Don’t get sick and don’t sweat: what is the ideal temperature in the house?

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One of the important conditions for a person’s well-being is the optimal temperature in the apartment. First of all, regulation of room temperature depends on human preferences: some people like it cool, others are more comfortable in the warmth. However, we should not forget about the temperature standards recommended by experts in residential premises. Both overheating and hypothermia can negatively affect the health of household members. Knowing the permissible upper and lower limits of room temperature in the apartment, you can easily adjust the comfortable microclimate in your home and not harm the health of your household.

Temperature standards in an apartment according to SanPiN

There are sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the microclimate of a home, SanPiN 2.1.2.2645-10, which specify the permissible limits of temperature in the apartment. The annex to the resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia No. 175 dated December 27, 2010 provides the following figures:

• in the living room the temperature is allowed from 18 to 24 degrees;
• in the kitchen, bathroom and toilet the recommended norm is from 18 to 26 degrees Celsius;
• in the inter-apartment corridor, 16 to 22 degrees are allowed;
• in the lobby and stairwell the thermometer should show 14 - 20 degrees;
• The optimal air temperature in pantries is from 12 to 22 degrees Celsius.

Attention
These are the standards recommended during the heating season. In the warm season, according to SanPiN, the temperature in the apartment increases by 4 degrees.

The difference between temperature conditions in adjacent rooms should not exceed 3 degrees. Otherwise, when moving around the apartment, a person feels discomfort.

Thermoregulation - guarding a comfortable life

The most ideal skin temperature is lower than the internal one: 27-32°C. The state of affairs is determined by the natural thermoregulation of a person. The human body consumes food to produce energy and generates heat itself. Depending on the environment, heat must be released into the environment in order to maintain a given optimal internal temperature.

The human body has different thermoregulation mechanisms. The most famous one is sweating, which causes cooling. Through mechanisms you can regulate your body temperature and adapt to changes in the environment. Air temperature affects the feeling of comfort, productivity, and mental processes. Research conducted in 1936 on the physical performance of factory workers in relation to the environment showed unexpected results. The scientists concluded: the risk of accidents increased by more than 30% when the factory air temperature was below 12/above 24°C. Later studies of weaving factories and coal mines confirmed the result: physical performance decreases as soon as certain levels of room air heating are exceeded/lowered.

Temperature affects physical and mental performance. Since the 1970s, studies have been conducted by students, teachers, and researchers confirming the dependence of mental activity on the environment. In the hot summer, insurance companies warn that workers may suffer from overheating. In extreme heat, the body cannot control sweating. Residents of a cold region, where extreme heat has arrived, begin to experience circulatory and cardiovascular disorders: blood pressure, headaches, dizziness, fainting. Heat is a health risk: physical and mental abilities decrease, metabolic processes are disrupted, and chronic diseases recur. On the other hand, athletes know that a well-warmed body can withstand heavy loads. The optimal parameters for warming up the core of the body before serious physical activity are 38.5-39°C. Athletes are recommended to warm up: the level of body warming is brought to the desired level, the muscles reach working values.

Normal temperature in an apartment for the health of an adult

The normal air temperature in a home depends on several factors: the time of year, the region of residence, and the technical features of the home. An important criterion is the subjective preferences of a person, on which he relies when creating comfort in the house. At the same time, the standards established by experts are time-tested and based on the recommendations of doctors. Failure to follow these rules may lead to health problems.

If the room is too hot, a person feels lethargic and fatigued. Due to loss of moisture, the blood becomes thicker and the heart works harder. In people with cardiovascular diseases, their condition worsens.

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In an overly warm environment, various pathogenic bacteria that can cause dangerous diseases actively multiply. In addition, constant overheating of the body, with high temperatures in the apartment, is fraught with such a dangerous condition as dehydration, as a result of which the body loses important microelements.

Hypothermia, in turn, causes constant respiratory diseases and heat exchange disturbances, and also negatively affects the human nervous system.

