Ok. Recap. So, for the past two weeks, it's been cold. Really cold. As in, 30 degrees at night cold. Now, for the first day or so, there weren't any problems. My house's insulation retained enough heat from the day to survive the night. After those first couple days, however, it was frigid. In my house;numerically, the thermometer said it was about 50 degrees at times. It was frigid in the sense that the winter jacket stayed on when you came in the front door. Frigid in the sense of, when you went to bed, you didn't take it off. Frigid, meaning that you slept in your sleeping bag, under the blankets on your bed. My normal five minutes wake-up shower in the morning turned into something a lot longer than that.
So, I call SCE&G and see what it takes for them to light the pilot light on my furnace. After they determined that I was the new tenant, and that the furnace had been on under the old tenant, I was informed that the city inspector had to come check it out prior to the pilot light being lit. Sounded reasonable, so I called the city inspector. They said that since I wasn't the property owner, I would have to have my landlord call the city inspector's office and give them permission to inspect the furnace. Again, sounded reasonable. So I called my landlord. He said that what I was told wasn't right; that the regulation only appiled once the property's title had changed hands, not the tenants. Then I called SCE&G back. After 45 minutes of wrestling with the operator over the phone, I got a scheduled for Friday, with a 30-minute call ahead. So, Ben and I take turns house sitting and waiting for the technician to show up. I left for work about 3p, and around 5:30p, SCE&G calls me. Due to "inclement weather" (apparently, the drizzle that occured on Friday was too intense for them), my appointment was re-scheduled for Monday. And, to make sure we weren't sitting around the house for the entire day a second time, our appointment was scheduled for 8a to 11a on Monday.
Monday rolls around, and no technician. I show up at home after class that evening, and I find a note on the door telling me that the tech had come by around 5:45p, almost seven hours behind schedule. Trying not to sound annoyed, I called again, and set another appointment for Wednesday, this time from 8a to 12p.
To our surprise, the tech showed up at 8:45a, and got the furnace lit and functioning (really, I was starting to think that they didn't work that early).
And being able to wear shorts and a t-shirt around the house is again a nice expierience.
So, I call SCE&G and see what it takes for them to light the pilot light on my furnace. After they determined that I was the new tenant, and that the furnace had been on under the old tenant, I was informed that the city inspector had to come check it out prior to the pilot light being lit. Sounded reasonable, so I called the city inspector. They said that since I wasn't the property owner, I would have to have my landlord call the city inspector's office and give them permission to inspect the furnace. Again, sounded reasonable. So I called my landlord. He said that what I was told wasn't right; that the regulation only appiled once the property's title had changed hands, not the tenants. Then I called SCE&G back. After 45 minutes of wrestling with the operator over the phone, I got a scheduled for Friday, with a 30-minute call ahead. So, Ben and I take turns house sitting and waiting for the technician to show up. I left for work about 3p, and around 5:30p, SCE&G calls me. Due to "inclement weather" (apparently, the drizzle that occured on Friday was too intense for them), my appointment was re-scheduled for Monday. And, to make sure we weren't sitting around the house for the entire day a second time, our appointment was scheduled for 8a to 11a on Monday.Monday rolls around, and no technician. I show up at home after class that evening, and I find a note on the door telling me that the tech had come by around 5:45p, almost seven hours behind schedule. Trying not to sound annoyed, I called again, and set another appointment for Wednesday, this time from 8a to 12p.
To our surprise, the tech showed up at 8:45a, and got the furnace lit and functioning (really, I was starting to think that they didn't work that early).
And being able to wear shorts and a t-shirt around the house is again a nice expierience.
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