Very interesting. Never worry about what content to make because the stuff is interesting to us living in other countries. On a side note, I'm glad you kept your hair long, It looks great. And on the second note, how's your mom doing with her treatment?
I think your heating pipes are under pressure. There must be a shut off valve in the line or at each radiator, otherwise if you open the pipe connection you will have water mess. Find the shut offs first before trying to remove them. You might be better off just repairing/painting the wall without disturbing the radiators. Let us know what you end up doing. Take Care
Kceniya. You are a dear young woman and I want you to believe that you will have a life in this world. Do not give up hope. We are American and lived in Moscow 2012-17 and have many beloved Russian friends that we miss and worry about everyday. You are the age of my daughter. Please hold on to your strength and do not despait. You broke my heart when you were frustrated with your plans to move. Making this video about your heating was so charming and showed off your English skills. You are so bright, cheerful and disarming. As other commenters have said please just make any videos you want to when you have time and energy.the shaman video was lovely and cooking or walking is fine. Maybe talk about art or books or plants if that i terests you. I love your name " St Petersburg - me" because I know your city and what a magical place it is. But if others think you will have greater success with a new name then find something that makes you happy. May you and your family be healthy and safe.
Any chance I can get you to walk us around St. Petersburg on the longest day of this year, Thursday, 20 June? I'd love to see what it's like for folks to be out in the midnight sun!
Hi Ksenia! Thank you so much for explaining this to us. I kind of like the idea of owning an apartment. I think it would make the entire complex much better because they would own their own apartments and take care of them. It is always so good to see you. 🥰
You should feel really warm with new radiators. I'm a home owner and went from an old heating system that took ages to warm up the radiators, to a new combi boiler system and the difference is amazing. Decorating goes hand in hand with home improvements, nothing stays the same shape and size. Total pain, but there it is. As far as the wall pipe goes, I'm in the UK and I'd say that's a typical council job!
So good to see you again! Those renovations look similar to repairs done in condominium apartments here in the US. And we have the same problems too, such as not repairing the walls & having exposed pipework too. Best wishes!
You could hang ceiling to floor insulated curtains on the walls. It would help keep the heat in. And one thing that might help is to use those rubber floor tiles, they fit together like a puzzle, sometimes used in play rooms, but they come in different colors. Tent campers use them under an air mattress to keep the cold air from coming up through the mattress. And wall to wall carpets over those.
Regarding your cold wall. you can consider adding a sort of insulation on the inside of your apartment. If there is no window you could possibly hang heavy carpet to cover the wall. Hanging such a barrier can help a lot. We have done this in a cabin we have and just that little bit of added cover over the inside wall makes it a little bit more cozy. Just something to think about or .Insulating wallpaper and liners offer an easy way to do exactly that. By naturally insulating the warmth inside a room, they are superb at maintaining a comfortable temperature all year round and reducing heat from escaping from windows, ceilings, or unsightly cracks in the wall.
Oh dear sweetheart beautiful Ksenia, we also use similar radiators, they are just fine. They react faster (warm faster and cool faster) than heavy weight older radiators. Also consider placing some thermal reflectors between the walls and radiators to increase their radiation efficiencies. Sure your brother will help in repairs. Beware, proper thermal insulation is more important and effecive for heating than just heating...
It looks like they replaced the pipes with some type of plastic pipes and that was the only way to reinforce them to the wall. They also probably will not heat the boiler to as high temps as before. Those new pipes are cheaper to make and should not corrode like the iron pipes. Maybe they need the old radiators for melting down to make new military equipment?
Apartment buildings in North America are old and many need repairs or just throw out old and put in new It is good that they are taking care of apartments in Russia like that.
Your brother is probably going to do this but just in case I'll mention it. While the radiators are removed take the wall behind them apart and insulate the wall then plaster or dry wall over that. Good video. Its always good to hear from you. Best wishes from Canada.
If the radiators don’t heat up enough even at maximum setting, then I think the building management has made it like that so tenants do use lots of gas.
Hello Ksenia! Glad you are fine! I think these radiators will work well, they also have temperature valves!. From what I understand you don't have a condominium central heating boiler, but everything is centralized in a municipal thermoelectric power plant. Here each condominium has its own condensing boiler for heating, or even independent heating for each apartment. I don't live in a condominium, but by law I must also have a condensing boiler with radiators and valves and this to pollute less. We are compelled by law (EU law) to have this kind of heating. Wish you that everything will work well. Thank you for these updates ❤
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:) Hello Ksenia, it was good to see you again in a new video! Can I share my personal experience with you about something really great about heating? I have heard about this stuff from the wall painter that redecorated our apartment a year ago. We had - still have - old but good working iron radiators. The walls behind them were very ugly as compared to the lovely new painting and dismantling them would have been too difficult, so the painter master suggested to put this special thing on the walls behind each radiator. I do not know its English name but I will send you a link where you can see it - it is in Hungarian but you will see the photo. Here in Hungary, we can buy this stuff in rolls - and he easily glued them on the walls behind the radiators with a special glue. This layer reflects back the heat from the radiators towards the rooms - and our apartment is super warm in winter, though the building itself was built in the 1970s and the outside has never been updated. It made his work a lot easier because he did not have to dismantle the radiators, he did not have to repair the walls - he covered it with this stuff, it is barely visible and its effect is super great, especially under the windows. Even right under the windows, the air is very pleasantly warm. This is it: hazravalo.hu/HUFOL_1-5-6 and another link: ledsziget.hu/Hotukros-Polifoam-5mm?.hu&
In winter it might be interesting to go over the layers of clothes used and as its so cold how people manage when in a shopping mall, like do you carry heavy clothes around. A lot of 1960s apartments here get torn down. Its easier than fixing them up. Better building methods now. Some were a lot worse than soviet era buildings. Like a leak in the top flat went through all ceilings.
Hello Ksenia!! Great to share the things of life 😊! Yes I agree with you it's very ugly, but I hope the radiators work better than they look. If it's any consolation, British radiators look like this, but of course better radiators are available! You can buy covers for the pipework which can be painted. They're not very expensive and look a tiny bit less ugly. 🤗. Dima might have seen these ❤️
Intersting info... I bet it will work better than before... I have the same kind of heating in the USA..... It is is my opinion the best kind of heating..Others have what's called forced air that comies out of vents from the floor ... I don't like those the air gets too dry...
Hi Ksenia ! I find that the radiators are OK and I can already tell you that they will be at the right temperature more quickly than with the old cast iron ones. BUT ! The problem that remains with you is the insulation of the walls and behind the radiators! If you don't insulate, you'll pay a lot for - poorly - heating! So, 1) behind the radiators, use a roll of 'special radiator' insulation: one side of this roll is a thin metal layer stuck to the insulation and is intended to return the radiant heat towards the inside of the room while the other side is insulating and prevents heat from escaping into the wall. You can glue or use thumbtacks to attach this insulation on the wall behind the radiators. 2) Insulation of the front wall: I don't understand why you ar not allowed* to insulate YOUR INTERIOR wall? In your place, I wouldn't say anything and I would do the work with 3 or 4 or 5 cm thick Styrofoam insulation panels: light, very easy to use, to cut, and ABOVE ALL it's going to be hot at your place! And FINALLY, your heating bill will significantly decrease! ... enough to save money for a trip abroad 😉 * we 'll come next year if it is a problem = NEVER !!!
