Brrrrrrr, it's cold in here!!!

[moosmom]

My apartment building has been without heat for 2 days!!!! Poor MooShoo is in his sweater burrowed in the down throw. I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee (I normally only drink 1 cup per day, I've got 2 layers of clothes on trying to keep warm. On Tuesday there was no hot water (no oil). Had to take a sponge bath in order to go to work. Because it's Sunday, the poor answering service is getting the brunt of the complaints, and from what they told me, there have been MANY.

This is one of the times I wish I had an oil space heater AND a heated mattress pad!!!

[gini]

I have never minded being too hot............but I just hate being cold..........brrr........ hope it gets resolved for you soon!

[caseysmom]

No heat is against the law and considered an emergency, you could have had it repaired and they would have paid you back or at least they should have a number to reach on weekends, that is just awful.

[moosmom]

They do have an emergency number to call. It's an answering service who calls maintenance to fix it. I asked them if they could have maintenance call me and their reply was, "For what??" They gave me the number of the corporate office and I left a message to have them call me Monday morning. We'll see what happens.

[caseysmom]

I know here in california heat is considered an emergency and it doesn't get that cold here, at least when we bought our new home the contractor said if there is a problem with the heat and you can't reach us you can call someone and if we have to reimburse you, they said the same thing doesn't happen for a/c breaking.

[Cinder & Smoke]

WHO PAYS for the elecrticity used in your apartment - YOU or the rental company?

Wally Mart sells many "Electrical Space Heaters" for about $20.00 or so ...
the only rub is they tend to spin the electric meter pretty quickly and can
run up the monthly bill by quite a bit ...

If YOU get the electrical bill and have to pay it seperately from the rent ...
think twice before you get a heater.

BUT, if the electrical charges are included in your monthly rent ...
dash over to Wally's and grab a heater!
Just make sure it's labeled to work on a "15 Amp" outlet. (Not 20 amps)

Also - see if you have "grounded outlets" available - two slots and a round hole.
If you have older 2-bladed outlets - pick up an "adaptor" to convert the heater's 3-wire
plug into a 2-bladed plug.

DON'T fall for all the BS & Hype on the boxes for the $50-$100 models they sell ...
the cheapy $20.00 box heats just as well as the "expensive" models!

Happie *Shivvvvering*!

[moosmom]

Phred,

I just checked the radiator in the living room. Only about 6 inches is luke warm. The rest of the place is freaking stone cold. I'm thinking of taking a ride to Ocean State Job Lots and picking one up. Oh wait!! Just remembered, no money. Oh well, I'll just keep packing on the clothing. This sucks!!

[jennielynn1970]

Have they said why there is no heat???

I have a few of those little electric heaters that I bought at WalMart or Kmart for about $14.00, and for the small rooms that don't get a lot of heat from the furnace, they work well.

Hope the mgt. company gets off it's butt and fixes whatever is wrong. I don't care if it is the weekend, it's their job to repair things, and when it's 30* outside and you don't have heat, they better have one heck on an excuse for not providing an alternative or getting it fixed. I'm sure with what they collect in rent they could have afforded an emergency maintenance guy.