Nutty, can you get your landlord to install a programmable one, or permission to install one yourself?

I don't control my heat, which is annoying. I get plenty, it's keeping cool that becomes a problem. Which is why I currently have the heat, the wide-open window, and the A/C fighting it out, with the cacophony of hisses, clangs and whistles that brings. Plus I'm probably killing the AC unit, but I've already decided to get a better one next year, so I don't really care.

I do what Nutty does, except not to 60 at night. My nose would freeze and fall off or I'd be suffocated by the cats.

My landlord nearly blew up the house last night trying to light the furnace pilot. (He didn't believe me that you turn the knob to the left, so that the indicator points to "off" rather than to "on".) We showed him the mercury doohickeys, and he was as stumped as any of us, so much so that he checked with the upstairs people to ascertain that they had the same thermostat as us.

I foresee a new thermostat eventually, but only if I make a lot of pointed hazardous waste jokes every time I write the rent check.

My landlord is kind of malleable, but also kind of cheap and helpless. He is, in fact, far happier for me to buy things and take them out of the rent, which allows me to spend like crazy on the front garden.

I have a thermostat in my apartment that supposedly regulates my heat. I have found that what it really does is hang there and mock me.

My landlord turns the heat on around 10/15. I haven't felt it in my apt. yet, but it also seems that every year, my pipes are blocked and I have to call the landlord to fix them. Of course, he TELLS me my pipes are blocked. I suspect he just doesn't turn the heat on and waits for complaints.

My dad used to turn the heat down to 55 at night, and the highest it would ever go was 68 during the day. I have no idea what our temp is set at now, but I'm betting it's a lot higher.

Heh. Although I'm assuming you meant it the other way around?

headdesk

I blame the liberal media.

We need to light the pilots again. Problem is, with a toddler and a baby, our heaters are a bit of a hazard and we rarely use them. But it's been about 65 here in the mornings, so it's starting to get colder.

I try not to turn the heat on before Nov 1st, and even then I play the "How long can I hold out?" game.

When it does come on, it gets turned to 15C (60F?), or 20C (68F) if I have guests. When I'm asleep, or out of the house, it's set at 10C. My winter wardrobe has lots of fleece and there are lots of blankies everywhere.

My landlord is kind of malleable, but also kind of cheap and helpless. He is, in fact, far happier for me to buy things and take them out of the rent, which allows me to spend like crazy on the front garden.

Thermostats are pretty cheap. You may want to go the install and take out of rent route. Or just send him ads for them with your check.