I don't know if this is the right place...but here goes...
About 6 weeks ago our doorbell stopped working. I changed the batteries, but no cigar, so we resolved to buy a new one.
About 4 weeks ago, when we still hadn't gotten around to getting the new doorbell, our shower pump broke. We have a system boiler and hot water cylinder, so the water pressure is very low when the pump is off - you have to run about in the shower to get wet! We got a plumber in and the best part of £200 later we have a new, really good, shower pump.
On Friday morning we woke up to no heating or hot water. We got our plumber back and he recommended a gas-fitter. Our boiler is dead. It's had zero maintenance for the past decade (we bought this house in January this year) and is rusted, dusted and sooted up to the point that the gas valve, ignition, seals and thermostat are all dead. So we have no heating or hot water while i wait for our plumber to come back and assess what the best option from here might be (another system boiler or a combi boiler...).
Luckily we have a gas fire in one room and i have a few electric fan heaters to use for bedrooms come the evenings. We are double glazed so heat i put in lasts a little. Cold showers ain't fun and i seem to be the only person in the house who can bear them. I heated a bunch of pots and kettles on Friday night to make a shallow tepid bath for DD1 and i, and not only did she pee in it immediately, i managed to break my slowcooker crock pot by putting it onto the hot hob with cool water in it
On Sunday the (ancient) house alarm (which is so random we never use it and it was NOT armed when it...) started to go off. We were in, just sitting there reading when it happened. It was the internal alarm but it wouldn't respond to the codes being entered. It was like the keypad had died and set the alarm off. I ended up having to disconnect it from the mains to shut it up which set the external alarm off too, so i had to cut IT'S wire too and wait for the battery to run down.
This morning (monday) DH filled the bathroom sink from the kettle to have a shave and thermal shock BROKE the sink! I hated that sink anyway...lol, but now we need a new sink and pedestal....
I am laughing so i don't cry! I am glad this all happened now and not right when DD2 was due/born, but still... We are trying to look on the bright side - when this is over and done with we will KNOW the boiler, shower-pump, alarm and (ta-da!) DOORBELL are new, good-quality and well-maintained. And our bathroom sink will be tasteful and useful (the broken one is weirdly deep and narrow, like washing your hands in a porcelain bucket that takes half an hour to fill). But our coffers are going to be EMPTY!
About 6 weeks ago our doorbell stopped working. I changed the batteries, but no cigar, so we resolved to buy a new one.
About 4 weeks ago, when we still hadn't gotten around to getting the new doorbell, our shower pump broke. We have a system boiler and hot water cylinder, so the water pressure is very low when the pump is off - you have to run about in the shower to get wet! We got a plumber in and the best part of £200 later we have a new, really good, shower pump.
On Friday morning we woke up to no heating or hot water. We got our plumber back and he recommended a gas-fitter. Our boiler is dead. It's had zero maintenance for the past decade (we bought this house in January this year) and is rusted, dusted and sooted up to the point that the gas valve, ignition, seals and thermostat are all dead. So we have no heating or hot water while i wait for our plumber to come back and assess what the best option from here might be (another system boiler or a combi boiler...).
Luckily we have a gas fire in one room and i have a few electric fan heaters to use for bedrooms come the evenings. We are double glazed so heat i put in lasts a little. Cold showers ain't fun and i seem to be the only person in the house who can bear them. I heated a bunch of pots and kettles on Friday night to make a shallow tepid bath for DD1 and i, and not only did she pee in it immediately, i managed to break my slowcooker crock pot by putting it onto the hot hob with cool water in it
On Sunday the (ancient) house alarm (which is so random we never use it and it was NOT armed when it...) started to go off. We were in, just sitting there reading when it happened. It was the internal alarm but it wouldn't respond to the codes being entered. It was like the keypad had died and set the alarm off. I ended up having to disconnect it from the mains to shut it up which set the external alarm off too, so i had to cut IT'S wire too and wait for the battery to run down.
This morning (monday) DH filled the bathroom sink from the kettle to have a shave and thermal shock BROKE the sink! I hated that sink anyway...lol, but now we need a new sink and pedestal....
I am laughing so i don't cry! I am glad this all happened now and not right when DD2 was due/born, but still... We are trying to look on the bright side - when this is over and done with we will KNOW the boiler, shower-pump, alarm and (ta-da!) DOORBELL are new, good-quality and well-maintained. And our bathroom sink will be tasteful and useful (the broken one is weirdly deep and narrow, like washing your hands in a porcelain bucket that takes half an hour to fill). But our coffers are going to be EMPTY!
(Mine was disconnected for years!)
