Saturday, January 17, 2009

For the love of hot water

Our building has been plagued with hot water issues for the last year (thankfully we've only been living here for 3 months). Basically, the issue is that there hasn't been any. Whenever you try to take a shower you get about 30 seconds of hot water, then within a couple of minutes it's rapidly cooled to artic temperatures. On a good day you might get about 5 minutes of tepid water before freezing your socks off. Oh, and because the water couldn't stay off, the heating system (which is heated by the water) wasn't working properly either.

Well, this last week they finally decided to replace the tanks. After 5 days of intermittent water service (hot and cold) they finally pronounced the problem fixed. As I enjoy a searing hot bath AND shower (just for good measure) I said a little prayer of thanks to the god of universal plumbing and first world luxury.

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