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Oi @Job! for some reason I can't start a conversation with you (@Deebs?), so I have to post this here:
I've just been rung by my letting agent - says my boiler has gone pop (after 30 years).
I'm happy to replace it, but the thing is I had some work done on it not long ago and at the time I recall being told that the flue on the external wall needed changing. So, of course, I said yes.
Now the letting agent said that wind was a factor in this - that it'd been very windy and stuff had burned through (great detail, I know) - and I'm suspicious. A few things have been going wrong under this new tenant that other tenants and myself never had problems with.
I wondered at the time about the external flue - all the houses on the street have them. But for a quiet life I went with the advice coming via the agent.
So, A) could this potentially have been caused by some dodgy flue work, and B) how would I find out?
I'm stuck in deepest darkest Wales for 3 more days, but I guess I could get someone to go round and check (an independent, separate from the letting agency guy). But I only want to go to that expense if it's worth it and if there's a reasonable prospect that if he did find something dodgy that I've got potential comeback.
What/who should I be asking m8?
I've just been rung by my letting agent - says my boiler has gone pop (after 30 years).
I'm happy to replace it, but the thing is I had some work done on it not long ago and at the time I recall being told that the flue on the external wall needed changing. So, of course, I said yes.
Now the letting agent said that wind was a factor in this - that it'd been very windy and stuff had burned through (great detail, I know) - and I'm suspicious. A few things have been going wrong under this new tenant that other tenants and myself never had problems with.
I wondered at the time about the external flue - all the houses on the street have them. But for a quiet life I went with the advice coming via the agent.
So, A) could this potentially have been caused by some dodgy flue work, and B) how would I find out?
I'm stuck in deepest darkest Wales for 3 more days, but I guess I could get someone to go round and check (an independent, separate from the letting agency guy). But I only want to go to that expense if it's worth it and if there's a reasonable prospect that if he did find something dodgy that I've got potential comeback.
What/who should I be asking m8?
