Hooray for waking up to a 53* house :(

[thirdeye]

So apparently my furnace is starting get pissed because this morning I woke up and it wasn't running at all and the house was 53 degrees. It did this last year on xmas day but the heating company came and "fixed" it. Well it did it again, I'm sure this will be more than a cleaning 🙁

 

[Jpark]

I was at our cabin a few weeks ago, we only have gas heat. The gas went off in the middle of the night. Woke up, it was 16 F in the building and 8 F outside. It was definitely cold.

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Jpark
I was at our cabin a few weeks ago, we only have gas heat. The gas went off in the middle of the night. Woke up, it was 16 F in the building and 8 F outside. It was definitely cold.

:shocked:

 

[Shame]

I had this happen last year. I have a "Carrier" and simple replaced a 5 amp fuse. Problem solved.

 

[thirdeye]

Originally posted by: Shame
I had this happen last year. I have a "Carrier" and simple replaced a 5 amp fuse. Problem solved.

I certainly hope it's a simple fix. Last year they said it just needed cleaned and it worked fine for the rest of the season, but when I called them today, they said it may be the ignition system. Let's hope it's not expensive.

 

[Dedpuhl]

It was 56 in my apartment this morning. I probably won't turn the heat on unless it drops below 50.

 

[thirdeye]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
It was 56 in my apartment this morning. I probably won't turn the heat on unless it drops below 50.

Yikes. Yeah I'm a wuss when it comes to cold, I'll take 100 degrees over 10 degrees any day.

 

[tfinch2]

It was 58 inside today when I woke up in the house. Brrr

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Jpark
I was at our cabin a few weeks ago, we only have gas heat. The gas went off in the middle of the night. Woke up, it was 16 F in the building and 8 F outside. It was definitely cold.

We had something like that last winter while visiting the GF's sister and staying in their 5th wheel trailer... ran out of propane, and got frigid real quick. The next day I found out how to switch it over to the reserve propane tank.

 

[mcvickj]

Originally posted by: thirdeye

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
It was 56 in my apartment this morning. I probably won't turn the heat on unless it drops below 50.

Yikes. Yeah I'm a wuss when it comes to cold, I'll take 100 degrees over 10 degrees any day.

I'm the complete opposite. Bring on the cold!!

 

[oboeguy]

53 doesn't sound too bad. NYC apartment regs:

By law, building owners must provide all tenants with the following levels of heat (During the heating season, October 1 through May 31):

* Between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., heat must register at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees;
* Between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., heat must register at least 55 degrees Fahrenheit when the outside temperature falls below 40 degrees.

 

[Ramma2]

Hehe we had furnace troubles last year, and being the manly man that I am I figured I could at least take a peek in there and check it out.

Well I got the panels off and went to check the ignitor, and broke the ceramic in the process of removing it 😱 Wife was like "So did you fix it?" I said "Um yeah, looks like the ignitor is broken...."

I bought a new one and furnace worked great after that. I got lucky, but I'll never tell the woman!

 

[sohcrates]

i just dropped 3k on a new gas furnace over the summer....hope you don't find yourself in that boat! (glad i did it in summer actually...this has been a respectfully cold winter so far)

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Doug3737

Originally posted by: Jpark
I was at our cabin a few weeks ago, we only have gas heat. The gas went off in the middle of the night. Woke up, it was 16 F in the building and 8 F outside. It was definitely cold.

:shocked:

:Q wow, cold indeed. I can't even survive 50deg F coldness.

 

[Jpark]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Doug3737

Originally posted by: Jpark
I was at our cabin a few weeks ago, we only have gas heat. The gas went off in the middle of the night. Woke up, it was 16 F in the building and 8 F outside. It was definitely cold.

:shocked:

:Q wow, cold indeed. I can't even survive 50deg F coldness.

I had a sleeping bag and my head was covered. It wasn't cold until I had to get out of my sleeping bag.

 

[Accipiter22]

40 dollar fixed heat bill....FTW!


Since i'm getting billed either way, and 2 of my radiators in my apt. can't even be shut off I just leave the others on too...it's always like 80 in my apartment

 

[thirdeye]

^^ LOL, I usually have the heat at 72 but the house is way old so it's tough to keep it a decent temp across the whole house.

 

[BrokenArrow]

Our furnace went out a few weeks back too (luckily when it wasn't as cold as it is now). It was the igniter, and it cost around $100 for the guy to come out and replace it. I think most of that cost was the actual labor, not the cost of the part.

 

[Krazy4Real]

The igniter broke in our furnace a couple weeks ago. It cost me $200 to get fixed for the part and labor. The guy charged me time and a half since it was a saturday. 🙁

 

[MaxDepth]

Try calling your girlfriend by one of your ex-gf's names.

Now that's a cold house.

 

[Dedpuhl]

OK. I gave in and turned on my heater...and it was only 56 degrees in here 🙁 I can tell it's been a while since it smells like the thing is on fire...

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: thirdeye

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
It was 56 in my apartment this morning. I probably won't turn the heat on unless it drops below 50.

Yikes. Yeah I'm a wuss when it comes to cold, I'll take 100 degrees over 10 degrees any day.

Yeah, total opposite here.

 

[Shadowknight]

The only time I had an apartment that cold in the morning was because my obsessive-compulsive, ex-roommate was so obsessed with saving money he turned the heat down to 50F. In Boone, NC. DURING A SNOWSTORM. Needless to say, I and the other roommate were pretty mad at him after waking up. This guy also filled up milk jugs with water, filling up the ENTIRE freezer because he believed that the extra ice would keep things colder longer, so it wouldn't have to run as often so, you guessed it!, because he wanted to save money on electricity. The laws of thermodynamics contradict this idiotic theory, seeing as how the fridge would have to run longer to freeze all the ice in it. He also wanted to split up the water bill by how much water was used by each person, though he expected us to still pay equal amounts on the cable bill. I never watched tv, while he was constantly camped out in front of it in the livinf room during the day. He went to see a therapist ONCE. Got diagnosed with OCD, but never went back because it was a waste of money. Because he wasn't cured in the FIRST SESSION?! /rant off