Well, the pipes are warm too, so you will get less heat if you box them in. Start by painting them. No I don't think they would do it like that in their own house, if they were allowed to do it themselves.
@@StPetersburgme If your brother going to remove the radiators for decoration you would better to fit reflective insulation foils during the decoration. you dont have to remove rads. next winter again. Also, you can replace the kitchen radiator with a higher output one. The uninsulated external wall you mentioned can be insulated from internal side with a 50 or 100mm Celotex insulation boards.
@@StPetersburgme Hiya 🙋♀️ The parts of your building like the hallways, lifts and basement we call 'The Common Parts', here in the UK. The charges (in a flat or apartment like yours) we call 'Maintenance Charges' and we pay a yearly sum, they are all different depending on who owns the building (not Government owned) and they charge what they like - some are very expensive 😒😒 The comment about putting up a thick curtain along that cold wall is a good idea 👌 All the best to your mother - and brother 😃
We don't use those plastic (polyvinyl chloride) pipes for plumbing anymore in the city where I live as they failed after a few years, leaking and causing a lot of water damage in the homes that had them. Watch out for leaks!
By the way that word I was searching for about the guy who takes care of apartments, he's the super. I don't know if it means superintendent or something else but it just totally escaped me at the time and by the way I just went into my brother's room and told him that if I had a thermometer I could listen to my duck's lungs and see if she's wheezing. Because I couldn't remember the word that I can't remember right now. Aphasia is so much fun. Stethoscope. My duck is breathing funny. In an exaggerated fashion and through her mouth. It would be good to know if she was wheezing. I don't hear anything. But at least she's still breathing. I love this duck. I hope she doesn't die. It is the weekend and I can't afford to pay for doctors for myself and our official veterinarian, whom I have never seen because she's $75 just for an exam, happens to be sick. She's the exotic vet. They take care of everything. Last week they removed a fishing hook from the intestines of an egret. Most people won't treat Muscovy ducks. But you have to figure if she would treat an egret then she would treat this creature as well. Hopefully she will recover like my Last two did. Willow was actually drooling and not breathing well. But somehow she recovered twice. And Lilac couldn't walk for a couple of days. Right now I have Lillabet in a pet carrier in my bedroom with the air conditioning on because it was 90° outside. And I have got to turn the air conditioning back down because I'm freezing.. 70° is too cold for me but I think it's accurate. Maybe I do have a good thermometer finally. It's just suck could help me listen to my duck breathe.
Your vertical pipes appear to be mounted to reduce noise from vibration. Box those in or put a cardboard tube around them. Take photos of everything you cover so that you will know what has to be removed if there is a problem.
yes , you can paint it, those are like that so they dont have to put inside the wall (less work, less time, less cost), those are also of plastique because it last longer, is less expensive ans easier to install.
Communal living like in a condo is not like a freestanding home. I have to let people into my condo a few times a year for mandatory services, sometimes updates to the infrastructure that aren’t to my liking or are crappy and fail. I do pay a lot to my condo association in monthly dues, and have not done the math whether that’s justified, but I can say that if I owned a solo home and there was a leak in the roof, I’d probably just live with rain buckets. So there’s plusses and minuses to both.
Hi Ksenia! Hopefully your new radiators are more energy efficient and your heating bill will be less. As for insulating the exterior walls, you would have to take down the dry wall and put insulation behind it then put up new dry wall and plaster and paint it. If your building management won't do it, maybe you could get a quote from a local carpenter to see if the cost is worth it to you.
No offence - but you’re a very negative and pessimistic individual. The radiators you have “now” been given are on parr with radiators around the “west” (I live in London, and those radiator is resemble mine), I have never walked around my house saying “omg these radiators look “cheap” Your local council has upgraded your apartments from 1960s Soviet infrastructure to 21st century infrastructure, but you want to moan about it? If Russia is so bad for you, why don’t you leave and come live in London’s council estates, with buildings built on the cheap in 1980s by thatcher government, let’s how much you’ll moan about “England” Or maybe you’d rather go to Kyiv and live under Zelenskyys economic development? 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ Just be grateful and find positivity in life!
Hi Ksenia good to see you,your new radiators are double ones and should be much more efficient than your old ones so hopefully you will be warmer this winter.
Greetings Ksenija, here in Croatia, older buildings are massively renovated, insulation is installed and windows and doors are replaced (part of the funds are financed from EU funds). I know from experience that it is good to place aluminum foil behind the radiator, if it is not available in your market, you can place a thicker foil on cardboard and place it behind the radiator. In this way, the heat will go towards the room and will not heat the wall unnecessarily. Also, your curtains must be short, so they don't cover the radiator and retain heat. I wish you all the best!!!
You have convection radiators they work best if air comes in at the bottom and goes out of the top. If you extend the shelf above the radiator and the curtains do not come below the shelf the convection will then come into the room if you have long curtains that cover the radiators, you can’t get convection. The other thing you can do to improve the radiator is behind them back them with insulated foil. This also increases their efficiency. The other thing that can stop radiators working properly is air building up inside the radiator can happen. You should have a bleed tap or key that you can use to get the air out of the radiator so it works efficiently. Hope this helps. Best wishes
That insulated foil sounded interesting, so I looked it up to see what it looks like. It's incredible how many sites it's on (worldwide!).. People seen to like it b'cas it provides insulation, no toxins, etc.. Good info Alan! 😊
Baking foil, which in the US we call aluminum foil or us lazy people call it tin foil, is in fact in my opinion (I wonder if it could be both) expensive. I didn't notice that until one day I went out and bought some. So if you happen to find some and you think wow this is expensive! It actually is. But still it's most likely a good thing to put behind the radiator. I don't know what convection is so I'm going to believe it :-) (I'm really bad at science)
Just put a paint drop cloth … No need to dismantle the heaters … Just paint the wall the close matching paint … Should be easy and on the cheap side to do .
There are many UK citizens living in private or local government landlord homes, who have a lot of damp, to the point their children end up in hospital etc, yet they just give excuses all the time. For you to have upgraded heating system is very good, it shows that money paid to the government is being put back into the community. In UK we see very little improvements.
Hi again Ksenia nice to see that you are back i always enjoy your videos. I live in sweden and here that old type of radiators are really retro fashion so ppl would go nuts if they took them down and put up the new "boring" ones. Take care, i hope you do good there, ill look forward to more videos.
I own a condo which is similar to your apartment. We are responsible for all heating and air conditioning as well as hot water heater. We are responsible from the walls in. So if I wanted to add insulation I could. The condo association, which we pay into monthly, takes care of the outside of the building and common areas. I live in Delaware USA
It's so good to see you looking and sounding well. This video was fascinating to me. I would consider, depending on the cost, hanging tapestries or rugs on the walls. It's an old custom that was used for centuries to help insulate rooms. Take care and have a nice visit with your brother.
