Comments | mordel: I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mister Ten Below

mordel

I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mister Ten Below

Jan 20, 2009 08:08

So, some of you've noticed on Bookface, our heater died on Friday night, and on Sunday the HVAC repair guy decided he couldn't fix it. Also, some might be aware, there have been record low temps all weekend. We live in a house rented from the University, so it's up to them to figure out how to solve this problem. The house is poorly insulated ( ( Read more... )

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iamthemetatron January 21 2009, 15:44:07 UTC

Have you tried boiling large pots of water, at the very least it would increase the humidity by a couple percent making it feel warmer :)

mordel January 22 2009, 04:40:58 UTC

We did boil one pot of water, with cinnamon and cloves... but boiling water was NOT a friend of ours. I know it's hard to imagine from sub-zero Michigan, but it's cold AND wet. We had to open up the bedroom and bathroom despite the cold and extra heating area because there was condensation building up on the windows.

BUT WE HAVE CENTRAL HEAT NOW, so no more rigging up heaters or trying to decide which lights we could have on and not blow a breaker.