know is there was a marked difference in the heat once we converted to gas. So, I thought it had to do with the gas because as far as I know when they did the conversion, there was no work done on anything else or in any of the apartments.

if your radiators are gunked up-then maybe a plumber needs to be called or you can do a simple 'bleed' of them.

My apartment heat isn't on yet, but it hasn't gotten that cold yet and I am still opening windows in the evening.

My office, on the other hand, is a nightmare. The floor I'm on is right below the HVAC system so it gets the most A/C in the summer and the most Heat in the winter. Right now it is 75 and climbing. The highest it has gotten this year is 82.

my apartment has no heat yet and since it's a jewish holiday (like it is all of october) my landlord isn't answering. i swear by those ridiculous looking super thick and fluffy socks you see tweens wearing. they keep my whole body warm. that and hats at all times. i am typing from under 2 sweatshirts, sweats, a blanket, a hat, and fuzzy socks.

brooklynpotter wrote: i'm still laughing about the underpants

Happy to be of service!

Still no heat. And no one picking up the phone at the landlord's office.

Someone came today to fix our boiler and now we have heat, but somehow in the process they turned off the hot water and never turned it on again. So now we have heat, but no hot water. Go figure.

clank clank clank go our risers...

There's a long list of things that can cause clanking pipes, most of which relate to water pooling somewhere in the steam pipes (i'm assuming you have steam heat).

http://www.heatinghelp.com/steam_waterhammerinthesystem.cfm

Unfortunately, most of those are going to require a plumber to solve (except maybe repitching the radiators, changing the air valves, or fully opening/closing the supply valves).

That sucks! Nothing worse than being too hot.

We still haven't turned out heat on. A couple times during the day this week and two weeks ago my roommate turned on a small space heater in one room, reasoning that electricity is cheaper than gas and it was only in one room, not all of them. At night though, between cooking and blankets, we haven't needed it. My window is still open at night too. Blissful fall air streaming in!

Wait, maybe I am cold-blooded!

arches wrote: There's a long list of things that can cause clanking pipes, most of which relate to water pooling somewhere in the steam pipes (i'm assuming you have steam heat).

http://www.heatinghelp.com/steam_waterhammerinthesystem.cfm

Unfortunately, most of those are going to require a plumber to solve (except maybe repitching the radiators, changing the air valves, or fully opening/closing the supply valves).

For years I had clanking pipes in my bedroom and a radiator that would not heat. The clanking was caused by a back pitched steam pipe that caused water to pool near a riser and a radiator. Finally, this fall, we had a plumber come in, open the ceiling and put in a new pipe. So far, no clanking and my radiator gets hot. We spent about $2000 for that work.

Heatinghelp.com is a great website. If you have any questions about steam heat, you should be able to find answers there. I highly recommend "The Lost Art of Steam Heating" by Dan Holohan. It is "the" book on steam heating, and I read it before purchasing a new boiler for my coop. If you read it and take the time to understand it, chances are you will know more about how steam heat works than the plumbing/heating person who comes to do work on your system.

littlegal wrote: I have to bump this post because I am so damn pissed that I have no
f-ing heat. I have had it twice, but each time for less then one day...i had it yesterday for all of two hours. Yay for me. Such BS. I am so pissed i just want to scream and cry. It better be fixed today or someone is going to have to deal with my utter fury. I can't take it any longer!!!!!!
Ok sorry for the rant........

that's bullshit. Have you filed a complaint yet? If not, what are you waiting for?

littlegal, they're now two months overdue. call 311.

call 311. if you feel nervous about doing it, just say the word. i will call for you. whether or not they come isn't the issue, they have been withholding heat for nearly 2 months.

daver wrote: 1pm is less than two hours away. I might wait until then. I would also try to personally talk to the plumbers and get the skinny on what the deal is. 2pm, I'm all over filing. I'm also asking my landlord for an electric space heater and a written agreement to deduct Con Ed from the rent until the situation is rectified.

hey, where's the cat photo? surely you can find some can who is cold and looking at a clock or something.