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is it worth calling maintenance

[(Anonymous)]

So I moved into a new apartment a couple months ago, a really cheap small one, but mostly its okay. The only real, significant problem I have is the bath. It has a mixit faucet (so it spins 360), and it just won't get hot. Lukewarm, but not hot. And the thing is, I hate lukewarm baths. Baths are like, my number one source of comfort, and I like them hot. I had kidney stones for several months as a teenager and for some reason hot baths were the only thing that completely eased the pain, so even now they are like, the number one thing that makes me feel better emotionally.

And it took me a couple of months to narrow it down to definitely be the mixit valve. (water gets hot in all my sinks, I definitely know how to use it by now, etc etc) and after looking it up, it seems like this is a common problem with this type of valve, that can be fixed by a plumber. In the meantime, I have been boiling water to help heat my baths to a temperature I like (which works great, incidentally)

The thing is though, I'm not sure if I should call maintenance now or wait for it to get worse. Cause, the water isn't cold. It just isn't hot. And I am not sure me being a delicate flower who hates lukewarm baths will be taken seriously by maintenance. And its not like calling later would make it harder to fix: from what I understand its just a part that needs to be replaced no matter how far along it is - but I am worried maintenance would say I don't even have a problem now.

So, tl:dr should I call maintenance to fix my lukewarm baths, or just keep boiling water for my picky ass until I think other people would actually call it a problem?

Re: is it worth calling maintenance

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say call them. Because now it's only lukewarm and it's summer so it's fine, but you don't know when it will completely break down. It might be in the dead of winter and then you'll only have cold water or something. And in winter lots of people have problems with their pipes and hot water and whatever, so you might have to wait. Plus, you don't know how busy you'll be by then, in case they expect you to be around when this gets fixed.

I honestly wouldn't worry about people thinking you're complaining over nothing. I'm sure they've got to deal with people waaaaay fussier than you. Water (and its temperature) is a big deal to pretty much everyone.

Re: is it worth calling maintenance

[tabaqui]

Call and tell them come fix it. You don't have to go into details, and they don't get to judge you for not liking a lukewarm bath (which, frankly, sucks, because a bath is supposed to be *hot*).

Don't overthink it - they're there to fix stuff, you don't need a 'compelling' reason, just a broken thing.

Re: is it worth calling maintenance

[(Anonymous)]

Call maintenance, OP. Don't be like me.

I thought I was the only one not getting much hot water in my shower. I attributed it to it being cold outside and the pipes are freezing. Then that everyone else in the building must have used up the hot water (it happened when I lived with my family of four, so with twenty tenants in the building, it made sense to me). So I ended up polar bearing for the better part of a year.

Then we got a new property manager, and come to find out, the previous maintenance people set the water heater's temperature too low and everyone in the building wasn't getting hot water in their showers. And by that I mean, getting maybe five minutes of lukewarm water, then virtually all cold. The current maintenance guys are awesome, though, and the day after, I had my first hot shower. Now it's harder to get cool water than warm, which is fine by me.

Re: is it worth calling maintenance

[(Anonymous)]

Uh... how is not having hot water for your bath and having to boil your own bathwater like you're Laura freaking Ingalls freaking Wilder NOT a worthwhile problem for maintenance??

Re: is it worth calling maintenance

[caerbannog]

You don't need to describe why it matters, just say it won't run hot. It's broke, fix it.