Great to see you back. Nice looking radiators, pity you need to redecorate the walls! Don't paint the radiators themselves unless they are off for a long time or they will become sticky. Be interesting if you are hotter in the winter. Crazy seeing that pipe up the wall! Normally that would be hidden behind a wall or enclosed so to be hidden. Stay warm!
Probably because your apt is considered a condo and there is a lot of red tape on what you can or can't do. That's the way it is in Canada. My landlord controls my heating so I bought a ceramic space heater for extra heat!! Take care.:)
Ah, your versatile brother will handle the repairs! It's good to have a good handyman in the family. I would suggest to ask him to look into adding insulation on the inside of your walls, some paneling should be relatively easy to install and would make a big difference, also covering those ugly pipes. It is true that they need to do all the façade at once to avoid thermal leakage, but internal insulation doesn't affect the rest of the building, so you should be able to do as you please, in your own home. At a minimum you should put reflective material behind the radiators, so that the heat is directed towards the interior of the apartment, and you aren't heating the courtyard. There's different types of panels, but I'm sure your brother will know where to find the right stuff. Be well!
You have subscribers who love you and will even listen to you talk about utility bills🥰! It is always a pleasure to see you. I hope you get this challenge resolved to your satisfaction. Please when you feel comfortable doing so, give us an update on your mother and your family.❤
Detached homeowner here, so I can't say what apartment owners do, but we replaced our furnace/air conditioner in 2020 and it cost us roughly 9k USD out of pocket. House is around 2400 square feet.
Same, in Canada a furnace replacement was about 6k CND not including air con which would probably be 3-4 as well. I recently bought a new build and hopefully my furnace lasts 20 years haha
Thank you for sharing Ksenyia! Stay safe! Much respect and peace from the Republic of Ireland.....By the way, i love your channel..Always interesting for me! 👍🇮🇪🍻
The pipes in my apartment are not attached to the wall, but iron. The biggest problem I see is that you only have one pipe. I have two one for heat coming up, the other for the cold going down. If the exit from the radiator goes into the same pipe the next on the pipe gets colder water. So if you are last on the pipe you don't get much heat.
Maybe you could hang up a Gobelin as a decoration on the cold wall, it may insulate a bit. Insulation comes from air that doesn't move, however moist must be able to vapour. So I thought of something that i not water tight, but big enough for the whole wall.
you could insulate the interior wall with additional panels and insulation material. It would make the room smaller but would give a second thermal layer.
Something you could do for your cold wall would be to hang thick drapes on the entire wall. It’s non permanent and easy to remove. A cooking video with a traditional recipe would be great!
Hi Ksenia, so nice to see you again! Usually, where you own part of the building you live in (your flat or apartment), it's called a Sectional Title Deed (in other words you own your portion of the building). You can, because you own your portion of the building, normally do anything you want inside your four walls as long it's not going to cause structural damage (like moving a load bearing wall). You must just ensure that your insulation is on the INSIDE of your apartment and not on the outside. The outside of the building must look the same everywhere and any changes has to come with the consent of the Body Corporate (or Buiding Adminstrators as you call them). The costs for outside and structural changes like te Radiators) normally comes out of the Levy Fee (or building administration fee). So if you want to put insulation on the INSIDE of your apartment and it's not going to cause structural damage, you can do that. I mean,you can paint your walls, laminate or carpet your floors, change your kitchen and bathroom (all of this is part of your Sectional Title Deed Ownership), so why shouldn't you be able to insulate your wall on the INSIDE of your Apartment? I would suggest that you talk to a person legally qualified to deal with Sectional or Portional, or Condo (whatever you call it) and just make sure of your rights as the owner of your Apartment. 🇿🇦
I live in Canada and condo owners are responsible for all the maintenance in their building. Each building is registered as a corporation which is owned by the individuals who own their units. By law, each condominium corporation must maintain a reserve fund that is used for repairs and maintenance of the common areas and equipment. The owners are responsible for repairs inside their units. Every 3 or 5 years an engineering firm must do a study to determine what work needs to be done in the future. Based on that study, the corporation sets the fees that owners must pay each month in order to have sufficient funds to pay for those repairs and replacements. If the condominium corporation does not have sufficient funds, the management board can levy a special assessment which can be several thousands dollars depending on the cost of the repairs. All these costs fall on the shoulders of the owners of the building. It is not shared with any other building.
Yes, like condo associations in the US. External and shared things are maintained with the owners’ monthly dues (which can be big!) But our interior walls, fixtures, plumbing, etc are the responsibilities of the owners. What gets complicated is where the communal vs private lines are drawn. Like with pipes shared in the walls and frustratingly, our balconies.
I live in the Canadian Province of Quebec and my house is heated by electric heaters. We can turn them on even in summer. Former homes that I used to live in had oil furnaces & natural gas furnaces.
Okay so I'm stupid :-) I think the people who own apartments in the US have something called a condo fee for their condominium cuz that's what they call it and that would probably take care of all the things related to the common areas and the shoveling snow and the radiators in the hallways and the light fixtures and I don't know Maybe that guy what do they call him? Well they have a guy in apartment buildings that you can go to if you have something broken that's not major or if you lock yourself out or whatever and ordinarily when it's not 1:00 a.m. I can remember what he's called. But that doesn't cover things like shoveling the streets of the city. But it would cover like the sidewalks outside of a condominium building because apparently if you don't shovel the sidewalk in front of where you live then you can't get mail and if people slip and fall on the sidewalk then they can sue you. So everybody has to go out and shovel their thing unless somebody else is responsible or they want to pay somebody else to do it. My brother says also that they have long electric and hot water pipes over in Tampa that go between buildings and I've never seen that anywhere else in the US. Like every building has its own electric well it has a wire that comes in from the electric grid but it also has its own hot water inside the building... Somewhere. So that's different. Hopefully you will be warm this winter but how will I know if I don't shut up and stop commenting?
Hanging carpet or other materials on your apartment walls can indeed help create an additional barrier and improve insulation. Here are some steps and considerations you can take: 1. **Choose the Right Material**: Thick, heavy materials like carpets, tapestries, or even thick blankets can provide some insulation. Carpets can be particularly effective due to their density and ability to trap air. 2. **Prepare the Wall**: Clean the wall surface thoroughly before hanging anything. This ensures that the material adheres well and stays in place. 3. **Mounting Options**: You have a few options for mounting: - **Adhesive Hooks**: Use strong adhesive hooks that can hold the weight of the carpet or tapestry. - **Curtain Rods**: Install curtain rods and hang the carpet or fabric like a curtain. - **Staples or Nails**: Be cautious with this method as it can damage walls and may not be suitable for apartment living. 4. **Coverage and Fit**: Ensure the material covers as much of the wall as possible to maximize insulation benefits. Overlapping edges and corners can help reduce heat loss. 5. **Aesthetic Considerations**: Choose materials that match your décor to enhance the visual appeal of the room. 6. **Maintenance**: Vacuum or shake out the carpet occasionally to prevent dust buildup and maintain its insulating properties. 7. **Fire Safety**: Ensure that any materials you use are fire-resistant or treated to be fire-safe, especially if they are close to electrical outlets or heaters. 8. **Consult with Landlord**: If you're renting, check with your landlord or property management about any restrictions or guidelines regarding wall coverings. By adding a layer of carpet or fabric to your walls, you can create an additional thermal barrier that helps keep your apartment warmer in winter and potentially cooler in summer by reducing heat transfer through poorly insulated walls.
