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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
For years I've been having problems with my gas heaters. That if you turn them on higher than the pilot light they automatically switch off after a short time (unless it's really cold). In the past I've asked my father if there could be a problem with my chimney/flue. But that wasn't possible because it's a really big chimney/flue. I had my doubts.
A couple of months ago we got a new second hand gas heater for me and last week we finally put it in it's place. Since the gas heater in the living room need to be cleaned and checked my father called the gas guy who had a spot open on Saturday. He also checked and connected my heater. When he tested it by putting it on high it shut down. His conclusion: there's a problem with the chimney/flue.
He gave my father the telephone number of a chimney sweep. My father tried calling once and got the voice mail. My father doesn't like leaving messages and hasn't tried calling again.
When I told my mother I'm not expecting to have a working heater this winter she told me I shouldn't be so negative. I think I'm being realistic; after the fire it took my father a year and a half to replace the damaged gas leads to my room in the basement. And even if, by some miracle, my father calls, the chimney sweep pick up and is able to come quickly I expect it to be a bigger problem than a clogged flue. For at least 100 years only the most needed maintenance has been done on this building, that section of the building is old (1600s) so chances there is a bigger problem are high. I don't want to disappoint myself by expecting it will be fixed within a couple of weeks.
I've got my Dyson fan/heater to keep my somewhat warm when I'm in my room and today my Oodie should arrive. But I'm hoping it will be a very mild winter.
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Rumple, I don't mean to be brusque or exasperated, but for the love of god, call the damned Sweep yourself! Why on earth should you be hunkering down for some long, cold winter--what, because your dad won't leave voice messages?
I'm sure that there are some sort of compensatory reasons for still living with your parents--but I find it remarkable that you would think that living with an unnecessarily cold room all winter is a requirement.
Or hell...move out and
get your own place. (assuming you're of age, of course.) Share an apartment with someone. Or a house.
Anything. As someone who left home shortly after turning 17 (early grad) and never looked back, obviously I have a very different mindset about living in proximity to parents than you do, but...Jesus, you don't need to suffer abuse through negligence. It's 2021.
Hitch