the heat is on
Oct. 7th, 2004 03:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamajoanSorry for the lame-o, super obvious subject line, lol.
Well, I've been reading some of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
skreeky's adventures in trying to get the heat functioning in her new home, and last night when it got QUITE chilly in my new home, I started thinking, gee, maybe I should make sure the heat is functional before it becomes an actual safety hazard. So this morning I looked at the thermostat and thought, "well, let's give it a try," and turned it up to 65. (It was way down around 50 for the summer.)
And the heat came on! Whee! The radiators all started radiating, and I had to scurry around clearing them all off, because I've kinda been using them as shelves. ;) Then it got all hot in the apt and I had to turn the heat back down again. :) Well, that sure was easy. I was afraid I was going to have to go into the basement and tinker with stuff.
In related news, today a guy came to look at our asbestos and tell us how much it would cost to remove it. We want to replace our oil-burning furnaces (which according to our home inspector are probably about 15% efficient, yikes!) with natural gas, and state regs will require us to do something about the asbestos. The guy said it would cost $2300 to remove it all, including filing the necessary paperwork with the state. It kind of sounds like a lot, but I was expecting him to say a much larger number, so I'm somewhat relieved. *g* Now we just have to find a plumber, and figure out whether we can actually make this happen.
Well, I've been reading some of
skreeky's adventures in trying to get the heat functioning in her new home, and last night when it got QUITE chilly in my new home, I started thinking, gee, maybe I should make sure the heat is functional before it becomes an actual safety hazard. So this morning I looked at the thermostat and thought, "well, let's give it a try," and turned it up to 65. (It was way down around 50 for the summer.)And the heat came on! Whee! The radiators all started radiating, and I had to scurry around clearing them all off, because I've kinda been using them as shelves. ;) Then it got all hot in the apt and I had to turn the heat back down again. :) Well, that sure was easy. I was afraid I was going to have to go into the basement and tinker with stuff.
In related news, today a guy came to look at our asbestos and tell us how much it would cost to remove it. We want to replace our oil-burning furnaces (which according to our home inspector are probably about 15% efficient, yikes!) with natural gas, and state regs will require us to do something about the asbestos. The guy said it would cost $2300 to remove it all, including filing the necessary paperwork with the state. It kind of sounds like a lot, but I was expecting him to say a much larger number, so I'm somewhat relieved. *g* Now we just have to find a plumber, and figure out whether we can actually make this happen.
