To be pissed off that my boiler has broken down and I can't get it fixed until the 26th!!

[Janos]

Engineer cannot come out until then. I'm in a council flat and could maybe call a gas engineer out but have no idea how much it will cost!

I am on my own with a 3 year old.

OK, It could be worse in that we are out the house for a large portion of the day (I work) and I can at least get hot water due to an immersion heater.

I have no other source of heat and will probably have to buy something.

I'm in Edinburgh and it's bloody cold!

isn't the boiler a gas leak hazard ?????
hasn't your mouth/lips been feeling a bit dry of late until the boiler broke
a bit headachy at times???

maybe at last something is better in england than in scotland? my local council have to prioritise housing/repair problems where there are kids under 5 or adults over 70 in the house but I don't see why edinburgh city council would be any different?

phone again and lay it on, it may have been a case of them offering you a call out and if you didn't complain/let them know about your young child, they wouldn't ask anymore?

Hmmm, maybe IANBU...but does anyone have any advice?

janos, is this the coucil's gas maintenance provider that can't come out to the 26th?

not sure about your council, but this would most definately be against council regulations where i stay. 24hr wait at most. If not fixable then they should provide yuo with electric heaters.

If this is coucils gas dept, call your local coucillor and get him/her to kickthemupthearse intervene on your behalf.

Hmm...I hadn't thought of that misi and you know I have been feeling quite headachey of late...

I did say I had a small child. They said sorry, that makes no difference. Phoned twice, spoke to two different people.

Think I'm going to try them again tomorrow.

oh, and if all else fails, tell them you have a water leak as this should be a priority call

ah yes, forgot that one, the boiler seems to be leaking somewhere underneath that you can't see!!

Thanks all for advice. I am going to call again tomorrow as I had a feeling this wasn't right.

I was pretty shocked to be honest.

How did you get on Janos?

Sorry I meant to come and post back - it's actually working again today - somewhat random - I don't know what happened!

I'm keeping an eye on it though.

We are away for the weekend on Saturday to my Mums though so will contact them again if it's causing a problem on Monday.