Gas Heated Home? Make Sure...

If your home is heated by gas and it does not seem to be getting the job done very well as the winter months roll in, you may want to ensure that your hot water line into the heater is open (not to mention the line back into the hot water line, down-stream from the heater).

After being present at a neighbors while a leasing office rep came in to ensure the above was established correctly, I realized the reason that my apartment as been ice-fucking-cold over the past few weeks.

Oh, don't get me wrong, the "heater" was "running"; but that just means the fan was on. Lots of air has been recirculating in my unit for a while now, but absolutely nothing has been getting done to change it's temperature.

I opened the inlet immediately after witnessing the incident, but just now realized I'd left the outlet closed still and corrected THAT deficiency...

Maybe you like it cold, but I may as well be a lizard when it comes to maintaining body heat.

Good luck, and stay warm in there!

You kept reading, so here is the REAL kick-in-the-pants:

All of this occurred about an hour after I finally broke down and ordered a small space heater to mitigate the damage to my body.

I did make sure to order one small enough to fit in my backpack, for travel, but I did not find one that was USB powered, unfortunately.

Since I'm still going to be getting it now (already ordered), it will come in handy keeping the bedroom as cozy as the office, just sans all the heat generating electronics in favor of a single ceramic one.

Get your own!