I am expecting that I am going to lose my heat and my hot water very soon. Though I am not worried about the heat at the moment because summer is coming, the hot water could be a problem. I used to think that I had a good landlord, but she has proven herself to be pretty laid back, way too laid back for my liking. We have had a broken dishwasher for over a year now that has not been fixed or replaced, and she has ignored the warnings from our gas company about our hot water heater and our heat supply.
The gas company had to go into our basement last year after a pretty nasty bout of rain to relight our hot water heater. Though my husband could have done it himself, they told us that they prefer to do it for safety reasons. Since they do not charge to do it, I said that this was fine. When they were done lighting the hot water heater, they knocked on the door instead of leaving. I thought there might have been a problem, but I was only partially right.
They told me that the hot water heater lit okay, but it was not going to last very long. They also said that the tank that holds our hot water for heating our apartment was about to rust out. When that happened, that water would go everywhere and we would be without heat. Because my landlord lives in the next state, I sent her a message asking her to have someone else look at it right away. I would have hated for it to bust open in the middle of the night during a snow storm. We would have been freezing cold with no where to go.
Not only has she not fixed the tank or the hot water heater, she does not believe there is a problem. She told me that she does not trust the gas company and that they have lied to her before. I really don’t care what they did or what they have not done, I wouldn’t imagine they would warn about the hot water heater or the tank if they didn’t have to. They do sell these things, but I didn’t get the impression that they were trying to make a sale. They just didn’t want us to have to suffer. All I know is that if the heat blows out at the wrong time, she’s paying the hotel bills. I have a daughter and I won’t let her suffer for anyone.
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