I recently destroyed our gas boiler, through no fault of my own . The new one is functioning fine, even brilliantly, and I even persuaded the insurance company to pay up 50% of the replacement by various subterfuges (which needn't be gone into here: normally they don't replace boilers).
Tonight, I went into the attic to check the bedrooms in preparation for the brief stay of my ex wife tomorrow (visiting my daughter and her children, who don't have the room for her to stay: 20 hour stay jetting in from Norwich on Flybe). Unfortunately, the radiators were cold upstairs. Some might say, good, but me being a helpful type, decided they needed bleeding, which I did. This cut the boiler pressure down to zero, and it wasn't climbing even as the boiler made ever more stressful noises, and more and more red lights coming on. I could have let some water into the system but I know what happened last time, so I shut it down and called Ryan the fitter, who wasn't there. He called back within ten minutes though, and was round within 5 minutes after that. He did what I was going to do, increased the pressure, sealed the system, stayed for a chat, increased the temperature on the bathroom radiator (which hasn't got a thermostatic valve because it limits the pressure on the rest of the system) so we will no longer have to shiver in the mornings, and apologised that his dad hadn't checked the attic radiators (he didn't know they were there). No charge.
Cold night, warm house, top fitter. I tried to find his company on the internet to link to it but found nothing, even on BT. He was recommended by a friend though. Newton Gas Services
Oh, and for Zeppelin fans, there's this
4 comments:
All workmen miss things here and there, it's how they deal with it which sets them apart. You found a good 'un. Of course if you had touched it the thing would have exploded.
Bah, didn't see the vid before the Muzak Nazis tore it down.
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group"
Hoorah for good service, though!
bugger!
it's there, i've just seen it.
and to think that bloke paid a min 150 quids for that seat - i hope he got a free telescope.
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