What is the date of return to service of district heating?

Service-public's response:

The law does not impose a date because the heating can vary according to the region (heating needs are not the same everywhere in France) or the precocity of the cold.

Nevertheless, the heating period is traditionally between 15 October and 15 April of the following year. The date is specified in the rules of the condominium or by a vote of the condominium owners at the general meeting.

However, the building code imposes temperature thresholds to be respected inside the accommodation:

• in old dwellings, the heating temperature is limited to 19°C;
• in recent buildings (whose building permit was issued after 1^er June 2001), the temperature must not fall below 18°C in the center of the rooms.

If you wish to request the reactivation of the heating before the scheduled date, you must do so with the union council of the condominium. If your request is justified and is shared by enough people, it will be accepted and forwarded to the trustee, who will have to request the services of the driver, provided that the contract concluded with him has provided for it.

The union council may issue a negative opinion because of the extra cost involved, you will then have to equip yourself with a personal supplementary heating until the return to service of the collective heating.