I forgot your walls were cold. Are you on the corner? Anyway I think in the US it would be the same thing in an apartment building that they wouldn't let you do things to your walls. And some apartment buildings they won't let you paint your walls. I went to my friend's house and it was an apartment and he was afraid I was going to spill a glass of water on the floor on the rug. And I said it's not grape juice I don't think it's going to stain. But he was very worried. And I know there's a typo up there ignore it. And understand that if it's their building sort of. If it's an apartment it belongs to them and a condo I don't know really I never had one. And then there are the homeowners associations. HOA. And that's when you have your own house but you belong to this group of houses and everybody in the group has to agree that you can paint your house three different colors or have chickens or so many different things. It's a very very long story which you can ask about sometime. Thankfully I do not live in a homeowners association and I never have and I hope I never do. Let's put it that way.
So interesting!! 😮😃 I remember, when I just came to ❤Belarus❤ last Summer, and at the Hotel she told me that from the 10th until the 22nd of August (I think) there will not be hot water - I asked, do you mean in my room?? Or at the entire Hotel? And then, she told me "no, in the entire neighbourhood!" I was stunned!! 😃 As, in israel, suuch things are either at the specific apartment, or (at the most!) at the single building level, but the municipality has got nothing to do with it. The things that regard the common property are at the building level, and are cared for by _"Va'ad haBayith"_ (Hebrew: "The House' Committee"), which includes two or three of the (apartment owning) neighbours, who volunteered (usually after being coerced into it by all other neighbours...🙃) to deal witjh these things,, at least until they can shove that responsibility onto _another_ neighbour LOL And, of course, each of the neighbours must pay them a certain tax, in order to support the maintainance of the building (garden, elevator, roof, staircase-cleaning etc.), which of course means a large chunk of the _Va'ad's_ members responsibility (the one they despise most of all, of course) is to chase each of their neighbours, in demand for them to _finally_ pay up the money they still owe since last year's February, or something... 😂 I'd never actually thought it can be so different elsewhere. 🙂
You can put a reflektive foile behind the Radiator and put some small ventilators under it for more airflow. You can masking the hole pipe with Isolation Material for a good Look and moor effectivity. Your can buy a foile from tesa called tesa Mole for Your Windows. Installation is easy. You can save about 10 to 15% of Energy. And you can create Content for Your channal. You are a Candel glowing in the dark. 🤗
Is that external brickwork behind the heater? If so no wonder you are feeling the cold. In the 1960’s in Australia they did not insulate buildings, they do now and it definitely makes a difference. Temperatures where I live range between minus 2 to a max of 47.5 .
One trick many do with success is to place an aluminum reflective panel behind each radiator. It can be as simple as a large piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil, shiny side toward the radiator. It will direct much more of the heat into your rooms instead of heating the masonry wall, and you don’t see it once it’s in.
Loos like Very russian way to repair everyting. That wall leaks warm in winter for sure. Those pipe clamps are used in technical facilities and not in apartments. That way of structuring doesn't make sense.
There was an apartment block that wasn't fire safe so the people had to pay for repairs but they also had to move out for 6 weeks. I felt this was unfair due to the building control not being regulated correctly and the houses were only a few years old. A fire in one apartment could have spread to all. I dunno if the government paid cause there was a lot of annoyed people but it was in a poor area and I don't live near there so I forgot to check. There's a service charge for repairs. I think more typically its 1500 euro a year. Your idea to insulate a wall is possible there's grants for that here. You loose a little space. I think in an apartment block they'd need to control what stuff is used so it's safe. Nice to see your video and catch up but sad that tye repairs look so bad yea that's very bad workmanship. You could box off the pipes maybe but why are they so far from tge wall? Hope you are not cold next winter.
If your installed heating is inadequate, perhaps you could buy an electric heater, say a fan heater, or two to boost the heating in your apartment. Just a suggestion. Of course, that would mean using more electricity and higher electric bills.
Hi Ksenia, in Canada we can purchase 'space heaters' or ceramic heaters with fans for rooms that are perpetually cold or seem to never get warm enough. I'm wondering if you could purchase something like that in Russia, it just plugs into the wall and you can put it on a timer. When our furnace was filled with ice in the winter we just heated our house with gas fireplace and space heater.
Install ceiling fans in all rooms to blow theat down towards the floor and buy a couple small ceramic heaters. If that doesn't fix your problem completely then you'll have to get you a man to snuggle up to.
I am sure it works the same there as it does in the US. They get a bid for the work and take the cheapest one. Then you get what they give you. At least the part that you have to repair is an easy fix and should not take your brother long to fix. Those radiators look nice but I guess we will see if it helps with your heating and the cost of heating your apartment. By the way, I thought all Russians were cold-blooded due to the location of your country. We are waiting for the update from the repair, thank you for the tour...
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Very interesting. Never worry about what content to make because the stuff is interesting to us living in other countries.
On a side note, I'm glad you kept your hair long, It looks great. And on the second note, how's your mom doing with her treatment?
Thank you for your good words!
my mom will have treatments once a month for the next 6 to 9 months. Now she seems fine.
@@StPetersburgme glad to hear it - I know we ALL wish her well ❤
Nice to see you, Ksenia! Yes, you can paint those hot water pipes. I have something similar. Just make sure you get heat-resistant paint.
And if possible, sand it (then clean it) a bit in order to help the paint stick better to the metal
I think your heating pipes are under pressure. There must be a shut off valve in the line or at each radiator, otherwise if you open the pipe connection you will have water mess. Find the shut offs first before trying to remove them.
You might be better off just repairing/painting the wall without disturbing the radiators.
Let us know what you end up doing.
Take Care
Yes we completely agree. It can be a big undertaking. Best not to work on pressurized systems without plumber training.
In my flat in the UK, we have radiators like your new ones. I find them to be really good.
Kceniya. You are a dear young woman and I want you to believe that you will have a life in this world. Do not give up hope. We are American and lived in Moscow 2012-17 and have many beloved Russian friends that we miss and worry about everyday. You are the age of my daughter. Please hold on to your strength and do not despait. You broke my heart when you were frustrated with your plans to move. Making this video about your heating was so charming and showed off your English skills. You are so bright, cheerful and disarming. As other commenters have said please just make any videos you want to when you have time and energy.the shaman video was lovely and cooking or walking is fine. Maybe talk about art or books or plants if that i terests you. I love your name " St Petersburg - me" because I know your city and what a magical place it is. But if others think you will have greater success with a new name then find something that makes you happy. May you and your family be healthy and safe.
Any chance I can get you to walk us around St. Petersburg on the longest day of this year, Thursday, 20 June?
I'd love to see what it's like for folks to be out in the midnight sun!
