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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
Reminds me of what a friend is going through over at the place she shares/rents. The landlord lives with them and keeps the place freezing, the 2 girls are miserable and always trying to turn the heat up, he just walks by and turns it down again and again
A while ago they take the cover off the thermostat and find a small screw in place preventing the lever from going above 15. They had a big talk with him and he then allowed them to turn on the fireplace once in a while. 1 week later the fireplace is "out of order", he must have just turned the gas off.
Feel pretty bad for those girls, must be horrible when you're freezing cold all the time and the guys here know how women like it nice and warm.
The cheapskate is out of control.
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Do they have access to the furnace? If so, you could try using a paperclip like MacGyver to to make a short where the wires from the thermostat reach the furnace so it turns on without having to adjust the thermostat. Don't ask me how we figured it out but it beat waking up the Upstairs Guy to get him to turn up the heat in the middle of the night.