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March 5, 2008
Toilet leak?
Recently out toilet has been losing water in the tank. I can hear it trickling in the middle pipe (plumbers- forgive me I don't know the names). This is the pipe that rises up when you flush. It's not leaking where the pipe connects to the base of the tank but, somehow traveling through the plastic pipe?
Anyway, that may be irritating but it's not making any mess. The problem is as the water lever recedes the tank adjusts by refilling itself. When this happens (about every four minutes) the water in the shower shoots up to scalding. Now, everytime I take a shower I'm straining to hear the toilet's rushing water sound so I can get the hell out of the way. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
February 14, 2008
Cold apartment
Since December I’ve been calling my landlord and telling her the apartment is too cold. It ranges from 65 to 68 degrees during the day and 63 degrees at night. We live on the top floor of a brownstone. It’s a two-bedroom apartment with only two radiators; one in the kitchen and one in the larger bedroom. The second bedroom has no heating source. The heat does work but it is very weak. Only the top of the radiator gets warm, the bottom half never heats up. Before any of you landlord’s chime in with your “68 is warm enough” imagine waking up freezing at 3am and unable to get warm. It’s not a lot of fun.
As of yet my landlord’s one and only response is “I’ll take a look at it” but nothing ever changes. The boiler looks ancient but other apartments in the building are heated fine (in fact the apartment on the ground floor has turned one of their radiator’s off and opened their windows). So, my question is; is it the radiators? Can they be replaced? I think they are full of decades worth of gunk but I’ve read they can’t be bled. It’s one of those boilers where you have to turn a water valve to keep it full and working. I know it leaks because every couple of weeks it gets empty and the heat goes off in the entire building. I know the landlord is concerned about having any contractors or inspectors in because the building hasn’t been inspected since 1986 (I know this because that was the last time an inspector signed the building certificate posted in the hallway). She’s also done lots of hidden construction (turning one apartment into two, closing off doorways) which would cause some problems too. She’s not a bad person but I don’t think she knows what she’s doing when it comes to the heat (if, in fact, she’s doing anything besides giving me lip service and taking my $2700 every month).
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You should put this on the Park Slope Forums...you'll get a lot more answers.
http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=3
Posted by: pastoralia at March 5, 2008 9:31 AM in response to Info on new south slope/greenwood restaurant
I won't go to the flea. The whole idea of it for me was to take a nice long walk with my six pound dog and browse around. But then I got there and they don't allow dogs. Useless.
My wife had to stand outside while I rushed through not buying anything. The flea market on 7th ave in Park Slope is on school grounds and they allow dogs. You're missing out on a lot of sales because of this outdated policy.
Posted by: pastoralia at July 14, 2008 4:12 PM in response to Closing Bell: Fair Weather Flea?
Talked to the new owner, Patrick last week. The BarBQ guy retired so he took over. It will feel the same except with better, local foods (catfish fingers, hushpuppies, and pulled pork sandwiches). He's also expanded the tap beer selection by about ten new lines. I loved Bar BQ but the only reason the food seemed so delicious was because I'd spent two hours drinking beer and whisky before I sat down to eat.
Posted by: pastoralia at August 21, 2008 3:13 PM in response to Grand Opening of Bar on 6th Avenue Today
I live around the corner, BOA is my bank, but I'm still not too thrilled. I'd rather have something different and cool than a bank...I can walk three blocks to 9th street if I need money from their ATM...why does such a huge space have to be turned into something so boring?
Posted by: pastoralia at February 14, 2008 9:48 AM in response to StreetLevel: Bank Signs on for Old Supermarket Space