That does sound really interesting! 👍
Hi Ksenia! Thank you so much for explaining this to us. I kind of like the idea of owning an apartment. I think it would make the entire complex much better because they would own their own apartments and take care of them. It is always so good to see you. 🥰
Good to see you. Hope radiators are good for your apartment. Stay safe and be careful!
You should feel really warm with new radiators. I'm a home owner and went from an old heating system that took ages to warm up the radiators, to a new combi boiler system and the difference is amazing. Decorating goes hand in hand with home improvements, nothing stays the same shape and size. Total pain, but there it is. As far as the wall pipe goes, I'm in the UK and I'd say that's a typical council job!
Just glad you're well and able to give us nice video ,keep smiling Ksenia , you are a bright light to me, Thank you .. 😃
So good to see you again! Those renovations look similar to repairs done in condominium apartments here in the US. And we have the same problems too, such as not repairing the walls & having exposed pipework too. Best wishes!
So nice to heard from you. If necessary can you used a additional electric space heater to supplement heat for your comfort
You could hang ceiling to floor insulated curtains on the walls. It would help keep the heat in. And one thing that might help is to use those rubber floor tiles, they fit together like a puzzle, sometimes used in play rooms, but they come in different colors. Tent campers use them under an air mattress to keep the cold air from coming up through the mattress. And wall to wall carpets over those.
Regarding your cold wall. you can consider adding a sort of insulation on the inside of your apartment. If there is no window you could possibly hang heavy carpet to cover the wall. Hanging such a barrier can help a lot. We have done this in a cabin we have and just that little bit of added cover over the inside wall makes it a little bit more cozy. Just something to think about or .Insulating wallpaper and liners offer an easy way to do exactly that. By naturally insulating the warmth inside a room, they are superb at maintaining a comfortable temperature all year round and reducing heat from escaping from windows, ceilings, or unsightly cracks in the wall.
Oh dear sweetheart beautiful Ksenia, we also use similar radiators, they are just fine. They react faster (warm faster and cool faster) than heavy weight older radiators. Also consider placing some thermal reflectors between the walls and radiators to increase their radiation efficiencies. Sure your brother will help in repairs. Beware, proper thermal insulation is more important and effecive for heating than just heating...
It looks like they replaced the pipes with some type of plastic pipes and that was the only way to reinforce them to the wall. They also probably will not heat the boiler to as high temps as before. Those new pipes are cheaper to make and should not corrode like the iron pipes. Maybe they need the old radiators for melting down to make new military equipment?
Best wishes from Germany, Ksenia.
Apartment buildings in North America are old and many need repairs or just throw out old and put in new It is good that they are taking care of apartments in Russia like that.
I like these kind of videos they're interesting, your English is perfect
Always good to hear from you, and besides the radiator issue, I am glad you are OK!
It's lovely to see your update
Your brother is probably going to do this but just in case I'll mention it. While the radiators are removed take the wall behind them apart and insulate the wall then plaster or dry wall over that. Good video. Its always good to hear from you. Best wishes from Canada.
If the radiators don’t heat up enough even at maximum setting, then I think the building management has made it like that so tenants do use lots of gas.
They don’t have individual central units, they get heated directly from a thermo plant so they don’t use more gas.
Hello Ksenia! Glad you are fine! I think these radiators will work well, they also have temperature valves!. From what I understand you don't have a condominium central heating boiler, but everything is centralized in a municipal thermoelectric power plant. Here each condominium has its own condensing boiler for heating, or even independent heating for each apartment. I don't live in a condominium, but by law I must also have a condensing boiler with radiators and valves and this to pollute less. We are compelled by law (EU law) to have this kind of heating. Wish you that everything will work well. Thank you for these updates ❤
:) Hello Ksenia, it was good to see you again in a new video! Can I share my personal experience with you about something really great about heating? I have heard about this stuff from the wall painter that redecorated our apartment a year ago. We had - still have - old but good working iron radiators. The walls behind them were very ugly as compared to the lovely new painting and dismantling them would have been too difficult, so the painter master suggested to put this special thing on the walls behind each radiator. I do not know its English name but I will send you a link where you can see it - it is in Hungarian but you will see the photo. Here in Hungary, we can buy this stuff in rolls - and he easily glued them on the walls behind the radiators with a special glue. This layer reflects back the heat from the radiators towards the rooms - and our apartment is super warm in winter, though the building itself was built in the 1970s and the outside has never been updated. It made his work a lot easier because he did not have to dismantle the radiators, he did not have to repair the walls - he covered it with this stuff, it is barely visible and its effect is super great, especially under the windows. Even right under the windows, the air is very pleasantly warm. This is it: hazravalo.hu/HUFOL_1-5-6 and another link: ledsziget.hu/Hotukros-Polifoam-5mm?.hu&
In winter it might be interesting to go over the layers of clothes used and as its so cold how people manage when in a shopping mall, like do you carry heavy clothes around.
A lot of 1960s apartments here get torn down. Its easier than fixing them up. Better building methods now. Some were a lot worse than soviet era buildings. Like a leak in the top flat went through all ceilings.
Hello Ksenia!!
Great to share the things of life 😊!
Yes I agree with you it's very ugly, but I hope the radiators work better than they look. If it's any consolation, British radiators look like this, but of course better radiators are available! You can buy covers for the pipework which can be painted. They're not very expensive and look a tiny bit less ugly. 🤗. Dima might have seen these ❤️
Intersting info... I bet it will work better than before... I have the same kind of heating in the USA..... It is is my opinion the best kind of heating..Others have what's called forced air that comies out of vents from the floor ... I don't like those the air gets too dry...
So good to see you again ☺️ . Nice vlog . Sending you love from Canada 😊
KSENIA! I missed your videos
Hi Ksenia ! I find that the radiators are OK and I can already tell you that they will be at the right temperature more quickly than with the old cast iron ones. BUT ! The problem that remains with you is the insulation of the walls and behind the radiators! If you don't insulate, you'll pay a lot for - poorly - heating! So, 1) behind the radiators, use a roll of 'special radiator' insulation: one side of this roll is a thin metal layer stuck to the insulation and is intended to return the radiant heat towards the inside of the room while the other side is insulating and prevents heat from escaping into the wall. You can glue or use thumbtacks to attach this insulation on the wall behind the radiators. 2) Insulation of the front wall: I don't understand why you ar not allowed* to insulate YOUR INTERIOR wall? In your place, I wouldn't say anything and I would do the work with 3 or 4 or 5 cm thick Styrofoam insulation panels: light, very easy to use, to cut, and ABOVE ALL it's going to be hot at your place! And FINALLY, your heating bill will significantly decrease! ... enough to save money for a trip abroad 😉
* we 'll come next year if it is a problem = NEVER !!!
Styrofoam is paintable with an acrylic waterbased lack or coverable with wall papers
Extend your curtain on the right side to hide the piping.
As someone has already mentioned. Ask your brother to box the pipes in and either paint or wallpaper over it.
Well, the pipes are warm too, so you will get less heat if you box them in. Start by painting them. No I don't think they would do it like that in their own house, if they were allowed to do it themselves.
you can put tin foil behind radiators so heat goes into the lat not the wall also you could box those pipes in to hide then ,take care
Yes, I know about this method. I will definitely use it if I get cold this winter.
