Maintenance
Emergency After-Hours Maintenance – call 386.972.1799
Maintenance
Emergency After-Hours Maintenance - call 386.972.1799
EMERGENCY
- Fire, Call 911
- Loss of power
- Broken water lines
- Exposed electrical lines
- No heat (During the winter season)
- Broken door locks or broken windows
- Major plumbing backups and/or conditions that might cause harm to the tenant and/or damage to property (includes overflowing toilet and other exposure to raw sewage)
Please report maintenance problems immediately. You must not make any repairs. You will be required to pay for damages to your apartment caused by any member of your family or guests.
The Palatka Housing Authority will charge the average standard rate during regular maintenance working hours (Monday – Thursday, 8:00 am – 6:30 pm). Overtime rates will be charged for any work done at times other than regular maintenance working hours.
All maintenance calls are subject to maintenance charges.
Clogged Sewers
The Palatka Housing Authority Maintenance Department’s most frequent call-outs are related to toilet & sewer stop-ups.
We ask that you ONLY flush toilet paper down the toilets. DO NOT flush cleaning towels, make-up removing cloths, handi-wipes, wet wipes, cloth washcloths, and ladies’ sanitary napkins.
Please do not pour cooking oil or grease down the drains. Dispose of grease products in the dumpster on site.
Save on Energy Costs
Raise the temperature slowly to keep your bill lower. Quickly raising your temperature set point activates the heat strip, which uses tons of energy.
Set your thermostat to 68-70 degrees during the day in the winter and 65-68 degrees at night to keep your home comfortable and save on heating costs.
Set your thermostat to 78-80 degrees during the day in the summer and 80-82 degrees at night to save on cooling costs.
Lower your thermostat every time you leave the house.
Close your exterior doors and windows when the heating or AC is on.
Use ceiling fans or floor fans to cool off for less.
Thermostats
The name thermostat is derived from the Greek words thermos meaning “hot,” and statos, meaning “a standing.” Therefore a thermostat is a device that simply switches the heating or air conditioner system on and off as necessary.
It works by sensing the air temperature, switching on the Heater or Air Conditioner when the air temperature changes from the thermostat set point and switching it off once this set temperature has been reached.
A Thermostat will switch on and off at temperatures on either side of the set point, and it will not make the room heat up any faster by raising the heating set point or cooler by lowering the cooling set point.