To maintain good health, the room should not be overheated or overcooled above the normal temperature in the apartment. The temperature norm in residential premises for an adult is considered to be 20 degrees. And to maintain sound, healthy sleep and to prevent insomnia, it is recommended to maintain a temperature of 18 degrees in the bedroom.

Conclusion

So, let's summarize my little research.

• The temperature in the house is important. Because if it's too cold or too hot, we get sick. And if it’s good, then we sleep soundly, full of energy and vigor.
• There are GOST standards in which you can find out the ideal temperature for each room. But sometimes GOST does not work because other factors influence perception.
• The microclimate is influenced by a lot of factors: both our personal feeling and the objective influence of nature.
• There are 2 external factors that we can influence in our apartment: humidity and air exchange.
• The recuperator maintains optimal humidity and air exchange in the house. A humidifier normalizes humidity. To create a comfortable microclimate in the house, you can install both devices, but one recuperator should be enough.

It is quite possible to create an ideal microclimate in an apartment if you add air - fresh, cool and clean, and humidity - healing and invigorating. I don’t know about you, but this scheme doesn’t seem that complicated to me. After all, home is a place where you want to feel comfortable, breathe deeply, not get sick, not sweat and not freeze.

Normal temperature in an apartment for children's health

The optimal temperature regime in the apartment is one of the necessary conditions for the proper development of children. The air temperature in the house is especially important for newborns. Their thermoregulation mechanism is not fully developed, so infants are very sensitive to temperature changes. However, you should not be afraid of the cold. A child can be overheated, and this also does not benefit his health.

IMPORTANT

Doctors consider the most optimal temperature in an apartment for a newborn’s room to be 19 – 22 degrees. If the thermometer in the nursery shows more than expected, the child is given water more often and a minimum of clothing is left on him to prevent overheating.

For children aged 1 year, the recommendations remain the same. As you grow older, the upper limit of the temperature norm is lowered.

Where are you, comfortable temperature?

I decided to approach the issue thoroughly and began to look for information about the ideal temperature. It turned out that opinions differ. Some scientists believe that a comfortable temperature is somewhere between 20°C and 25°C. Other experts have conducted research on the effect of temperature on sleep and decided that you need to sleep at 16-19°C degrees: cool, isn't it?

Like in Europe

By the way, some countries - Great Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Finland - live without central heating at all in our usual sense. Residents heat themselves: they buy heaters, boiler rooms, and use electric heating sheets. Adjust the temperature to your taste. They “order” heat from companies that supply electricity and gas. How much heat they use is how much they pay. Company representatives share tips with clients on how to stay warm in winter. And one of them is to get a cat. After all, the cat is warm and does not consume electricity. Funny!

Get a cat, big and warm - you will definitely not freeze on a frosty evening.

GOST standards

Russia even has its own document that regulates standard temperature values ​​for different rooms - GOST 30494-201. It states that each room should have its own microclimate. This is what ideal degrees look like according to GOST.

Bedroom: +18°C. - there will be no insomnia, headaches or poor health.

Living room: +19-21°C - comfortable average temperature.

Kitchen: +18°C - a lot of appliances that radiate heat: stove, microwave, kettle. Therefore the temperature should be lower.

Bathroom: +25°C - due to high humidity, the temperature should be higher.

Nursery: +20-23°C - the temperature in the nursery also depends on the age of the child: for a newborn it should be higher, for an older baby - a little lower.

But GOST marks do not guarantee one hundred percent comfort. There are several other important factors that subtly change the sensation of temperature.

Why is he cold and I'm hot?

I finally found the answer to my husband's puzzled looks at my wool socks in June and my outrage that he slept without a blanket when I was wearing two. It's just that men and women sense temperature differently. Ladies are heat-loving, while gentlemen prefer coolness. There is, however, a theory that sensitivity to temperature can be trained - like a muscle in the gym. And if you gradually harden, you can turn into a frost-resistant “walrus.” But I’m not sure that I’m ready to engage in such procedures; it’s better to dress warmer.

