Thanks! I hope so too. Given that I am a smoker/recently converted vaper, I am used to dressing in layers for the cold seasons. But the cold also brings the possibility of mould growing on my walls, which would be horrible. Unfortunately the bigger oil radiator in my living room has already caused a short circuit, but at least only after it got it to a nice & cozy temperature 😅 We'll see how this develops. My dad also offered me an old fan heater, maybe I will have to use that one for kitchen & bathroom and the smaller oil radiator in the living room. Difficult situations require creative solutions 🤔

Sure, that would've been the easiest solution, but yesterday we tried bleeding them after our pipe cleaning attempts: there was never air coming out, only warm water. The erratic behaviour of the heating system is that it sometimes works (albeit with reduced output) and sometimes fails completely - and most unfortunate, the "failing" periods are during nights with -3°C 🥶 We now suspect that it is a problem directly in my apartment: either rust or some other blockage directly in my pipes or something inside the radiators. The bedroom one works however, which is baffling to me.

It actually happened 14 days ago, but back then the heating company cleaned the system and everything was working again. Back then my neighbour was also affected, currently she's fine. It's just my flat on the ground floor - no one else in the entire apartment complex, which means radiators or pipes are wonky. Now the only working radiator is the one in my bedroom, where it's absolutely not needed 😅

The bad actors are certainly the heating company here - they don't react to any calls, claim to already be "on holiday" and don't fix it before 2025. My landlords work in civil engineering, I work in nursing - there's no way we have to think about solutions for heating systems, but here we are. I'm sure my landlord duo will offer me something to offset the increase in the electricity bill, most likely a few months of reduced rent/only paying for the flat and not the garage. I actually trust these two guys way more than any big company about finding some kind of compromise.