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Goodgoings
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: No hot water, anyone? |
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| Last night was supposed to be the coldest day of the year. Hot water came out before I went to bed, but upon waking in the late afternoon, no hot water. Cold water is coming out just fine and my heating works. What next? Do I have to wait until it goes back up past zero? Anybody else? What's the best preventive measure against this happening again? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:04 am Post subject: |
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While I've never had any problems here in Korea,
back in Canada...
One can let the sink faucet drip at night to reduce the likelihood of the water flow freezing up. |
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Goodgoings
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
While I've never had any problems here in Korea,
back in Canada...
One can let the sink faucet drip at night to reduce the likelihood of the water flow freezing up. |
Drip you say? Cold or hot setting? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| My boiler/heating is working, but I've got no water at the moment. I don't know what happened, and I'm amazed that it froze up that bad in such a short amount of time. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Goodgoings wrote: |
| Drip you say? Cold or hot setting? |
Hot wouldn't last.
Cold! Just get a steady drip going (one per second).
I know, I know. "Waste" of water and all. But it works. It's all a matter of priority. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:07 am Post subject: Re: No hot water, anyone? |
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| Goodgoings wrote: |
| Last night was supposed to be the coldest day of the year. Hot water came out before I went to bed, but upon waking in the late afternoon, no hot water. Cold water is coming out just fine and my heating works. What next? Do I have to wait until it goes back up past zero? Anybody else? What's the best preventive measure against this happening again? |
Thats really odd. If the heat's working that means you've got hot water flowing through your pipes. I'd get an A/S guy in to look at it.
I've had no end of problems with my boiler this year. Its an old unit from a 2nd-rate company & well past its day but the owner is too cheap to just replace it. Every time it screws up theres lots of headscratching then another bandaid repair that lasts a couple weeks. Aargh. Its humming as I type but it will cut out again soon. I'm not suffering but its a pain to have to push the reset button every hour or 2.
I did have a boiler fail on me altogether once. It was on an exposed verandah & froze up solid during a cold snap. Not fun. No water whatsoever & even the toilet went to ice. Had to live in a motel till the weather milded up.
A maintenance tip to those that might not know -- if your boiler's in a cold room do not turn it off in cold weather. If you go out or go away for a few days, theres an "away" button on your control (��츹) thats meant to keep it minimally active. |
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Goodgoings
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:26 am Post subject: Re: No hot water, anyone? |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Goodgoings wrote: |
| Last night was supposed to be the coldest day of the year. Hot water came out before I went to bed, but upon waking in the late afternoon, no hot water. Cold water is coming out just fine and my heating works. What next? Do I have to wait until it goes back up past zero? Anybody else? What's the best preventive measure against this happening again? |
Thats really odd. If the heat's working that means you've got hot water flowing through your pipes. I'd get an A/S guy in to look at it.
I've had no end of problems with my boiler this year. Its an old unit from a 2nd-rate company & well past its day but the owner is too cheap to just replace it. Every time it screws up theres lots of headscratching then another bandaid repair that lasts a couple weeks. Aargh. Its humming as I type but it will cut out again soon. I'm not suffering but its a pain to have to push the reset button every hour or 2.
I did have a boiler fail on me altogether once. It was on an exposed verandah & froze up solid during a cold snap. Not fun. No water whatsoever & even the toilet went to ice. Had to live in a motel till the weather milded up.
A maintenance tip to those that might not know -- if your boiler's in a cold room do not turn it off in cold weather. If you go out or go away for a few days, theres an "away" button on your control (�ܤԤ��Ѥ�) thats meant to keep it minimally active. |
Thanks for your response. Just want to make things clear - I'm no heat/pipe expert, but the pipes for the heating of the rooms and the pipes for the water are separate as far as I can see on the veranda. My heating hasn't been working very well - it doesn't seem to top over 15 Celsius on the cold cold days. I was wondering if this was normal. It's an old heater and I have my doubts about it but I'm sure the owner wouldn't be too thrilled to have to replace it if I first pay for the service call to check it out.
Last night before bed I set the control for "�ܤԤ��Ѥ�" since the electric blanket usually keeps me cossy enough. The house dropped to 8 Celsius upon waking and I quickly turned it on. Could the water pipe have frozen over the night? But I still get cold water running just fine. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| Really temps that low are not acceptable. Koreans like their homes cozy & 8 to 15 degrees would strike them as punishing. Insist to whoever is responsible that you need to get it fixed. |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: |
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8 Celsius??
I keep mine at 26-27.  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah don't turn your heat off in winter. I know I don't use the heat at night as I like to sleep under a pile of blankets but a snap cold could freeze your pipes or ondol system. Keep it at least 17 c so it will kick on over night if temps really, really drop. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, that should have read ���� for away.
Another button -- ��ħ -- should keep things about right for sleeping. |
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Goodgoings
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| huck wrote: |
8 Celsius??
I keep mine at 26-27. |
Are you saying the temperture in your home is 26 Celsius or that is the setting? No matter where I set it, it doesn't top 15 C. Right now it's at 14. I don't think it will hit 15 tonight. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| huck wrote: |
8 Celsius??
I keep mine at 26-27. |
Dude your gas bill must be $300 a month! |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I had no water at all yesterday, but now it's working. I'll be letting the tap slowly drip at nights now! |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I keep mine at a stable 24, year round. Best part of my job is that the utilities are paid by the employer. |
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