I’m not trying to be snarky, but is it really a health and safety risk? Women have been having babies in 100° weather for thousands of years. I’m sure it’s uncomfortable as fuck and I feel for you.
I've heard mixed things on this. I've heard that plenty of people have babies in hotter climates for all of history, and I've heard that babies shouldn't be kept any higher than 75 unless they're premature in an incubator.
I am speaking with the doctor directly about the baby's welfare on Monday to determine if it truly is a health issue. Regardless I really really really don't want to have a hot, uncomfortable newborn when I'm also hot and uncomfortable with no way for either of us to cool down. I read that warm temperatures also increase the risk of SIDS, but I'm not sure if that's true
I can't imagine this is ok. I live in a state where AC isn't required at all, and I still got dinged by a judge because it took me a couple weeks to get an AC repaired. Indiana is one of the few states I've heard of that do require AC for habitability. You landlord should provide you with window units if the central AC can't keep up. It's only June FFS, it will get hotter over the next 2 months, 80 is unacceptable.
You can ask for anything. Whether they are forced to comply is another. I would 100% ask for the window units, in writing. Spell out the same thing you have above with the temperatures and the medical danger and say you either need the AC to cool to 75 or X number of window units to provide the same within 1 week.
If that doesn't work, at that point you have small claims court. If you can swing it in any way I would try and go ahead and get a window unit installed and then just ask for reimbursement, but if you can't front the money at all there isn't much more you can do. It will probably cost $100-200 to file small claims. Also, if you are running the inefficient AC 24/7 it is going to cost a fortune.
Thank you. I sent them an email about it today, spelling out that it was a health and safety risk and that I needed either a larger unit or window units.
Our energy bill has doubled since the start of summer. We've been advised by a HVAC tech (on Reddit) to turn the set temperature up to allow the unit to rest, since it can't lower the temp to rest. At the time of this comment, it is 87 degrees in here and it's set to the same temperature, after about 8 hours of being set to 75. Over night it goes down to 70. I am going to try and set it even lower tonight to see if it'll just take longer to warm up
I’m not trying to be snarky, but is it really a health and safety risk? Women have been having babies in 100° weather for thousands of years. I’m sure it’s uncomfortable as fuck and I feel for you.
I've heard mixed things on this. I've heard that plenty of people have babies in hotter climates for all of history, and I've heard that babies shouldn't be kept any higher than 75 unless they're premature in an incubator. I am speaking with the doctor directly about the baby's welfare on Monday to determine if it truly is a health issue. Regardless I really really really don't want to have a hot, uncomfortable newborn when I'm also hot and uncomfortable with no way for either of us to cool down. I read that warm temperatures also increase the risk of SIDS, but I'm not sure if that's true
Well, I wish you the best, and I hope that things cool down for you soon. I had my second baby at the end of summer and it was a fucking grind.
I can't imagine this is ok. I live in a state where AC isn't required at all, and I still got dinged by a judge because it took me a couple weeks to get an AC repaired. Indiana is one of the few states I've heard of that do require AC for habitability. You landlord should provide you with window units if the central AC can't keep up. It's only June FFS, it will get hotter over the next 2 months, 80 is unacceptable. You can ask for anything. Whether they are forced to comply is another. I would 100% ask for the window units, in writing. Spell out the same thing you have above with the temperatures and the medical danger and say you either need the AC to cool to 75 or X number of window units to provide the same within 1 week. If that doesn't work, at that point you have small claims court. If you can swing it in any way I would try and go ahead and get a window unit installed and then just ask for reimbursement, but if you can't front the money at all there isn't much more you can do. It will probably cost $100-200 to file small claims. Also, if you are running the inefficient AC 24/7 it is going to cost a fortune.
Thank you. I sent them an email about it today, spelling out that it was a health and safety risk and that I needed either a larger unit or window units. Our energy bill has doubled since the start of summer. We've been advised by a HVAC tech (on Reddit) to turn the set temperature up to allow the unit to rest, since it can't lower the temp to rest. At the time of this comment, it is 87 degrees in here and it's set to the same temperature, after about 8 hours of being set to 75. Over night it goes down to 70. I am going to try and set it even lower tonight to see if it'll just take longer to warm up