@@StPetersburgme If your brother going to remove the radiators for decoration you would better to fit reflective insulation foils during the decoration. you dont have to remove rads. next winter again.
Also, you can replace the kitchen radiator with a higher output one.
The uninsulated external wall you mentioned can be insulated from internal side with a 50 or 100mm Celotex insulation boards.
@@StPetersburgme Hiya 🙋♀️
The parts of your building like the hallways, lifts and basement we call 'The Common Parts', here in the UK. The charges (in a flat or apartment like yours) we call 'Maintenance Charges' and we pay a yearly sum, they are all different depending on who owns the building (not Government owned) and they charge what they like - some are very expensive 😒😒
The comment about putting up a thick curtain along that cold wall is a good idea 👌
All the best to your mother - and brother 😃
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Is the heat turned on and off on a preplanned date, or is it depended on the weather? What month does it typically get cold in St. Petersburg?
We don't use those plastic (polyvinyl chloride) pipes for plumbing anymore in the city where I live as they failed after a few years, leaking and causing a lot of water damage in the homes that had them. Watch out for leaks!
By the way that word I was searching for about the guy who takes care of apartments, he's the super. I don't know if it means superintendent or something else but it just totally escaped me at the time and by the way I just went into my brother's room and told him that if I had a thermometer I could listen to my duck's lungs and see if she's wheezing. Because I couldn't remember the word that I can't remember right now. Aphasia is so much fun. Stethoscope. My duck is breathing funny. In an exaggerated fashion and through her mouth. It would be good to know if she was wheezing. I don't hear anything. But at least she's still breathing. I love this duck. I hope she doesn't die. It is the weekend and I can't afford to pay for doctors for myself and our official veterinarian, whom I have never seen because she's $75 just for an exam, happens to be sick. She's the exotic vet. They take care of everything. Last week they removed a fishing hook from the intestines of an egret. Most people won't treat Muscovy ducks. But you have to figure if she would treat an egret then she would treat this creature as well. Hopefully she will recover like my Last two did. Willow was actually drooling and not breathing well. But somehow she recovered twice. And Lilac couldn't walk for a couple of days. Right now I have Lillabet in a pet carrier in my bedroom with the air conditioning on because it was 90° outside. And I have got to turn the air conditioning back down because I'm freezing.. 70° is too cold for me but I think it's accurate. Maybe I do have a good thermometer finally. It's just suck could help me listen to my duck breathe.
Your vertical pipes appear to be mounted to reduce noise from vibration. Box those in or put a cardboard tube around them. Take photos of everything you cover so that you will know what has to be removed if there is a problem.
There is sth like aluminium foild, kind of insulation you can use behind the radiator to keep the heat inside.
yes , you can paint it, those are like that so they dont have to put inside the wall (less work, less time, less cost), those are also of plastique because it last longer, is less expensive ans easier to install.
Were the iron pipes ugly, also?
Communal living like in a condo is not like a freestanding home. I have to let people into my condo a few times a year for mandatory services, sometimes updates to the infrastructure that aren’t to my liking or are crappy and fail. I do pay a lot to my condo association in monthly dues, and have not done the math whether that’s justified, but I can say that if I owned a solo home and there was a leak in the roof, I’d probably just live with rain buckets. So there’s plusses and minuses to both.
Hi Ksenia! Hopefully your new radiators are more energy efficient and your heating bill will be less. As for insulating the exterior walls, you would have to take down the dry wall and put insulation behind it then put up new dry wall and plaster and paint it. If your building management won't do it, maybe you could get a quote from a local carpenter to see if the cost is worth it to you.
Missed you!
Hello, will you move to Bulgaria? 😄
Hi, Ksenia!👋👋
No offence - but you’re a very negative and pessimistic individual. The radiators you have “now” been given are on parr with radiators around the “west” (I live in London, and those radiator is resemble mine), I have never walked around my house saying “omg these radiators look “cheap”
Your local council has upgraded your apartments from 1960s Soviet infrastructure to 21st century infrastructure, but you want to moan about it?
If Russia is so bad for you, why don’t you leave and come live in London’s council estates, with buildings built on the cheap in 1980s by thatcher government, let’s how much you’ll moan about “England”
Or maybe you’d rather go to Kyiv and live under Zelenskyys economic development? 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Just be grateful and find positivity in life!
Find a husband to get to a bigger and better appartment together, like Putin wants you to do.
Hi Ksenia good to see you,your new radiators are double ones and should be much more efficient than your old ones so hopefully you will be warmer this winter.
Greetings Ksenija, here in Croatia, older buildings are massively renovated, insulation is installed and windows and doors are replaced (part of the funds are financed from EU funds). I know from experience that it is good to place aluminum foil behind the radiator, if it is not available in your market, you can place a thicker foil on cardboard and place it behind the radiator. In this way, the heat will go towards the room and will not heat the wall unnecessarily. Also, your curtains must be short, so they don't cover the radiator and retain heat. I wish you all the best!!!
You have convection radiators they work best if air comes in at the bottom and goes out of the top. If you extend the shelf above the radiator and the curtains do not come below the shelf the convection will then come into the room if you have long curtains that cover the radiators, you can’t get convection. The other thing you can do to improve the radiator is behind them back them with insulated foil. This also increases their efficiency. The other thing that can stop radiators working properly is air building up inside the radiator can happen. You should have a bleed tap or key that you can use to get the air out of the radiator so it works efficiently. Hope this helps. Best wishes
That insulated foil sounded interesting, so I looked it up to see what it looks like. It's incredible how many sites it's on (worldwide!).. People seen to like it b'cas it provides insulation, no toxins, etc.. Good info Alan! 😊
I noticed the was a key lying on one of the radiators. Most often needed when the heating comes back on.
I wonder if she can find insulated foil in St Petersburg
@@personincognito3989 if not, then just baking foil works just as well ... IF you can get it down behind the rads ‼️
Baking foil, which in the US we call aluminum foil or us lazy people call it tin foil, is in fact in my opinion (I wonder if it could be both) expensive. I didn't notice that until one day I went out and bought some. So if you happen to find some and you think wow this is expensive! It actually is. But still it's most likely a good thing to put behind the radiator. I don't know what convection is so I'm going to believe it :-) (I'm really bad at science)
Nice to see you back & hope you and your family are doing well 💖
Just put a paint drop cloth … No need to dismantle the heaters … Just paint the wall the close matching paint …
Should be easy and on the cheap side to do .
It may be a cold winter there now. I suggest you get a couple of electric heating blankets just in case.
Good to see you
There are many UK citizens living in private or local government landlord homes, who have a lot of damp, to the point their children end up in hospital etc, yet they just give excuses all the time. For you to have upgraded heating system is very good, it shows that money paid to the government is being put back into the community. In UK we see very little improvements.
Hi again Ksenia nice to see that you are back i always enjoy your videos. I live in sweden and here that old type of radiators are really retro fashion so ppl would go nuts if they took them down and put up the new "boring" ones. Take care, i hope you do good there, ill look forward to more videos.
