There is no legal date for the commissioning of collective heating in homes.
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In real estate complexes, it is the trustee who sets the start dates of the collective heating by decision of the co-owners’ meeting or by internal regulation.
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The start of collective heating can vary
The warm-up period is generally between October 15 – for the ignition of boilers – e April 15 of the following year – for his judgment. However, this is not a legal period: these two dates do not appear in any text.
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They can therefore vary depending on the region or the earliness of the cold. The person responsible for starting the collective heating receives the order from the union.
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19 ° C, sufficient temperature set by decree
On the other hand, the decree n ° 79-907 of 22 October 1979sets the sufficient temperature in apartments, teaching rooms, offices or open to the public (ERP) at 19 ° C.
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Since the end of September, the Housing and Housing Department (DLH) Technical Housing Service and the social owners have been monitoring the weather forecast regularly.
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When the thermometer drops below a certain temperature for several consecutive days, the systems are then put into service.
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So that the heating is turned on before the hour
In some cases, collective heating can be restarted before the commissioning date. However, this must be stipulated in the contract with the heating contractor.
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In that case, all you have to do is contact the union council of the building (it is the link between the co-ownership union and the co-ownership) which centralizes the requests. If the request is correctly justified and shared by a sufficient number of people, the council seizes the trustee to contact the heating engineer.
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Theoretically, the boiler restart request is justified when a temperature below 19 ° C is observed. In fact, to restart the boiler it is necessary to respect a differential of a few degrees.
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If the heating request is refused
Your request could be Refused as deemed illegitimate. In general, the co-ownership refuses the start-up of the boiler or its maintenance in operation outside the foreseen period. Indeed, the additional cost incurred is not included in the rates negotiated upstream with the heating engineer.
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In the event of a negative opinion from the trade union council, you will have no other solution than to wait for the seasonal temperatures to arrive, or to equip yourself with personal or auxiliary heating.
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