6 weeks later, hot water back on but still no heat at Toronto apartment

WATCH: 6 weeks later, hot water back on but still no heat at Toronto apartment. Mark Carcasole reports.

TORONTO – After six weeks and multiple threats of fines, the hot water is back on at a north Toronto apartment building that had been crippled by a broken furnace since mid-February.

But there`s still no heat.

At a Landlord and Tenant Board meeting Tuesday, the landlord, Bianca Pollak said the hot water was just awaiting testing from Enbridge. The heat however could be another 7 to 10 days.

When Global News arrived at 2779 Yonge Street Wednesday morning, a fleet of repairmen and trucks were at the building.

And tenants, including Allison Gammage, were surprised when they turned on their taps.

“Yeah. I, force of habit, turned on the hot water to brush my teeth hand it was warm,” she said. “Which is pretty shocking, I don’t think I’ve ever felt that excitement before for hot water.”

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She said there was extremely low pressure from the taps and issues with proper drainage but it’s better than nothing.

Pollak refused to speak to Global News Wednesday and Gammage said she has not spoken to the landlord either.

“She just had somebody come in and check the pressure and check the flow and see if it was warm, and it is warm, but there’s not much other than that, so a shower wouldn’t really be ideal right now,” she said.

Pollak had been accused of inaction throughout the six weeks, as tenants suggested she was forcing them out so she could tear the building down and build a large condo. At the urging of a city adjudicator, Pollak provided apartments and hotel rooms for people without heat.

The furnace broke in mid-February when a carbon monoxideleak forced the utility to shut off the gas until it was fixed.

Tenants were provided space heaters but a side-effect of their constant use was high electricity bills.

“We haven’t got this round of our bill yet. For ten days it was about $60 extra,” Isabel Gana said. “So add a couple more weeks and there you go. I think it will probably be about $150 to $200 extra.”