Warmth

Gah, why do these things always happen when it’s coldest? Yesterday morning, we discovered that the boiler had packed up. The ignition coil was keeping on trying to light the pilot light (it’s a gas boiler, in case you hadn’t worked that out already) but nothing was working/happening. And, of course, it’s been one of the coldest weeks in a while. Joy.

So yesterday I spent some time trying to get hold of the guy we’d had to sort out the gas disconnect/reconnect when we did the kitchen refit late last year. And wouldn’t you just know it? He’s busy, a fair distance away.

Fortunately though, he recommended another guy, and when I contacted him, he agreed to come round and fix it.

And that’s how it happened – he arrived about 3:15 (having called me earlier so I could leave work and get home), opened up the boiler, diagnosed the problem, (a short-circuiting HT lead, whatever that may be) fixed it, and was gone by 4pm. And because it turned out to be a lot simpler than the semi-expected “new circuit board” or “new solenoid”, all it cost was the call-out fee plus VAT. Can’t be bad… And all done within 12 hours of the boiler failing – got the luck of the devil. *grin*