For a long time we have been having some issues with our water heater. Its slow, unreliable, and a relic from before I was born, from what I can tell by the condition of it. It recently has been releasing hot water with the regularity of my-jerk-of-a-dog-whenever-he-gets-excited and its overall performance has been rapidly decreasing.
This wouldn’t be an issue because most water heaters have a small reservoir with a drain pipe. Well said drain pipe hasn’t actually been draining. Its efficiency also wouldn’t be an issue if our landlord paid the water on our apt, but when faced when 200+ dollar water bills it gets a little old.
Our complex is finally under new management as of two weeks; we are in the honeymoon stage so they are looking to make good, which is important since some of the tenants have stuck by for more than four years, despite the aging cabinetry and questionable construction.
Example: my fridge is probably the original unit and is Harvest Gold. The back patio door is upside down, presumably because they ordered the model with the wrong pane of fixed glass. How can I tell? The toggle switch to open the door is facing the wrong direction.
In an olive branch move we will be getting a new water heater on Friday! Yay! Downside: it appears that this means that I will be without hot water Thursday night to Friday morning.
No morning shower? I wash my face a bajillion times a day and don’t like to be in warm weather because it makes me feel dirty. How the hell am I going to last w/o a morning shower? Solution: Thursday night shower and shave, sleep with minimum blankets to make sure I don’t sweat (ew?). Morning: wash face with water heated by stove (classy!!) and then hobo shower with handy wipes.
