Timeline for Couldn't the landlord just say the Thermometer doesn't work when confronted with the temperature being too low?
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| Feb 19 at 21:55 | comment | added | DonQuiKong | @trish the landlord then still has to fix it, but the tenant has to pay it. Small but big difference. | |
| Feb 19 at 21:31 | comment | added | Trish | @gerrit true, unless there is a "kleinstreperaturklausel" (small repair paragraph), which puts the onus on the tennant | |
| Feb 19 at 21:25 | comment | added | gerrit | @Trish Certainly. Landlord will appreciate if OP can fix it themselves, but if OP is unsure they have every right to ask the landlord to fix it / send somebody to fix it. | |
| Feb 19 at 19:08 | comment | added | Trish | @gerrit another alternative is, that the heaters are full of air, or the valve that is operated by the thermostat is stuck in closed - both easily fixable with minimal tools or skill. A screwdriver and maybe a square key are all that is needed | |
| Feb 19 at 8:01 | comment | added | gerrit | @trystwithfreedom The knobs on German radiators are essentially thermostats, even if they are not calibrated in terms of a numerically indicated temperature. Usually they have the settings cold/1/2/3/4/5, which map to various temperatures, that may be room-dependent; a 3 in the bathroom may be warmer than a 3 in the bedroom. If you open everything to 5 and still cannot get to the minimum acceptable temperature, your heating is broken and your landlord is obliged to fix it. | |
| Feb 18 at 18:57 | comment | added | PMF | @TripeHound Sure, but the OP didn't say anything about how much alleged error there was in his case. I don't think it was 7°, that would indeed be ridiculous. | |
| Feb 18 at 18:53 | comment | added | TripeHound | @PMF But a possibly acceptable 1-2° off is still less than a third of the 7° error the answer talks of. | |
| Feb 18 at 18:47 | comment | added | PMF | "A thermometer that wrong could not differentiate between a life threatening hypothermia and life threatening fever." That is true, but not all thermometers are as precise as a fever thermometer. For room temperature measurement, 1-2° off would generally be acceptable, a fever thermometer should not be more than ~0.2° off. It only needs to work from about 32°C to 42°C, though. | |
| Feb 18 at 17:38 | comment | added | nvoigt | Do you have a room or an appartment? If you have your own appartment, you should have your own thermostat. If you have a room, then the thermostat might be someplace else, but it is still the landlord's obligation to make it work for you. | |
| Feb 18 at 17:29 | comment | added | Brian | Do all german rooms have a thermostat? I don't think I have one | |
| Feb 18 at 17:22 | comment | added | nvoigt | Feel free to write an answer more in line with what you think. | |
| Feb 18 at 17:15 | comment | added | Kai Burghardt | This answer focuses on material law. I think the question concerns procedural law. | |
| Feb 18 at 17:00 | history | answered | nvoigt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |