My godforsaken life in numbers
NS December 12th, 2007
2: weeks until Christmas
2: houseguests arriving on Friday
3: people who already live here
5: people who need warm water to bathe in, wash hands and wash dishes with
0: how much money I remembered to pay towards the boiler service agreement contract last month
1: number of broken boilers in my house
300: extra £GBP I do not have laying around right now
543: number of times I’ve cursed in the last few hours
1: number of remote controls laying broken on the floor after being thrown against the wall
- Banal Breakdown
- Comments(11)
Son of a bitch!!
300 pounds to fix it?? oy vey. at least you’ll have some money coming from mom and dad…
is that with British Gas? i did mine with them and they can set up another contract so you dont have to pay a lump sum and it just runs through like the other one.
*hugs*
NS — if M can be of any use to you, advice-wise, just let me know.
Shit!!!!!!!!
Comments in Numbers:
Infinite Sympathy from a fellow victim of boiler-trauma…!
One: Is the amount of new Boilers we are going to have to have next week.
Two: Two is the number of hoover filters which will be clogged with brick dust during the clearing up process after they’ve gone…. but it’s also Months at a time! Have you tried telling them you forgot to pay your service agreement but did actually want to carry it on? I signed up to ours the day before our boiler broke and they covered fixing it up enough to limp along until the new one arrived.
Three: Is the number of days we will be with no heating or hot water while they put the new boiler in next week. I feel better to know I will not be shivering alone… I hope you do too!
Many, Many sympathy vibes coming your way, I sincerely hope it helps to know you are not alone in the boiler doldrums! We can’t really afford the bastard thing either!
Why do these things never happen when you’re wedged up?
Cheers
BC
We may have a Christmas miracle on our hands — the boiler seems to be WORKING today! I don’t know how and I don’t know why, because yesterday it was seriously screwed. Red light, weird noises, no hot water, the works. Today, it was tempermental for TNH in the shower but fine for me. Plenty of hot water for my 5-min washdown. More hot water downstairs in the sink. Confused, I opened the panel on the boiler and the pressure gauge was back where it belonged, the red light ad gone, the yellow flashing light was still and no strange noises eminated whatesoever.
Maybe, just maybe, the ghosts of Christmas Present have taken pity on me. That, or the shit’s really going to hit the fan on, oh, say, Christmas Day, stinging me for an emergency repairman that costs £100,000.
Keep your fingers crossed for me…
Great news, Am. Have a great holiday!
But am I EVER going to get a response? I think I oughtta give up. Tell the other Drea I said hi!
Aren’t you glad you don’t have a car to worry about at this point in time? Glad you can bathe again. Perhaps you should have the boiler serviced to see what the problem may have been to prevent even worse problems later. I’m sending comfort and joy your way – Andrea should be in flight soon.
Do not relax. This is only temporary! Do the British Gas protection plan, the £9 per month one, NOW! That way, when it breaks, which it will, you’ll be covered for fixing it… This is exactly what we did, it didn’t cover the cost of a new boiler but it covered fixing the old one so it would actually work for the three week, mid winter wait, to get our new one fitted.
Seriously, do it. I hadn’t even paid them and they honoured the agreement.
Cheers
BC