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Might have to be careful entering some buildings at Hancock Village
By adamg on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 11:56pm
A roving UHub photographer was kind of astounded, and a bit alarmed, at the size of the icicles hanging off on building in Hancock Village on the West Roxbury/Brookline line.
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Looks like the residents on
Looks like the residents on the second floor are trying to melt the things by keeping their window wide open -when you are a landlord who pays the heating bills, you notice these kind of things right away!.
indeed
tenants of mine were glad to have me pay to heat the outdoors a few years back. put an end to that right quick.
or possibly
There's steam heat or something similar with building-wide controls, and that room is 90° without the window open.
Exactly
Used to live there and it's this exactly. I think the thermostats in the units are just for show.
i lived in a similar building
i lived in a similar building and where that window is open is actually part of the stairwell. I think they might be trying to cool it down to prevent the attic from overheating which leads to the damming problem.
I lived there for several
I lived there for several years until I was fed up with roof, wall and floor leaks every winter. The upstairs was 15 degrees hotter than downstairs so I had to choose where I wanted to be comfortable and yeah, I did often leave upstairs windows open to deal with the 85+ temps. Plus, there is little attic insulation so these icicles form immediately.
After several years of those conditions, believe me - I would have LOVED to have the landlord pay attention!
Icicles everywhere!
Unintended consequence of grow-your-own?