For something warm
We've been without hot water at home since Saturday night. It's been pretty crappy, definitely an inconvenience what with the boiling-water-for-dishes-and-brushing-teeth thing and the getting-up-at-5:30am-to-shower-at-the-gym thing, but not unsurvivable.
Last night The Guy showed up. He banged a lot of stuff around in the crawlspace for a few hours, freaking Olive right out, and replaced the water heater that once serviced the entire building. Just like magic, we had hot water again.
I celebrated by washing my face and brushing my teeth without once turning on the stove.
You should definitely invite me to your next party; I'm a hoot.
I was kinda cold before bed, so I put on some long over-the-knee socks that are long enough to cover my shoulders. I hate sleeping with socks on, so was sure that I would wake around 3 to pull them off, but I didn't.
This morning I woke to the coldest apartment ever. I remember once deliberately scooting over to Steve's side of the bed so that I could steal what little bit of Warm he might have generated (it's never enough). And the thermostat said 60, proof that I wasn't being wimpy about the temperature (at least this time).
Tonight we were hit by a pretty big snowstorm and have six fresh inches of snow. It's still just under 60 degrees in my apartment. The Guy was back and said he had to flush the whole boiler system, but it would take a bit for the heat to recover.
I'm currently wearing my over-the-knee socks (blue) pulled up over my shoulders, my pajama bottoms (black), a tight long-sleeve shirt (red), a sweater (orange), and wrapped in a blanket (brown).
I'm still waiting for that heat to kick back in. Any time.
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We got the 6 inches of snow, too! It snowed a TON- all day yesterday and all night. It was around 20 degrees yesterday- pretty warm for us.
But we have heat... I'm sorry. We've done the 'no-heat-at-minus-40' thing and it stinks. REALLY STINKS.
Hope it's back soon!
I seem to remember the water heater spewing last year. Has it been longer, or was there a different twist to the story?
Is this guy a reputable plumber or just a friend of the owner's with a hankering for tinkering?
In about 2 hours time, he should have been able to replace the water heater AND "burp" the boiler and hydronic system. If he was my employee we would talk about why I'm sending him down the road or about how he makes me so much money on simple little chores.
We have our heat back, which is great. Saturday we had TONS of heat, so much that it was 85 degrees with the windows and back door open. He returned and fixed that problem by Saturday evening. I don't know if he's reputable or a friend-of-a-friend. Probably just a friend, though, since the landlord didn't gripe about having to pay him extra. He did leave the cardboard box from the new water heater in the parking lot, though. Pretty cool, that.
But after another unpleasant exchange with our landlord, I'm really ready to be done with this place. We like the general area because Steve can walk to work, but we don't really want to pay 1300 for a 2bedroom. We may have to.
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