Crankypants

[fairyrune]

Now's the time of year when people start complaining about the heat in their homes not working.

Ours is working.

Too well, in fact.

The past several nights, it has been over seventy five degrees in our bedroom. We have the thermostat set to well below seventy, but the radiator just. Won't. Switch. Off.

We don't pay for the heat in the bedroom, so our bill won't be ridiculous, but I can't sleep! We leave the window open for some air, but since we're right on a main road the traffic noises get to me.

Thus, I am tired and cranky. If I have to take a sledgehammer to that radiator, I damn well may.

Comments

[fairefifi.livejournal.com]

Are they the old fashioned kind? Maybe they need to be bled. If they are baseboard some have a dial. Have you told the and lord?

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

That is exactly what's going on at my place, too!

[grigoricennui.livejournal.com]

Is your apartment building converted by any chance? If it used to be a single unit the thermometer might be downstairs even though the dial is up. Either that or you may need a new thermostat. If you have a crawlspace above, it's probably not as insulated. If you can open the crawlspace the heat will have someplace "up" to go and will bleed out the roof. If you can get the heat to go off AT ALL, you could also consider using a space heater to maintain local temperature (to an enclosed bedroom for example) better.

Just some thoughts

J.

[rhps613.livejournal.com]

bleeding will make it work BETTER!.

Some plywood and insulation sheet($15) could also blok off alo of it