I’m staying in an apartment temporarily and I have absolutely no idea how it is heated. It’s a two-bedroom apartment. There is no thermostat. There are no vents. There is one radiator in the apartment’s living room, at the front and down the hall from the bedrooms, and one radiator in the bathroom.

I have felt every wall in my bedroom. All of them are cool. The floor is also a normal temperature.

And yet, despite it being at or below freezing most nights in the past month, I can be in my bedroom without a shirt on and be comfortable. It might be nice to be a little warmer, but I don’t feel cold or anything.

I am mystified. How is it being heated?

  • Krudler@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think the issue has s largely been explored and solved but I’d like to add something to the mix.

    Complexes have hot water pipes running from the water heaters on the lowest floor up to all the suites. Usually they are stationed somewhere around the center of the main building, sandwiched between a commons hallway wall and an apartment wall.

    The amount of heat that these can radiate is insane, especially if there’s a hot water circulation system in the building.