We have no central heating today...............

[askyourgran]

I have the gas fire on in the living room, but the central heating boiler has ignored the call for heat. Fortunately we have hot water. It is exactly a week since the service engineer came to fix the same problem, and all he did was replace the thermostat thingy on the wall. Grrr, The engineer will come today sometime up to 6pm. Tried to book online but it was busy. MrAsk has hung on the telephone for 30 odd minutes waiting to get through. Everything goes on the blink, just because it's snowing.

[slinky.kate]

yeah your right there ask.i was waiting for a delivery and they phoned at 8.40am to tell me they cant make it til friday,they are snowed in.

[beattie819]

I live in an old draughty farmhouse, with no central heating.which is bad enough. This morning there is no hot water, the calor gas in the bathroom has run out( we are waiting for delivery). The phone isnt working, and we have a power cut. \Brrrrrrrrrr

[askyourgran]

I hate to think what it would be like if there was 6' snowdrifts.


Just had a phone call,engineer will come within the next 20 minutes.

[tiggerblue10]

I've been without heating and hot water when the water pipe burst before and its a nightmare but luckily for me I don't live far from my parents. Back in January however, I did an online grocery shop and it couldn't be delivered due to the snow. I had very little food in the house and I had to wait 3 days before they could attempt to re-deliver.

[Bobbisox]

hello gran, hope you get it sorted soon x

[askyourgran]

Hi bobbi. hello all, the engineer is fiddling about as we speak. hopefully we will be back on track within the next 30 mins or so. Then I think we'll go out to get some shopping in, it should be warm in Asda! lol

[Dris]

O hope you gets sorted soon ayg..
beattie you poor soul -must be a misery for you.Hope you get up and running soon:)
Kate -good of them to phone -not that you would expect a delivery anyhow.Hope youre feeling OK x

[Bobbisox]

awww ditto beattie, hope it's sorted for you soon

[beattie819]

Thanks folks. Water now getting hot, gas been delivered, electric back on....phewwww. I am off to find some long johns or pyjama bottoms to put on under my trousers!

[beattie819]

Hope everyone else is sorted and managing to keep as warm as poss :)

[Bobbisox]

good, pleased you have heat again beattie

[Dris]

So glad youre sorted beattie -felt guilty having heating when you were freezing.
Coping here -so long as you dont have to go out.Just cleared the car and left it running and its blowing a blizzard again and the car is covered again lol.Keep safe and cosy :)

[jaydah]

am interested as to how the problem is resolved ?

[ttfn]

Poor gran - and everyone else feeling the ravages of this cold spell. Hope you get your supplies in safely and can relax in a lovely warm home. Don't forget the Wincarnis from Asda ;o)

[zzxxee]

nothing worse than a cold house my gas supply has been off today sorting out my kitchen being fitted brrrrrr so im off down mums for a warm up as for some reason they cant turn it back on till tommorow xxxx

[askyourgran]

We've got our heating back on after a few fits and starts. The boiler is only 2 years old and I didn't expect it to go wrong so suddenly. I wouldn't care British Gas rang to say that we could have our annual boiler check in August to save us the worry in December. HAH!