• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    17 days ago

    The machine heats the units. It stops when a specific temperature is reached. Opening the window will make it run for longer.

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      17 days ago

      i have lived in an apartment in the US wherein the heat turned on the same day every year, and ran everyday starting and ending at the same times. from what i heard from my neighbors this was not uncommon for converted homes and public housing.

      not every heating unit works like you think it does!

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        17 days ago

        If a heating unit runs on timers its timers either need adjustment or replace that thermostat.

        I refuse to believe a heater made in the last half century lacks external controls and if its older then that it’s probably filled with radon.

        Stop being a little bitch and talk to your landlord.

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          The apartment I was referring to used boiler heat, not furnace heat. It all came from one place and we couldn’t adjust it ourselves. Not shut-off valve for our unit, not even a water control valve to slow the flow rate of water for our unit. The superintendent was the only one who could control it. We were up on the top floor too so it was hotter up there. I did complain about the heat several times, but while we were hot, the lower floors would be comfortable or even cold (heat rises and all that), so usually she wouldn’t do anything about it. Any time someone would complain about the temp (either too hot or too cold) she’d do a building survey. If most people would agree then she’d change it, but usually the top floor was always too hot and the bottom floor was always too cold. We only lived there for a year before moving out.

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      17 days ago

      yes, and when I lived in a building with no per-unit temperature control, that temperature was above what I could tolerate, so windows open it was