Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Boiler leaking Carbon Monoxide

What I night! Firstly I receive a phonecall from my sister at about 10 a night telling me that the plumber came round to check the boiler and issue a gas certificate and found out that although we thought the boiler was about 15 years old, it's actually closer to 25 years old and to top it all off is leaking carbon monoxide.

Apparently it can be fixed and just needs a part which will be fitted tomorrow, but led to me and husband panicking about what I had done buying this house. I'd always intended to get a new boiler at some point in the future, but not as soon as my sister moved in. Looks like this has gone to the top of my priority list and now saving £1,500 looks like the way forward.

Me and hubby had a huge row about this issue as he feels I did not think or budget for issues like this going wrong and he's absolutely right, I didn't. Lesson learned if I decide to do this again in the future.

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