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I've got no heating in my room!

Crisps

13

I reported it yesterday and my radiator is still freezing cold, yet the pipe underneath is red hot! :frown:

brrrrrr...

Reply 1

Acaila

17

I reported my exploded lightbulb over a month ago, still nothing!

Reply 2

Crisps

OP

13

Acaila

I reported my exploded lightbulb over a month ago, still nothing!

How do you see in the dark?

I am FREEZING!!! It's so cold in here my hands are cold even when typing

Reply 3

kriztinae

14

lots of clothes and layers on and alcohol and go to sleep :biggrin:

should work :p:

Reply 4

Sijia

10

If I can barely stand winter in California, I seriously think I'll have some problems in the UK... Good luck with getting that thing fixed!

Reply 5

Bdarnell

7

Sijia

If I can barely stand winter in California, I seriously think I'll have some problems in the UK... Good luck with getting that thing fixed!

You can't stand winter in SoCal?! :eek:

Reply 6

Studentsintheuk

1

CrispyJ

I reported it yesterday and my radiator is still freezing cold, yet the pipe underneath is red hot! :frown:

brrrrrr...

Bleed your radiator! You know the end bits with the knob you get a special key or a spanner turn it get a bucket and the water drips out. Sometimes air gets trapped so you have to do that then the hot water rushes in! :smile:

hope this helped you probs already know :frown:

Reply 7

LittleMiss

7

Im freezing too, ive not heating in my house as other housemates refuse to have it on, I just sit around in coats all day and type as fast as I can to warm my freezing cold fingers :wink:

Im off out now I bet its worse out there Brrrr.

Reply 8

Manatee

14

CrispyJ

I am FREEZING!!! It's so cold in here my hands are cold even when typing

Go and see whoever is responsible for your accommodation and demand a portable heater to tide you over until your heating is repaired. I had a similar problem - the radiator in my room didn't work and I had to put up with temperatures of 10 degrees...not fun. Things were finally sorted out when I wrote a letter to the college. Pester them until they take some action - you can't be without heating in this freezing weather.

Good luck. :smile:

Reply 9

kalen

8

Lol, in my second year the heating system broke down during the coldest part of the winter and we were wandering around wrapped up in our duvets, with scarves and gloves on. Since then, everytime I hear the song by Muse that goes "I'm freeeeziiing" I can't help but thinking about that, lol!

Reply 10

Crisps

OP

13

My heating is being repaired as i speak

Reply 11

Crisps

OP

13

It's fixed mow, my radiator is nice and hot :biggrin:

Reply 12

spider from mars

13

I am so incredibly cold. We don't have radiators in our room - the heating is the same for the whole corridor, and it's having a few problems at the moment.

Reply 13

Freckles

12

Studentsintheuk

Bleed your radiator! You know the end bits with the knob you get a special key or a spanner turn it get a bucket and the water drips out. Sometimes air gets trapped so you have to do that then the hot water rushes in! :smile:

hope this helped you probs already know :frown:

Ah, I so have to do that in my room, too, but I tried and I can't get the stupid key to move :frown:

It's really cold :eek:

Reply 14

AT82

PQ

buy a cheap fan heater - they use up masses of electricity but tbh if your in halls and they don't charge you for your electricity and can't heat the place properly then that's the hall managers problem not yours.

We used to have trouble with the electricity supplies in our building because so many people would use portable heaters and overload the supply...so they finally got round to fixing the radiators...

Won't that trip the breaker/fuse in halls though? I thought they most halls only allow to consume a maximum of around 2kw so if the kettle was on at the same time it would trip.

The radiator may need bleeding or there could be a thermostat on them like the ones in my house, you just need to turn the heat up on it.

Reply 15

Acaila

17

CrispyJ

How do you see in the dark?

I am FREEZING!!! It's so cold in here my hands are cold even when typing

Curtains open, lamp and I went and bought a torch. Just gone and reported it yet again :rolleyes:

Keep chasing them up about it :smile:

Reply 16

Studentsintheuk

1

Anne*UK*06

Ah, I so have to do that in my room, too, but I tried and I can't get the stupid key to move :frown:

It's really cold :eek:

Yeah probably loads of paint or rusty :hmmmm:

get a spanner on it :biggrin:

Reply 17

tdg1986

6

I never had the radiator on at all in halls last year. I was nice and warm without it!! My roommate on the other hand thought that the radiator was broken and moaned about it. Never did tell him it simply wasn't switched on......