Today, since moving to a state with relatively milder winters last year, my heating bill has more than doubled. I am now paying more to keep my new apartment at 62 when it is 20 outside, than what I was paying to keep my ancient apartment at 70 when it was minus 14 outside. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I can't get my heat to turn off. It is currently 87 degrees Fahrenheit in my house, and my heat is running non-stop. It's about 20 degrees outside with over a foot of snow on the ground, so a repairman can't come out to fix it. My electricity bill will be about $1000. FML
Today, the lack of heating in my room has gotten to the point where I have to cuddle my clothes for the next day at night so they're not freezing when I wake up. FML
Today, I received yet another increase in my rent. When I moved into my crappy one bedroom apartment in Ohio on Feb 1st 2020 my rent was $525 a month. Now 4 years later its $1050. A 100% increase in 4 years. FML
Today, my mom wants to save money on both heating and electricity. Put into practice, this means that the temperature in my room is about the same as that in our fridge. FML
Today, on the brink of a stiflingly hot summer, I've come to a terrible realisation. It seems the apartment I've just moved into has been specially insulated to trap enough heat inside for the occupants to survive the planet's next Ice Age. FML
Today, my parents have kept their bet going about not turning the heat on all season. I woke up this morning to it being the same temperature inside as it was outside. It's snowing out there. FML
Today, I woke up to a quite frigid room, which wasn't out of the ordinary since my building's heat is broken. But I realized that the extra cold I was feeling was due to the snow piled up on my bed. It had snowed 20 inches last night. My mom had apparently opened my window. FML
Today, the whole upstairs was so cold that I had to wear mittens inside. When I asked my parents why it was so cold, they replied that to save money, they had decided not to heat the upstairs, since "nobody is ever up there, anyway." My bedroom is upstairs. FML
Today, my mom made me go shopping with her. It was freezing out, but she didn't wear a coat, boasting that she doesn't feel the chill like I do. By the time we drove home she was whining about freezing to death, and now I'm stuck in a house whose heating is set to "inferno". FML
Today, my country isn’t exactly cold, but with our house being what it is, the only difference in summer is that you can actually turn off the heating, and if you’re lucky, you still won’t need to wear long underwear inside. Much. FML
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Top comments
GhostFox 34
Sounds like you have either bad insulation in the walls or that your windows and doors aren't sealed properly. See if you can get an inspection done, and if that is the problem, talk to the landlord.
PolarBear2020 10
Hey OP here, I created the account so I could join in. I am trying to keep my apartment warm, since it is winter now.
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littlebitsassy6 8
Open your windows if you want to keep your house cooler without the air on.
PolarBear2020 10
Hey OP here, I created the account so I could join in. I am trying to keep my apartment warm, since it is winter now.
mareike 16
Can someone translate this into Celsius please?
abeth131 7
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niallo 23
-14F = -25.5C, 20 F = -6.7C, 62F = 16.7C, 70F = 21.1C Hope that helps.
eyepuppy 31
Google it.
PennyLane27 32
Ungodly below 0 versus a bit below 0.
madethisaccount 12
16.6 -6.6 21.1 -25.5 in order of appearance
mariri9206 32
Just google the conversion.
GhostFox 34
Sounds like you have either bad insulation in the walls or that your windows and doors aren't sealed properly. See if you can get an inspection done, and if that is the problem, talk to the landlord.
jcash52426 5
What kind of heating system do you have now and what did you have in your old place. FYI natural gas is the cheapest, then oil heat and electric heat is the most expensive heat
assurant 12
If things get too bad you can always go primitive and make a fire
Bluepies 24
20 is milder?!? Where on earth did you move from???
PennyLane27 32
Haha 20 is barely coat weather! (unless it's windy)!
beardedbard1 6
Speak to your landlord about your issue. Heat pumps become inefficient below 40 degrees, and don't produce much heat. When this happens, electric heating coils take up the slack and drive up your electric bill. Gas heat (and even steam/hot water with an efficient boiler) is much more economical.
vandj8 9
Moved to the Northwest? If that is the case, 20s is not the norm, at least not for the entire winter. Typically it's around the 40s during the day and maybe low 30s overnight. Which is why heatpumps work here, the milder weather. It's most likely leaking windows or poor insulation.
empbob 20
Heat pumps suck before 40f, you'd almost be better off turning on the oven lol
da_epic_failman 7
Get Ambit energy, their rates are great, and they have a free energy program. They might not be in your state, but it'd be worth it to check, right?