Sea_Sand_3622 t1_irm6uis wrote
The one pipe system is very inefficient but if you want to be warm throughout the winter season until the end of April, then leave the valve fully open. You can always open the window, use the ac or a fan. The landlord controls the boiler , you control the window.
The valve has to be either fully open, keep turning it counterclockwise until it stops turning. Or fully closed, keep turning clockwise until it stops turning .
If it’s fully closed and you hear banging noise , then your neighbor above or below your apartment, has their valve partially open.
The landlord would like to do away with the inefficient boiler,,especially with the price of fuel having gone way up. He wants to replace the boiler with a more efficient individual electric unit inside every apartment that you would control, like in a hotel/motel, but you would pay the electric to use it , he can’t do that because of the rent control laws that govern the rent control tenants in your building.
TrumpterOFyvie t1_irnmw5f wrote
"Use the AC" - lol. If you're having to put the AC on to counteract excessive, unhealthy heat from your radiators, it's time to talk to the landlord. It's just pure insanity. The amount of energy wasted on heat in this city is insane and probably counters much of the green gains we get from city living.
im_not_bovvered t1_irru1z4 wrote
That's true.. but good luck getting your landlord to listen to you. Especially when half of your building is over 65 and constantly cold, even on a hot day.
Bertie_Woo t1_irnmbb2 wrote
I think you need a really fancy, noisy air-source heat pump to compete with gas prices. In my opinion they're not ready yet.
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