We've just had some significant garden clearing work done on the back of our house.
The guys doing it went on about a lot of the job, but didn't mention anything about the boiler flue, which was also cleared.
Lo and behold the boiler breaks that evening. We try the basic tricks we know, but I say that I don't want my husband fiddling with it because he's an accountant, not a heating engineer, and we have boiler cover. And also that I thought that the work at the back of the house might have caused an issue with the flue.
I get the boiler repair guy in yesterday. I tell him that I think the flue might be the issue because of the work on the house. He can't access what he needs to because of the moronic way the boiler was boxed in. I ask him to look at the flue, but he says that can't be the problem.
I offer to sort the cupboard blockage, but he refuses and says he has to come back today. It takes me less than five minutes after he left to remove the obstruction and call to rebook him.
He comes back this morning, and establishes that:
- the flow sensor is reporting overheating too soon
- the flow sensor is not showing any voltage, even though the return sensor is
- we'll need a new flow sensor (on bloody Monday) before he can assess the rest of the boiler
At this point the original workmen arrived to clean up the last bits of their work and increase my blood pressure a bit more.
I explain about the boiler guy, and they say, "get him to check the boiler flue because it's not connected properly". Overhearing this, the boiler repair guy now comes out and says "can I take a quick look at that flue".
I FUCKING ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE.
So... Am I right in thinking that it's a hell of a coincidence that a boiler part breaks down just as someone messes with another part of the boiler?
Does anyone know enough about boilers to challenge this? I'm looking forward to a miserable weekend without hot water, but on top of that, I want to be 100% sure that the problem is addressed safely.
(No idea how to remove the poll but I guess AIBU to think they're connected? I am definitely not unreasonable to kill someone for spiking my blood pressure.)