I’m sitting here in my living room shivering under a blanket with a sweater on. According to my thermostat the temperature in here has dropped to about 16°C. Despite feeling chilly, I’m really in no mood to switch the heat on at the moment. This is due to a couple of events earlier this morning. Ever since I’ve moved here I’ve been trying to get my account with the chosen gas provider set up. I’ve called many times, but they keep saying they’re working on getting my account into the system. So, in these past seven months I’ve been going about my business without worrying about gas usage.
Today, I decided to do yet another follow up call with the gas company. I decided though to look for my current gas meter reading just to help them along and prevent myself from getting an inflated bill. I got word that the meter was in my mechanical closet, so I went outside and started poking around. Unfortunately I didn’t see anything. I ended up calling the builder to see if they knew where I should look. The guy that answered told me that the meter was in the basement. Hah. He said he’d meet me downstairs to show me. So, I went downstairs and we started hunting together. We spotted it fairly quickly. It took me a moment to zero in on the reading, but when I saw it I was in shock. My gas reading happened to be 10-20 times larger than the surrounding meters. Damn! I immediately joked about wearing sweaters indoors from now on. As soon as I got back to my suite I switched the heat off, and it’s been off since.
Prior to this, the heating has been on 24/7. The thermostat was programmed properly, so it was low when I was out, and a bit warmer when I was in. Even so, I’m amazed that the numbers went up that high in a period of 7 months–especially in comparison to everyone else. So, that’s why I’m putting up with the chill, which really isn’t so bad now that I’ve sort of gotten used to it. I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me to just switch the damn thing off. So silly of me, right? Well, going forward, I plan on being more careful. It seems like it’s just another part of homeownership that I needed to learn first hand.
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