17 January 2006 @ 11:31 am
Tales from the Igloo  

My thermostat is fine. Works perfectly, absolutely nothing wrong with it at all. My hot water tank is also fine, again - nothing wrong with it at all.

The pump is screwed. And the pump is under the floorboards.

The guy couldn't fix it today but recommended I put a call to the helpline and they'd send a local guy around who knows the systems better than he does. Oh, and my boiler is now officially 'at risk' because it's an open flue one and there isn't a proper wall vent for it, so I can either cut a six inch hole in my wall or get a new combi boiler...

I'm just full of the joys of spring today aren't I?

 
 
Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Buffy - Primeval on Sky One
 
 
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[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on January 17th, 2006 04:24 am (UTC)
Eek a combi boiler is mega bucks - I'd go with the hole in the wall.....

Hope things start looking up for you mate. *hugs Sho to keep her warm*

Btw I've started practicising on the Icon tuts you sent me - now I am hooked and had to be dragged off the computer late last night - thanks so much!!
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[identity profile] jgracio.livejournal.com on January 17th, 2006 04:28 am (UTC)
Around here people use electric based systems, smallish things you hook up, let charge during the day (or night) and then set to heat the house at preset hours... maybe something like that could work as a quick fix? Dunno if they're available in Scotland, or prices... :(
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[identity profile] bob-bobbing.livejournal.com on January 17th, 2006 04:45 am (UTC)
Oh no, that's bad news.
Hope you manage to work something out.
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[identity profile] willowmina.livejournal.com on January 17th, 2006 04:56 am (UTC)
It never just rains... does it....

One bad thing with Combi's.... they break down and that's you stuffed. Having a proper wall vent probably would be best.

One thing though - if your boiler hasn't had proper ventilation - has that maybe affected your health....?
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[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com on January 17th, 2006 11:22 am (UTC)
Yikes! One problem after another!


Gabrielle
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