I own a condo which is similar to your apartment. We are responsible for all heating and air conditioning as well as hot water heater. We are responsible from the walls in. So if I wanted to add insulation I could. The condo association, which we pay into monthly, takes care of the outside of the building and common areas. I live in Delaware USA
Yes, it’s like a condo in the US in many ways.
Also in Canada! Though the STRATA can ask you for money above the monthly fee which can be quite high already(
It's so good to see you looking and sounding well. This video was fascinating to me. I would consider, depending on the cost, hanging tapestries or rugs on the walls. It's an old custom that was used for centuries to help insulate rooms. Take care and have a nice visit with your brother.
I wish the best for you. I hope this new unit is more efficient than your older one.😊❤
Great to see you back. Nice looking radiators, pity you need to redecorate the walls! Don't paint the radiators themselves unless they are off for a long time or they will become sticky. Be interesting if you are hotter in the winter. Crazy seeing that pipe up the wall! Normally that would be hidden behind a wall or enclosed so to be hidden. Stay warm!
Hello Ksenia! So happy to see you! Thank you for posting this video❤😊.
I look forward to the repair wideo.
Probably because your apt is considered a condo and there is a lot of red tape on what you can or can't do. That's the way it is in Canada. My landlord controls my heating so I bought a ceramic space heater for extra heat!! Take care.:)
Why take so much break between two videos?
Ah, your versatile brother will handle the repairs! It's good to have a good handyman in the family.
I would suggest to ask him to look into adding insulation on the inside of your walls, some paneling should be relatively easy to install and would make a big difference, also covering those ugly pipes.
It is true that they need to do all the façade at once to avoid thermal leakage, but internal insulation doesn't affect the rest of the building, so you should be able to do as you please, in your own home.
At a minimum you should put reflective material behind the radiators, so that the heat is directed towards the interior of the apartment, and you aren't heating the courtyard.
There's different types of panels, but I'm sure your brother will know where to find the right stuff.
Be well!
I was thinking.
Along the same lines and was shocked to see she didn't have insulation.
You have subscribers who love you and will even listen to you talk about utility bills🥰! It is always a pleasure to see you. I hope you get this challenge resolved to your satisfaction. Please when you feel comfortable doing so, give us an update on your mother and your family.❤
Detached homeowner here, so I can't say what apartment owners do, but we replaced our furnace/air conditioner in 2020 and it cost us roughly 9k USD out of pocket. House is around 2400 square feet.
Same, in Canada a furnace replacement was about 6k CND not including air con which would probably be 3-4 as well. I recently bought a new build and hopefully my furnace lasts 20 years haha
Thank you for sharing Ksenyia! Stay safe! Much respect and peace from the Republic of Ireland.....By the way, i love your channel..Always interesting for me! 👍🇮🇪🍻
The pipes in my apartment are not attached to the wall, but iron. The biggest problem I see is that you only have one pipe. I have two one for heat coming up, the other for the cold going down. If the exit from the radiator goes into the same pipe the next on the pipe gets colder water. So if you are last on the pipe you don't get much heat.
Maybe your brother could build a removable box to hide the pipes, paint it the same color as the wall.
Maybe you could hang up a Gobelin as a decoration on the cold wall, it may insulate a bit. Insulation comes from air that doesn't move, however moist must be able to vapour. So I thought of something that i not water tight, but big enough for the whole wall.
Hello! 😘 I love your honesty! I'm in Chicago... thank you for showing me your lifestyle!
you could insulate the interior wall with additional panels and insulation material. It would make the room smaller but would give a second thermal layer.
Something you could do for your cold wall would be to hang thick drapes on the entire wall. It’s non permanent and easy to remove. A cooking video with a traditional recipe would be great!
Hi Ksenia, so nice to see you again! Usually, where you own part of the building you live in (your flat or apartment), it's called a Sectional Title Deed (in other words you own your portion of the building). You can, because you own your portion of the building, normally do anything you want inside your four walls as long it's not going to cause structural damage (like moving a load bearing wall). You must just ensure that your insulation is on the INSIDE of your apartment and not on the outside. The outside of the building must look the same everywhere and any changes has to come with the consent of the Body Corporate (or Buiding Adminstrators as you call them). The costs for outside and structural changes like te Radiators) normally comes out of the Levy Fee (or building administration fee). So if you want to put insulation on the INSIDE of your apartment and it's not going to cause structural damage, you can do that. I mean,you can paint your walls, laminate or carpet your floors, change your kitchen and bathroom (all of this is part of your Sectional Title Deed Ownership), so why shouldn't you be able to insulate your wall on the INSIDE of your Apartment? I would suggest that you talk to a person legally qualified to deal with Sectional or Portional, or Condo (whatever you call it) and just make sure of your rights as the owner of your Apartment. 🇿🇦
Kim: the rules and laws may be totally different in Russia ‼️🤪🤪
I live in Canada and condo owners are responsible for all the maintenance in their building.
Each building is registered as a corporation which is owned by the individuals who own their units.
By law, each condominium corporation must maintain a reserve fund that is used for repairs and maintenance of the common areas and equipment. The owners are responsible for repairs inside their units.
Every 3 or 5 years an engineering firm must do a study to determine what work needs to be done in the future. Based on that study, the corporation sets the fees that owners must pay each month in order to have sufficient funds to pay for those repairs and replacements.
If the condominium corporation does not have sufficient funds, the management board can levy a special assessment which can be several thousands dollars depending on the cost of the repairs.
All these costs fall on the shoulders of the owners of the building. It is not shared with any other building.
Yes, like condo associations in the US. External and shared things are maintained with the owners’ monthly dues (which can be big!) But our interior walls, fixtures, plumbing, etc are the responsibilities of the owners. What gets complicated is where the communal vs private lines are drawn. Like with pipes shared in the walls and frustratingly, our balconies.
Good to see you again ! I had old pipes like that in my place in NYC. The place was built in the 1940’´s.
I live in the Canadian Province of Quebec and my house is heated by electric heaters. We can turn them on even in summer. Former homes that I used to live in had oil furnaces & natural gas furnaces.
Okay so I'm stupid :-) I think the people who own apartments in the US have something called a condo fee for their condominium cuz that's what they call it and that would probably take care of all the things related to the common areas and the shoveling snow and the radiators in the hallways and the light fixtures and I don't know Maybe that guy what do they call him? Well they have a guy in apartment buildings that you can go to if you have something broken that's not major or if you lock yourself out or whatever and ordinarily when it's not 1:00 a.m. I can remember what he's called. But that doesn't cover things like shoveling the streets of the city. But it would cover like the sidewalks outside of a condominium building because apparently if you don't shovel the sidewalk in front of where you live then you can't get mail and if people slip and fall on the sidewalk then they can sue you. So everybody has to go out and shovel their thing unless somebody else is responsible or they want to pay somebody else to do it. My brother says also that they have long electric and hot water pipes over in Tampa that go between buildings and I've never seen that anywhere else in the US. Like every building has its own electric well it has a wire that comes in from the electric grid but it also has its own hot water inside the building... Somewhere. So that's different. Hopefully you will be warm this winter but how will I know if I don't shut up and stop commenting?
