Sodding central heating

[Jimmy Choo]

The GF had a shower this morning but when I got in the shower, the boiler had decided that hot water and central heating were for the weak and went into ignition lockdown. An emergency plumber later and apparently the ignition unit and the electrodes that sense if the flame is on have given up the ghost and I've got a £500 odd bill.

They can't get teh parts until tomorrow so I've got the log burner running and a couple of pairs of socks on.

I was hoping that 2025 would give me a fucking break!

[DeskJockey]

Chill, dude. You need to be cool and don't sweat the little stuff. Otherwise you'll be all hot and bothered over nothing.

[Jobbo]

That is exactly the wrong moment - hope your feet are not icicles this morning

Bit late now but I’ve previously taken out a Domestic & General warranty when my boiler stopped working; that covered the fix (was cheaper than the actual fix alone would have cost) and anything else for the next year, and was payable monthly so the up-front pain was minimal.

[Zonda_]

Had a similar thing on New Years day, woke up to no gas to anything, heating, boiler, cooker. Turned out the year changing over to 01/01 had fried a load of Ovo's smart meters. Told us to call Norther Gas who were at the house within 30 minutes but immediately said it was the 4th he'd been to that day and there was nothing he could do as the meter was Ovo's property. He did give us 2 brand new fan heaters though. Ovo tried to fob us off another 2 times until eventually admitting it was their problem and booking an engineer. 6 hours later with it being 2 degrees outside the engineer arrived and told me he'd received the appointment 20 minutes previously!

Long story short, Ovo and their infrastructure are shit.

[ZedLeg]

Reminds me of the time we didn’t have water in dec or jan because someone renovating a flat downstairs broke a mains pipe and just capped it.

Idiot plumber the landlord sent fannied around for a bit and then left.

Figured out after he left that he had turned the mains off for the whole building.

Cue me lying on cardboard over snow with my arm in the hole for the mains tap up to the shoulder, turning the water back on with pliers. Lucky I have the wing span of a Sea Eagle

[V8Granite]

The rental next door had it fail a couple of weeks ago, died on Wednesday and had it fixed by Friday morning.

What it did show was that gas safe certs and servicing is just a paper exercise. The boiler was pretty old and had never been serviced as the panel has tell tales which show if parts have been replaced.

God bless wood burners and fireplaces.

Dave!

[Gavster]

Ugh, I had similar when we had a power cut that lasted for 36 hours in the middle of winter, no heating, hot water or electricity. Biggest problem was that we were trying to make some home brew at the time, so ended up using the gas hobs to heat the kitchen to keep it warm. Obvs we just went to the pub to keep warm.

[mik]

Bit late now but I’ve previously taken out a Domestic & General warranty when my boiler stopped working; that covered the fix (was cheaper than the actual fix alone would have cost) and anything else for the next year, and was payable monthly so the up-front pain was minimal.

Snap. It was cheaper than paying for the repair (pump + air sensor), and the pump failed again after 4 months (second guy identified that a jumper hadn't been removed during installation which meant the pump had been running 24/7).