Moms, dads, children

In the nursery, maintain a temperature of 21-24°C - so that the child does not sweat or freeze.
When a baby appears, he also needs a certain temperature. Many mothers try to heat the room or, conversely, constantly ventilate it in order to harden the baby. Don't experiment. Listen to the experts: for example, in the book “Pediatrics: A Complete Guide for Parents” it is written that the optimal temperature for a nursery is 21-24°C. Pediatrician, blogger and mother Larisa Sviridova also strongly recommends this mark on the thermometer.

Climate

In different places on the planet we experience the same temperature differently. Nature dictates its own rules, so the harsh Urals want more warmth, and southerners want fresh coolness.

I lived all my childhood in Chelyabinsk, and in the summer, when it was +25 outside, it was very warm. At the age of 16, I went to visit my grandmother in Vladivostok. They had the same +25, but there I was chilly and uncomfortable. Why? Despite the fact that the sun has warmed the air and the thermometer shows +25, a cold wind is blowing from the ocean, and the soil has not fully warmed up after hibernation. It turns out that it's not just a matter of air temperature. I learned that the feeling of temperature is influenced by at least 7 factors: humidity, precipitation, pressure, wind speed and temperature, soil and water temperature, air composition.

Normal air temperature in winter

The heating season, according to accepted standards, begins when the average air temperature has been below 8 degrees for five days in a row. The end of the season is considered to be the opposite phenomenon - air warming above 8 degrees for five days in a row.

The relevant document (GOST 30494 - 2011) clearly states what the room temperature should be in winter. The minimum permissible mark on the thermometer is +18 degrees, the maximum is +24. The maximum figure is assumed for the bathroom. To prevent pathogenic microorganisms from developing in a humid environment, the air in the bathroom should be warmer.

During the daytime, temperature fluctuations are unacceptable. At night, a decrease of 3 degrees is allowed.

What factors influence

The microclimate in the house is influenced by both external and internal factors. External factors include the location of the premises, the change of season, the technical parameters of the structure, humidity and atmospheric air pressure.

Subjective factors largely depend on the residents themselves. People are able to independently maintain comfort in their home by performing a number of specific actions in a timely manner.

So, to save heat, it is enough:

1. Replace old frames with energy-saving double-glazed windows or carefully seal cracks in old structures.
2. If necessary, insulate the walls of corner rooms.
3. Lay a warm floor covering or install heated floors.
4. Add a heat reflective screen to the wall next to the radiator.
5. Do not cover radiators with furniture or thick curtains.
6. If possible, insulate the loggia and front door.

Climate

The start dates of the heating season over the vast area of ​​Russia differ greatly depending on latitude. To draw up heat supply schedules, average winter time values ​​are taken from a special temperature table. For the southern territories they are one, and for the northern territories they are different.

For example, in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug the heating season begins in September, and in the Moscow region - only in early October. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Chukotka, residents will begin heating their apartments at the end of August. For residents of the Black Sea coast, heat is supplied for only three months, starting in December.

There are places in the Russian expanses where it is necessary to warm up houses throughout the year, for example, on the polar island of Dikson.

Season

The change of season also affects the microclimate of the home. With the onset of dank and rainy autumn weather, the walls of houses heated over the summer gradually cool down. In the spring, when the heating is turned off, room thermometer readings also decrease.

Building Features

The technical characteristics of the building, its thermal insulation, materials - all this affects the microclimate of the home. For example, each additional corner in the house is a separate cold area that requires additional heating.

A brick building is warmer than a panel building with seams, and wooden houses not only keep heat well in winter, but also provide pleasant coolness in the summer.

Human factor

The human factor plays an important role when choosing a comfortable thermal regime. For example, some people prefer a warmer atmosphere, while others prefer cooler air.

Many people open their windows to bring in fresh air even in the winter months, and use air conditioning in the summer heat. This lowers the degrees by several units.

How to correctly measure the temperature in an apartment?

