You know it's warm in your apartment building when

[dennilfloss]

...it's a windy -17C outside and you have three windows each open 3 inches and you still are thinking about starting the window A/C unit.

Good thing heat's included in the rent, along with electricity.

I can't even turn down the heat in my unit (sounds naughty). Maintenance never found the knobs. The building population is mostly made of new immigrants and they like it warm. And it's not just my apartment. People who come in the building, like janitorial crews and political pollsters, mention how hot the hallway is.

 

[Zedtom]

I used to live in an old building that had a zone valve in each unit controlled by a thermostat. They never maintained the system so all the valves were stuck open. When you were outside, nearly every window in the building was open. The owner must have had tons of money for the utility bill.

 

[ppdes]

My apartment complex is the opposite. It is always freezing cold and there is always a spate of people moving out this time of year. The land lord doesn't seem to care because this is the cheapest place around and the apartments refill very quickly. I suppose eventually he'll have only cold tolerant people living here, heh.

 

[Greyd]

needle nose pliers or wrench would prob work in place of the knobs...

 

[dennilfloss]

I meant they cannot find the location.

 

[Chaotic42]

I had an apartment like that. I measured the inside and outside of the apartment with a thermometer one day. It was 98F inside and -10F outside. I had the window open and a fan going.

 

[invidia]

It's 86F outside atm and I have the friggin AC on to 70F in the middle of December. A little hotter than last year too.


Thanks global warming

 

[johnjbruin]

A nice 70F inside for me, with a chilly 15F outside.

 

[IEC]

79F inside for me, 39F outside. My dorm room is surprisingly well insulated... (only sources of heat are our computers and speaker system...)

 

[manowar821]

My heat works great, and it's free.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I had an apartment like that. I measured the inside and outside of the apartment with a thermometer one day. It was 98F inside and -10F outside. I had the window open and a fan going.

Is your "apartment" paneled with cedar? Do not discount the possibility that you have unknowingly rented a sauna.

 

[Tiamat]

20 °F outside, 60 °F inside

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I had an apartment like that. I measured the inside and outside of the apartment with a thermometer one day. It was 98F inside and -10F outside. I had the window open and a fan going.

Is your "apartment" paneled with cedar? Do not discount the possibility that you have unknowingly rented a sauna.

There was an old lady who lived below us and she controlled our heat. She had it on full blast throughout the apartment.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I had an apartment like that. I measured the inside and outside of the apartment with a thermometer one day. It was 98F inside and -10F outside. I had the window open and a fan going.

Is your "apartment" paneled with cedar? Do not discount the possibility that you have unknowingly rented a sauna.

There was an old lady who lived below us and she controlled our heat. She had it on full blast throughout the apartment.

In that case, the most likely explanation is that she was a witch and had rented you an oven so as to cook you like Hansel and Gretel.

 

[Soundmanred]

I'm thinking the people that live below us have their heater cranked because we haven't used our heater this year at all. It's about 19 outside right now and usually leave a front window cracked for fresh air. It got colder when the power was out, but it never got unbearably cold.

 

[jonessoda]

My dorm first year of college was like that in the winter, except no window AC unit, and the only window was tiny, practically an arrowslit. I'd have it open when it was 20degF, heater turned off (we had individual thermostats) and sleep on top of my sheets in boxers and still sweat all night. But in the hotter days, when the AC was on in the building, I was freezing all the time. Still, easier to get warm than to get cool.

 

[montypythizzle]

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Auric

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I had an apartment like that. I measured the inside and outside of the apartment with a thermometer one day. It was 98F inside and -10F outside. I had the window open and a fan going.

Is your "apartment" paneled with cedar? Do not discount the possibility that you have unknowingly rented a sauna.

There was an old lady who lived below us and she controlled our heat. She had it on full blast throughout the apartment.

In that case, the most likely explanation is that she was a witch and had rented you an oven so as to cook you like Hansel and Gretel.

:thumbsup:

 

[Chronoshock]

I have a tiny dorm room <100 sq ft and the heat is on full blast with no control knob anywhere. If I turn off my AC, it will reach 90+ in under 10 minutes. I'm forced to leave my AC on 24/7

 

[ranmaniac]

It's 40F outside, feels like 33 with wind chill, here in Houston.

My dad once had to go on a business trip to Ft. McMurray during winter time, 435 kilometres (270 mi) northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, where temperatures in the winter typically drop to -20C (-22F), and can get as bad as -60C.