h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Very true. In a Texas summer it's almost impossible to get *cold* water out of the tap - the sun heats up the ground to such an extent that it also heats up the water in the pipes under the ground. It's certainly less than lukewarm, by no means is it cold. However, the water I got out of the shower on Monday morning was icy

Good point, 2legged one. In the winter the water here comes straight off the mountains' snow. Nice to drink but a bit chilly for a shower. Now the summer, then's when it is nice and refreshing (for both).

Simulpost, but I'll be willing to wager a pint it's not as cold as here!

My cold water taps are at the north side of the house, close to the west of the house which has a large coal shed sticking out creating shade. So downstairs there is always really cold water. Lovely! Upstairs doesn't get the shade, so it's not so cold, but I always turn the hot water down in the summer anyway, so it doesn't matter too much.

I was trying to gage what temp our water is runnign at at the moment... My closest guess is that it is as cold as extra cold guinness however cold that is cold enough to sting your hands It gets warm in the summer as this area is all effectively below sea level the pipes arn't any depth in the ground at all hardly so heat up easily in th esummer, and simularly I guess are effected by deep ground frosts in winter

*as cold as extra cold guinness*

First there was Farenheit.

Then there was Celsius.

Then Kelvin.

Now comes..... degrees of 2legs!!

It happened again this morning - no hot water Which actually wasn't so bad because it took my mind off the blunderbuss of a hangover I had, at least for a short while.

Well, guess what. Yep.

There have been intermittent problems with the water - sometimes the hot, sometimes all of it - here since this conversation started, and before that. A few years ago they put in a new boiler (supposedly). Every few months though, we get another notice that the water's going to be switched off for a day "for necessary repairs". I found one of those pinned to my door on Friday saying the water would be off from 9am to 5pm on Monday (yesterday).

No worries, I thought (naively), I'll be at work all day and won't get home until after 5.00 so it shouldn't affect me.

Silly Gosho.

I got in at about 5.30, ready for a shower after a hard day's slog. Barely a dribble coming out of the shower head. Okay, well they did say it might overrun... it can't be too long though before it comes back on. And in fact it came back on almost straight away. But the water was still cold. I suppose it would be if the boiler's been drained all day. Oh well, there'll be plenty of hot water in the morning for me to take a shower and hand wash some clothes*

Silly Gosho.

*Oh, did I mention that this complex recently changed hands (for, I think, the third time in the 15 years I've lived here) and that one of the first things the new owners did was to close the laundry room so they could build an improved office/community centre/fitness room? Yeah, they took away the laundry room. Their rationale is that they're going to put washer/driers into all the apartments... but only as people move out. In other words, if you move in tomorrow you get your own private laundry room, but if you're a loyal, long-time resident you're SOL - you've got to go to the land that time forgot aka the launderette. And I don't drive, and I work in a brewery, and I make a lot of dirty clothes. So now I have to do a lot of hand washing

How about spending some of that money on giving us a decent water supply

04FS!

Sounds like time to trade in this castle Gosho for the next one.
or could you move out Friday at 23:59:59 and move back in at Sat 00:00:00

Sadly, it doesn't work that way. My lease is for 12 months, and they announced the closure of the laundry room a few weeks after I signed it so I'm stuck with it. It costs a significant amount of money to break a lease. What's more, my rent here, as a re-signing resident, is significantly lower than it would be if I moved in today, or if I looked for another apt in Austin, which has a housing shortage and property value/rental rates similar to those of London. If you're in a place and you have a good deal, you stay put.

It seems like they broke the lease by removing the laundry room that you expected to use when you signed the lease. But I'm sure they won't see it that way.

Yeah, I tried that one already.

I turned on the shower this morning, bracing myself and girding my loins in preparation for another cold one and... hot water! *Faints* ::THUD:: ©®

And the water is barely lukewarm again

Please note ironic use of smiley, cos that water is nowhere near hot enough to make steam, nor any kind of mist or vapour.

Building character on Christmas morning because, after the water was off all day on Wednesday , there's no hot water

Off to the bathroom now to see if we have any hot water today. Not only did we have no hot water yesterday morning, we had no water at all for about four hours on Christmas afternoon

Stone ing cold Which probably means they'll shut the water off for several hours again today while they try to fix it. Time to fill up some pots and pans and bowls

Oh terrific

"As many of you are aware, our boiler malfunctioned early this morning. Our team and contracted technicians have worked diligently to restore both the hot and cold water today. At this time, we have been able to restore the property cold water. Unfortunately, we are unable to fix the boiler issue as specific parts are needed that are not located onsite or within the Austin area. We have placed an order for the needed repair to the boiler, however those parts may not arrive until Tuesday morning due to holiday closures and weekend hours.

We understand that this has been an extreme inconvenience to everyone here, and genuinely thank everyone for their patience and understanding."

No mention of any kind of refund on the rent, I notice