Often the temperature in an apartment during the cold season does not meet GOST standards. This may be the basis for filing a complaint with the appropriate authorities in order to eliminate violations. For a complaint to be justified, it is necessary to correctly measure the temperature in the apartment and record the result obtained. To obtain reliable parameters, you must follow some rules:

1. Measurements cannot be taken on a sunny day. Even on winter days, the sun's rays can warm up the rooms to some extent. Therefore, it is recommended to measure the temperature on a cloudy day or early in the morning.
2. During the cold season, measurements cannot be made at outside temperatures below minus 5 degrees.
3. Before starting measurements, you should check the presence or absence of heat leaks from residential premises. This could be old windows or a violation of the tightness of interpanel seams. If the causes of heat leakage are detected, measurements are made only after they have been eliminated.
4. The temperature in apartments is measured in two rooms (with the exception of one-room apartments). Measurements are taken three times at 5-minute intervals.
5. During the procedure, the temperature measuring device in the apartment must be located at a distance of at least a meter from the outer wall and at least one and a half meters from the floor. All instruments used for measurements must undergo preliminary testing.
6. Before contacting the emergency dispatch service, it is advisable to carry out preliminary measurements yourself in order to compare the data obtained.

Emergency team workers take temperature measurements according to all rules and draw up a report. It should contain the following points:

• date of temperature measurement in the apartment;
• information on the composition of the commission that carried out the measurements;
• description of the apartment;
• instrument readings;
• temperature value;
• signatures.

For your information,
the Report on temperature measurements in the apartment is drawn up in two copies. One remains with the owner of the apartment, the other with the members of the commission.

Compensation for non-compliance with temperature conditions

If non-compliance with the temperature and humidity conditions required by SanPiN 1.2.3685-21 is detected in the apartment in 2022 and there is evidence, the tenant has the right to put forward the following demands:

• Restoration of damaged or destroyed finishing, including replacement of furniture, doors, trims and other elements in the presence of an expert opinion on the cause of the defects (Resolution of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated June 27, 2017 No. 22, paragraph 21).
• Recalculation of the cost of utilities for heating if the application to the Criminal Code is submitted no later than 30 days after receipt of the payment receipt (according to the Resolution of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated June 27, 2017 No. 22, paragraphs 20, 21, 22,).
• Major repairs or reconstruction of window structures, external walls and other elements, when identifying thermal inhomogeneity, which caused a decrease in the energy efficiency of the living space and a drop in internal air temperature (Resolution of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated June 27, 2017 No. 22, paragraphs 21, 22,) .

Attention
Restoration work can be carried out either by representatives of the management company or third-party organizations, or at the expense of the apartment owner with the right to subsequently demand material compensation from the culprit. In such cases, an independent examination is often required to assess the cost of the damage caused.

How to correctly measure the coolant temperature?

In the heating system, the coolant is hot water heated to the required temperature. Current legislation has established temperature standards for coolant in an apartment building. According to regulatory documents (SNiP 2.04.05), the following parameters are considered the norm:

• 96 degrees with a two-pipe system;
• 116 degrees with a one-pipe system;
• The average heating temperature of the batteries is 78 – 92 degrees.

To measure the coolant, you need to place an alcohol thermometer on the radiator. After a few minutes, check the result, to which one degree should be added. For a more accurate measurement, you can use a room infrared thermometer.

You can also take the temperature of the coolant in the apartment using an electric meter, which is fixed to the battery using a thermocouple wire.

Additional Information

The easiest way is to measure the temperature of tap water poured into a glass.

How not to harm your health

It would seem that the difference in the standards for the number of degrees in rooms is not so great, but a constant lack of heat or its excess can lead to negative effects on the human body.

Risks of overheating and hypothermia

Too hot and dry air inside a living area can cause the appearance of various types of bacteria that cause many infectious diseases.

In addition, in a stuffy environment, a person sweats and loses a lot of moisture, which negatively affects the functioning of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. At the same time, the skin becomes dry and lifeless, and the body’s fatigue increases.

Prolonged exposure to a cold room causes a disease called hypothermia. At the same time, limbs freeze, blood vessels narrow, and problems arise with the respiratory system and nervous system.

When can I file a complaint?

If utility services do their work in bad faith, the quality of housing and communal services provided decreases, and temperature standards in the apartment are not observed. Any citizen has the right to file a formal complaint in the following cases:

• when the temperature in the living rooms of the apartment is less than the required norm;
• if in one calendar month the heating was turned off for a total of more than 24 hours;
• if one-time heating outages lasting more than 15 hours occur at street temperatures below 12 degrees.

