Re: Heating problem in shared accommodation

On 23 Nov 2005 16:42:33 -0800, "Sabrina Setlunt"
<sabrina_setlunt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>mogga wrote on 23 Nov. 21:52
>> Are you not asleep at that time of night?
>Well, I woke up because it was too cold for you.
>Now I have an awful cough.
>
That'll be the germs on the public transport your using not getting
cold at night.



>PeteM wrote on 23 Nov. 21:30
>> If you are at home during the day (don't you ever go to college?) it
>> does seem harsh that your heating is turned off. Isn't there an electric
>> or gas fire you can turn on when it is cold?
>Of course I'm going to school but school times are at different times
>during the week. So it happens that even when I have no school I go
>to the library because it's too cold at my place. I'm afraid there
>is no electric or gas fire.
>
>Palindrome wrote 23 Nov. 22:15
>> Switching off the heating for the early hours sounds reasonable to me.
>> Not much point heating the whole place when an electric blanket will do
>> a better job at pretty minimal cost.
>It might work during the early hours. But do you sit with the an
>electric blanket at your desk while you're studying in the afternoon?
>Or putting so many clothes on that you can't really move?
>
>> Switching off the heating during the time that you could be expected to
>> be out again sounds reasonable for student accomodation. It is probably
>> to your benefit too as, if you wanted to stay in your room all the time,
>> you might as well have stayed in Brazil.
>Well, you should be aware that sometimes lectures are in the morning
>and
>sometimes in the afternoon. I think there is no point to leave my room
>for which I have paid the rent because it's too cold while not having
>any lecture. It's ridiculous.
>
>> You can't expect the landlord to treat you any differently than tenants
>> from the UK, or Inuits, come to that. Temperatures that you might
>> welcome might be considered unbearably hot by the other tenants.
>It's not about the temperature. It's about not having the possibility
>to decide when I want to have the heaters on. Believe I'm not that kind
>a person who is wasting energy. My current situation is that sometimes
>the heaters are on while I'm having to attend lectures and vice versa
>so heaters are off while I'm staying home.

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