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Posted by Lauri on December 18, 1996 at 10:53:22:

I live on the first floor of a building in the Bronx. The steam for our side of the building runs under our kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. In 1990, the kitchen pipe burst. The kitchen was unavailable for about a week. In 1992, the bathroom pipe (continued from the kitchen) burst. That took two days. Now, it's 1996. The bedroom floor has raised 3 inches across the entire room (the floorboards popped) and the rest of our side of the building will have no heat because the heat is just seeping out of the pipe into my bedroom. Needless to say, it's mighty hot in there (with the door closed for about two hours, it was at least 90 F). The Super said someone would come look at it, but he didn't know when it would be fixed. This means missing work (and losing money!!) and having my life (and not to mention the holiday) disrupted. We are currently at war with the landlord for a rent overcharge going back 7 years (DHRC hasn't ruled yet, but we're close), so this is just one more thing to add to the list. We've notified the landlord via certified mail, but the 10 days that is the standard waiting period would cause no heat for our side of the building for that long in the beginnings of a cold winter. Since there's the regulation that there must be heat, would this for the landlord to make repairs immediately??

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: I live on the first floor of a building in the Bronx.  The steam for our side of the building runs under our kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.  In 1990, the kitchen pipe burst. The kitchen was unavailable for about a week.   In 1992, the bathroom pipe (continued from the kitchen) burst. That took two days.   Now, it's 1996.  The bedroom floor has raised 3 inches across the entire room (the floorboards popped) and the rest of our side of the building will have no heat because the heat is just seeping out of the pipe into my bedroom.  Needless to say, it's mighty hot in there (with the door closed for about two hours, it was at least 90 F).  The Super said someone would come look at it, but he didn't know when it would be fixed.  This means missing work (and losing money!!) and having my life (and not to mention the holiday) disrupted.  We are currently at war with the landlord for a rent overcharge going back 7 years (DHRC hasn't ruled yet, but we're close), so this is just one more thing to add to the list.  We've notified the landlord via certified mail, but the 10 days that is the standard waiting period would cause no heat for our side of the building for that long in the beginnings of a cold winter.  Since there's the regulation that there must be heat, would this for the landlord to make repairs immediately??  


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