Comfortable microclimate parameters

Gost standards are largely intended for designers, housing and communal services and judicial procedural departments, since they establish mandatory temperatures for residential premises.

A microclimate is considered comfortable if it allows the human body to maintain a temperature of 36.6 degrees without complications. The “tabular” resulting range will allow you to maintain this body temperature, provided that the body is insulated in winter and water is consumed in summer

However, the full formation of a home microclimate requires attention to the recommendations of experienced doctors and psychologists, and to the individual preferences of household members.

Bedroom . The human body needs sleep not only because of fatigue during the period of wakefulness - to produce the hormone melatonin, which controls the biorhythms of our bodies.

The lack of acceptable conditions for sleep and, accordingly, the hormonal activation of melatonin results in insomnia and a “broken” state - general weakness and headache, slowing down the mental functions of the brain.

For proper rest of adult household members, the temperature in their bedrooms should be maintained in the range of +17°С…+18°С, i.e. The “sleeping” microclimate should be cooler than other living spaces. It is more difficult to fall asleep in a warmer or cooler atmosphere.

Children's room. Its optimal temperature is determined by the age of the child. For a baby, the best is +23°C...+24°C, since the baby’s body is not capable of “adult” thermoregulation. For children over 3 years old, the room temperature will be +21°С…+22°С.

Kitchen room. The operation of household equipment from the usual kitchen set - stove, oven, electric kettle, microwave, hood, etc. - is always accompanied by heat generation. Accordingly, when preparing food, the kitchen atmosphere becomes warmer than in other rooms.

Given the traditionally small size of the kitchen, the heat radiation from kitchen appliances warms it up quite quickly. Therefore, it is enough to maintain the temperature of this room in the range of 18-19°C.

Electric floor heating systems reach maximum heating faster and maintain temperature more accurately than circuits with liquid coolant. And you can’t flood your neighbors with them

Bathroom. Bathing procedures are accompanied by intense saturation of the bathroom atmosphere with moisture, which is why the microclimate of a room with a temperature outside the range of 24-26°C will be uncomfortable.

For other rooms and corridors, the comfortable temperature will be 18-22°C. Temperature differences between apartment rooms should not be more than 2-3 degrees,

In winter, less heat is required, in summer - more. Otherwise, the temperature imbalance between the external environment (street) and living quarters will be stressful for the body.

A sharp change in the temperature of the surrounding space when going outside from the microclimate of the apartment may be followed by hypothermia or overheating of the body, which, as discussed above, is equally bad.

The optimal difference in atmospheric temperatures between the house and the street during the transition between them is 4-5°C. Therefore, you should not overheat the apartment in winter or overcool in summer.

Step-by-step instructions for writing a complaint and a list of required documents

A well-drafted complaint about the temperature discrepancy in the apartment, with justification and accompanied by the necessary papers, is an official document. The relevant authorities will not be able to ignore it. The complaint is drawn up according to the following rules:

1. The header of the document is drawn up in the upper right corner: here they write the name of the authority to which they are applying, their data: last name, first name and patronymic, telephone number, address.
2. In the center of the document the name is written - the claim, and then its essence is stated, the violations committed in the heating supply and their consequences are described. It is necessary to indicate during what time period there was no heating or the temperature regime in the apartment did not meet established standards.
3. The following sets out the applicant’s requirements, including the requirement to recalculate utility bills (the right to recalculation is guaranteed to users of utility services by Article 29 of the Law “On Protection of Consumer Rights”).
4. The author of the complaint may indicate that in case of failure to comply with the requirements, he will appeal to higher authorities for compensation for damages.
5. At the end of the complaint there is a date and signature.

A sample complaint about non-compliance with temperature standards in an apartment is available.

If the complaint is collective, a sheet with the signatures of the residents interested in the issue must be attached to it. In any case, it is drawn up in two copies. One remains at the institution, the other is marked with an incoming number and date of receipt. The applicant keeps this copy as a guarantee that his complaint will be considered.