Hanging carpet or other materials on your apartment walls can indeed help create an additional barrier and improve insulation. Here are some steps and considerations you can take:
1. **Choose the Right Material**: Thick, heavy materials like carpets, tapestries, or even thick blankets can provide some insulation. Carpets can be particularly effective due to their density and ability to trap air.
2. **Prepare the Wall**: Clean the wall surface thoroughly before hanging anything. This ensures that the material adheres well and stays in place.
3. **Mounting Options**: You have a few options for mounting:
- **Adhesive Hooks**: Use strong adhesive hooks that can hold the weight of the carpet or tapestry.
- **Curtain Rods**: Install curtain rods and hang the carpet or fabric like a curtain.
- **Staples or Nails**: Be cautious with this method as it can damage walls and may not be suitable for apartment living.
4. **Coverage and Fit**: Ensure the material covers as much of the wall as possible to maximize insulation benefits. Overlapping edges and corners can help reduce heat loss.
5. **Aesthetic Considerations**: Choose materials that match your décor to enhance the visual appeal of the room.
6. **Maintenance**: Vacuum or shake out the carpet occasionally to prevent dust buildup and maintain its insulating properties.
7. **Fire Safety**: Ensure that any materials you use are fire-resistant or treated to be fire-safe, especially if they are close to electrical outlets or heaters.
8. **Consult with Landlord**: If you're renting, check with your landlord or property management about any restrictions or guidelines regarding wall coverings.
By adding a layer of carpet or fabric to your walls, you can create an additional thermal barrier that helps keep your apartment warmer in winter and potentially cooler in summer by reducing heat transfer through poorly insulated walls.
Service charge system is very similar in Estonia. We have a service body for each block of approximately 100 apartments. My block was built in 1972.
If Russia is so bad, why don't you leave? Oh, that's right, you've tried that before, and it failed 😂😂😂
I forgot your walls were cold. Are you on the corner? Anyway I think in the US it would be the same thing in an apartment building that they wouldn't let you do things to your walls. And some apartment buildings they won't let you paint your walls. I went to my friend's house and it was an apartment and he was afraid I was going to spill a glass of water on the floor on the rug. And I said it's not grape juice I don't think it's going to stain. But he was very worried. And I know there's a typo up there ignore it. And understand that if it's their building sort of. If it's an apartment it belongs to them and a condo I don't know really I never had one. And then there are the homeowners associations. HOA. And that's when you have your own house but you belong to this group of houses and everybody in the group has to agree that you can paint your house three different colors or have chickens or so many different things. It's a very very long story which you can ask about sometime. Thankfully I do not live in a homeowners association and I never have and I hope I never do. Let's put it that way.
So interesting!! 😮😃 I remember, when I just came to ❤Belarus❤ last Summer, and at the Hotel she told me that from the 10th until the 22nd of August (I think) there will not be hot water - I asked, do you mean in my room?? Or at the entire Hotel? And then, she told me "no, in the entire neighbourhood!" I was stunned!! 😃 As, in israel, suuch things are either at the specific apartment, or (at the most!) at the single building level, but the municipality has got nothing to do with it. The things that regard the common property are at the building level, and are cared for by _"Va'ad haBayith"_ (Hebrew: "The House' Committee"), which includes two or three of the (apartment owning) neighbours, who volunteered (usually after being coerced into it by all other neighbours...🙃) to deal witjh these things,, at least until they can shove that responsibility onto _another_ neighbour LOL And, of course, each of the neighbours must pay them a certain tax, in order to support the maintainance of the building (garden, elevator, roof, staircase-cleaning etc.), which of course means a large chunk of the _Va'ad's_ members responsibility (the one they despise most of all, of course) is to chase each of their neighbours, in demand for them to _finally_ pay up the money they still owe since last year's February, or something... 😂
I'd never actually thought it can be so different elsewhere. 🙂
I also don't like your pipes. Greetings from the Netherlands.
You can put a reflektive foile behind the Radiator and put some small ventilators under it for more airflow. You can masking the hole pipe with Isolation Material for a good Look and moor effectivity.
Your can buy a foile from tesa called tesa Mole for Your Windows. Installation is easy.
You can save about 10 to 15% of Energy.
And you can create Content for Your channal.
You are a Candel glowing in the dark. 🤗
Is that external brickwork behind the heater? If so no wonder you are feeling the cold.
In the 1960’s in Australia they did not insulate buildings, they do now and it definitely makes a difference.
Temperatures where I live range between minus 2 to a max of 47.5 .
One trick many do with success is to place an aluminum reflective panel behind each radiator. It can be as simple as a large piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil, shiny side toward the radiator. It will direct much more of the heat into your rooms instead of heating the masonry wall, and you don’t see it once it’s in.
Loos like Very russian way to repair everyting. That wall leaks warm in winter for sure. Those pipe clamps are used in technical facilities and not in apartments. That way of structuring doesn't make sense.
There was an apartment block that wasn't fire safe so the people had to pay for repairs but they also had to move out for 6 weeks. I felt this was unfair due to the building control not being regulated correctly and the houses were only a few years old.
A fire in one apartment could have spread to all. I dunno if the government paid cause there was a lot of annoyed people but it was in a poor area and I don't live near there so I forgot to check.
There's a service charge for repairs. I think more typically its 1500 euro a year.
Your idea to insulate a wall is possible there's grants for that here. You loose a little space.
I think in an apartment block they'd need to control what stuff is used so it's safe.
Nice to see your video and catch up but sad that tye repairs look so bad yea that's very bad workmanship. You could box off the pipes maybe but why are they so far from tge wall?
Hope you are not cold next winter.
Ksenija bring your curtains all the way up to the ceiling and cover the pipes from the start of the wall on both sides..just an idea.
Are you able to sell your apartment and buy another one in the middle of the building? I don’t know how difficult that would be.
If your installed heating is inadequate, perhaps you could buy an electric heater, say a fan heater, or two to boost the heating in your apartment. Just a suggestion. Of course, that would mean using more electricity and higher electric bills.
Very interesting bill - I noticed the Saint George ribbon. Insane, that they are also on utility bills now. You should talk about that ...
Hi Ksenia, in Canada we can purchase 'space heaters' or ceramic heaters with fans for rooms that are perpetually cold or seem to never get warm enough. I'm wondering if you could purchase something like that in Russia, it just plugs into the wall and you can put it on a timer. When our furnace was filled with ice in the winter we just heated our house with gas fireplace and space heater.
Lol ,can't keep up with ksenia. Always in the move over there in Big Russia. Trucker here. She has more miles than me😮😊
Install ceiling fans in all rooms to blow theat down towards the floor and buy a couple small ceramic heaters. If that doesn't fix your problem completely then you'll have to get you a man to snuggle up to.
I am sure it works the same there as it does in the US. They get a bid for the work and take the cheapest one. Then you get what they give you. At least the part that you have to repair is an easy fix and should not take your brother long to fix. Those radiators look nice but I guess we will see if it helps with your heating and the cost of heating your apartment. By the way, I thought all Russians were cold-blooded due to the location of your country. We are waiting for the update from the repair, thank you for the tour...