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Just when things were going well...
Sep. 23rd, 2013 05:32 pmJust when things were going well the hot water boiler (water and central heating) has packed up.
Fortunately we qualify for the government's warm front scheme to get a free boiler (basically if your old boiler is past a certain age, was inefficient, you don't earn very much and you're either 65+ or have children under 16).
So we will get a new boiler :) but and of course there is a but the assessor to check out the old broken boiler and measure up for the new one can't get here until the 15th of October, so three weeks tomorrow. I hope it's quicker after that to get the new one fitted.
Personally I can manage with just using the emersion heater for hot water for shower and putting on an extra jumper if it gets cold. I grew up without central heating (and without hot water for showers for that matter, unless you got the fire burning for long enough to heat the water - and that relied on how much wood me and my mum had chopped up.)
Husband is 'how are we going to manage? it'll be cold' and little one doesn't like the idea of showers rather than baths for the next month. But new free boiler beats expensive temporary repair to old one.
All the same I want new boiler in before it gets really cold. Frost on the inside of the windows is not something I look back at fondly.
Fortunately we qualify for the government's warm front scheme to get a free boiler (basically if your old boiler is past a certain age, was inefficient, you don't earn very much and you're either 65+ or have children under 16).
So we will get a new boiler :) but and of course there is a but the assessor to check out the old broken boiler and measure up for the new one can't get here until the 15th of October, so three weeks tomorrow. I hope it's quicker after that to get the new one fitted.
Personally I can manage with just using the emersion heater for hot water for shower and putting on an extra jumper if it gets cold. I grew up without central heating (and without hot water for showers for that matter, unless you got the fire burning for long enough to heat the water - and that relied on how much wood me and my mum had chopped up.)
Husband is 'how are we going to manage? it'll be cold' and little one doesn't like the idea of showers rather than baths for the next month. But new free boiler beats expensive temporary repair to old one.
All the same I want new boiler in before it gets really cold. Frost on the inside of the windows is not something I look back at fondly.