Attention

The complaint is accompanied by a temperature check report drawn up in advance.

Where to contact

Small deviations from the norm may go unnoticed, but if residents are constantly freezing in the apartment, this indicates a violation of obligations on the part of utility companies. Especially when heating and maintenance fees are charged in full. Then you need to complain about the poor maintenance of the house.

If t is below acceptable

If it is cold at home, or the temperature is recorded below standard in autumn or winter, you need to report this to the emergency dispatch service. A complaint is written to the head of the management company, which lists the complaints, indicates the air temperature in the living rooms, kitchen, bathroom, and demands that it be brought into compliance with the standards.

The management company is given 30 days to respond. During this period, utility services must find out which of them is responsible for the cooling of the house. If the heating network, at the point of demarcation of balance sheet ownership, is not hot enough, then this is a question of the resource supply organization that heats the room. If heat is lost in the house, then the management company must solve the problem.

ADVICE! It is better to draw up a collective complaint from the residents of the entrance or building.

If the wall freezes

When it is so cold that the end walls freeze, you need to act quickly. It is necessary to contact the head of the management company with a complaint, describe the problem, demand that the wall be insulated, thereby restoring the temperature balance. At the same time, call a representative of the management company, draw up and receive a report on freezing of the wall.

If, after the required period, the Criminal Code does not take action, government authorities will have to be involved in solving the problem:

1. The State Housing Inspectorate is an executive body that controls the activities of public utilities. Inspectors will initiate an inspection, issue a recommendation to eliminate violations, and impose a fine on the service organization.
2. Rospotrebnadzor is a multidisciplinary organization whose specialization falls under the described situation. Failure of the management company to fulfill the terms of the contract, combined with the risk of increased humidity, the spread of mold and mildew from a frozen wall, is the competence of this service. After checking the activities of the management company, employees will be obliged to bring the house to the requirements of the law, and if there are grounds, they will fine the management.
3. The prosecutor's office is a supervisory authority whose employees begin checking a legal entity only if there have been appeals to previous organizations. Or they address the residents’ complaint to the competent authorities to resolve the issue.
4. The court is the last step that is taken if other government agencies are powerless or it is necessary to compensate for material and moral damage.

The document is drawn up in a standard manner. Several methods of delivering them to the addressee are allowed. You can bring it yourself, register two copies, and keep one as evidence. Complaints are also sent by registered mail with notification or online through the State Services website.

Possible outcomes of the complaint

After receiving a complaint about a temperature discrepancy in the apartment, the housing and communal services company must eliminate the violations as soon as possible. If this does not happen within a week, the user has the right to contact any regulatory authority. Complaints about violations of the temperature regime in a home are considered by the State Housing Inspectorate, the Prosecutor's Office or Rospotrebnadzor. The complaint can be taken to the destination in person, or it can be sent by regular mail or email.

The period for consideration of a claim is usually a month. You can also file a claim on the website https://dom.gosuslugi.ru, the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights or Rostekhnadzor.

Attention

In some cases, during the investigation, the reasons for violation of the temperature regime in residential premises may be identified, which arose not through the fault of the housing office employees. In such cases, recalculation is difficult or impossible to achieve.

We are talking about the following cases:

• poor quality of windows and doors, damage or absence of the insulating layer of the walls in the apartment, leading to large heat losses;
• presence of air pockets in risers;
• reduction of heat transfer in radiators.

In these cases, recalculation is a controversial issue and is not clearly resolved.

How to ensure temperature conditions?

The tasks of maintaining the microclimate in the optimal temperature range are divided into two - cooling the atmosphere of rooms in the warm months and heating during the cold season.

The first task can be easily accomplished by air conditioning equipment placed independently in the bedrooms, living room and kitchen. Temperature sensors of single-block and double-block air conditioners (split system) will maintain the set temperature, strictly following user settings.

The gas bellows built into the thermostat reacts to the temperature of the room atmosphere, displacing the spool and controlling the flow of coolant

It is more rational to use inverter climate control technology that can maintain the temperature of the room microclimate gently, without sudden emissions of cold air flows.

Until mid-September, split systems are able to operate for heat even in a temperate climate zone, but as the temperature difference “apartment-street” increases, it will be impossible to use split systems for heating.

The task of maintaining a comfortable atmosphere in the house will shift to heating equipment - central heating radiators and underfloor heating systems.

It is not difficult to control the temperature conditions of the “warm floor” heating complex. Liquid systems are equipped with a thermostatic valve or an automatic pumping and mixing group, which are equally capable of controlling the temperature of the coolant circulating through the circuit built into the floor.

In infrared and electric floors, temperature control is carried out by digital, programmable or electromechanical thermostats. By constantly checking temperature changes against preset thresholds, they turn the system off or on.

Classic apartment heating systems, based on the circulation of hot water through pipes into radiators, also allow temperature control.

It will be necessary to equip the pipe at the coolant input to the radiator with an automatic temperature controller (thermostat) that controls the intensity of hot water supply according to a given parameter.

Note that it is easier to equip a circulation-radiator heating system with battery thermostats if it has a two-pipe design. For a single-pipe circuit, it is necessary to supplement the pipe circuit with a bypass, which creates an outlet channel for the coolant in front of the radiator.

Arbitrage practice

If the competent services fail to act on the user’s complaint about temperature violations in the apartment, he has the right to go to court. The statement of claim indicates a demand to compensate for damage and recalculate the amount of utility bills. In this case, the statement of claim must be accompanied by evidence that housing and communal services employees did not take appropriate measures to eliminate the causes of the identified violations, for example, a previously submitted application.

Trial is also resorted to in cases where housing office employees do not admit their guilt. The court issues a ruling according to which the manager is obliged to eliminate all shortcomings in the heating supply within a specified period.

Judicial practice shows that it is possible to win compensation for poor quality services to provide heat to a home. To do this, you just need to document every action on both sides.

What is the responsibility of utility companies?

The degree of responsibility of the management company depends on the severity of the offense and the consequences.

If utility companies immediately respond to a complaint and eliminate violations, there will be no consequences. When residents have to involve government authorities, punishment is inevitable. The easiest thing is administrative liability, a fine.

If the owners have damaged property or suffered health damage, they can associate this with the low temperature of the house and there is an evidence base for this, then civil proceedings and compensation for damage cannot be avoided.

When the consequences are serious, sanctions are possible, including criminal ones.

Responsibility of utilities for violation of temperature standards

Violation of the temperature standard not only causes discomfort, but can also lead to exacerbation of a number of chronic diseases. If utility services did not check the functioning of the system in a timely manner, then residents of the house have the right to file a complaint. She initiates a review by regulatory authorities of the validity of this application.

The responsibility of utility services for violation of temperature standards comes down to the need to recalculate the cost of services already provided. Additionally, they are also required to correct all system faults. After completing the work, the microclimate of the room is re-checked. The result is recorded in a special act.

Temperature check report for residential premises

If irregularities have been identified in the central heating system, the apartment tenant has the right to claim a recalculation of the amount accrued to him in the amount of 0.15 per hour of use. Thanks to this, payments can be reduced by 90% within 28 days. However, to obtain such a decision, you will need to file a claim in court.

In practice, there are many examples of poor quality heating services for entire houses. Residents can file a class grievance that will allow them to obtain the compensation they are entitled to under the law.

To assert your rights, it is recommended to contact regulatory authorities. The application may indicate several residents at once who are not satisfied with the service provided by the utility organization. If she refuses to carry out repair work or inspection, then a lawsuit is filed.

Heating time

The heating period depends on the external environment and the weather outside. The decision on heating is made by the local government, usually the municipality. This happens if the average daily outside temperature drops below 7 degrees.

In most modern houses there is another system - automatic. The temperature at the outlet of the boiler and the decision to supply hot water to the heating system are made by automation, which monitors outdoor indicators.

At the same time, the temperature of the coolant is regulated, which is convenient. This prevents residents from languishing from excessive heat at the beginning and end of the heating season.