If your home boiler is broken can you stay elsewhere?

[WalrusWife]

Whilst waiting for repairs or a new boiler?

I’m thinking staying with parents or in a hotel.

If your house is uninhabitable you can. So would depend if you can still get hot water or not. You can stay at a hotel for these reasons.

I have no idea I'm afraid, but I feel your pain.

Mine broke on NY Day, and I was waiting for the results of a covid test at the time. Did you know, if you might have it or do have it, you're on your own to be ill in a freezing house with no hot water? I get the practicalities, but was a bit

Thank goodness for the camping kit, which got used liberally, as it took over a week before someone came out to fix it and the house was freeeeeeezing. I hope you can get it sorted fast and easily.

We live in military married quarters and boiler is on the blink. At the moment we still have heating and hot water. They are coming next week to repair (hopefully) but just thinking about what we would do if it fails and they can’t repair straight away.

I’m asthmatic and pregnant so thinking a cold house and no hot water would not be good for me!

In normal times you can buy electric plug in radiators from places like Argos quite cheaply to keep the house warm temporarily. If it is just for one week it is doable - also you can boil a kettle and do a sink wash. We have had to do this a few times over the last 20 years. It was fine, even in deep winter and I was pregnant at least once.

As my dad would’ve said, put a jumper on.

@BlueBaubles12

As my dad would’ve said, put a jumper on.

That's just bloody miserable.

It's been 1c in Glasgow all day today. It's snowing. OP is asthmatic AND pregnant and you still don't think that's good enough reason because Covid trumps everything? Fuck that.

OP - I really hope your boiler keeps going until the engineer comes out. But if it breaks down completely and you are without hot water, or heating, or both, then get yourself somewhere warm.

Oh and a house with no heating or no hot water absolutely does fall into the category of uninhabitable.

happened to us last week.Blooming awful - used lots of jumpers and a neat little electric blankety thing that is cheap and very effective. But not what you asked OP!

I was joking - of course she should move into temporary accommodation until it’s sorted.

Yes, just do it. Who is going to know?!

@BlueBaubles12

I was joking - of course she should move into temporary accommodation until it’s sorted.

You honestly can't tell any more on this forum, Baubles.

We managed a month with no heating or hot water (boiler couldn't be repaired). Wasn't great as temperatures were lower than now, but boiling the kettle and saucepans can provide enough hot water for jugfalls of water to pour over yourself while sat in the bath. Also a couple of plug in heaters for whatever room we were in. For this reason, I don't think it's essential to stay elsewhere.

@starfish4

We managed a month with no heating or hot water (boiler couldn't be repaired). Wasn't great as temperatures were lower than now, but boiling the kettle and saucepans can provide enough hot water for jugfalls of water to pour over yourself while sat in the bath. Also a couple of plug in heaters for whatever room we were in. For this reason, I don't think it's essential to stay elsewhere.

Not even when the OP is asthmatic and pregnant? At what point does it become essential?

I'm neither and I'd be moving out if we had no heating or hot water!

Do you have local friends and neighbours? When ours was out of action for a few days we messaged our local friends and neighbours and asked if people had fan heaters etc we could borrow.
People were fab and brought over portable radiators, a tea urn (lots of hot water on tap!) and offered to do our laundry.
We managed!

@starfish4

We managed a month with no heating or hot water (boiler couldn't be repaired). Wasn't great as temperatures were lower than now, but boiling the kettle and saucepans can provide enough hot water for jugfalls of water to pour over yourself while sat in the bath. Also a couple of plug in heaters for whatever room we were in. For this reason, I don't think it's essential to stay elsewhere.

Fuck that. Of course it's essential.

OP if you are left with no hot water or heating please don’t give a second thought of finding some temporary accommodation. If your parents are low risk then they would be a reasonable option. As you are in married quarters you are renting- I’m not sure if the same applies but renters have the right to expect repairs to be done in a reasonable time frame and generally within 24 hours for an emergency such as no hot water or heating.
Our boiler was playing up last month and I had planned to stay with family as there was no way my 13 month old and I were staying somewhere with no heating. Luckily we didn’t need to in the end. Good luck.

I’m actually quite surprised you haven’t been told to just freeze your butt off op! You should def go somewhere warm.

@starfish4

We managed a month with no heating or hot water (boiler couldn't be repaired). Wasn't great as temperatures were lower than now, but boiling the kettle and saucepans can provide enough hot water for jugfalls of water to pour over yourself while sat in the bath. Also a couple of plug in heaters for whatever room we were in. For this reason, I don't think it's essential to stay elsewhere.

@WalrusWife you’ll always get miserable posters like this one telling you that they had it harder so you should just suck it up. Reminds me of that comedy sketch with the 4 Yorkshire men. They’re wrong. As pp said if you have no heating or hot water you house is considered uninhabitable and so yes you should stay elsewhere.

I'm sure that after 6 months she's managed to get it sorted 🙄

@starfish4

We managed a month with no heating or hot water (boiler couldn't be repaired). Wasn't great as temperatures were lower than now, but boiling the kettle and saucepans can provide enough hot water for jugfalls of water to pour over yourself while sat in the bath. Also a couple of plug in heaters for whatever room we were in. For this reason, I don't think it's essential to stay elsewhere.

Let me guess One chicken carcass feeds your family of 6 for 2 weeks?

Who gives a fig what some people can handle

I don’t want to be without hot water for one day

I pay through the nose for top home emergency cover

It’s been bloody brilliant

Zombie thread resurrected by an advertiser. Reported.

And this is why new posters shouldn’t be allowed to resurrect zombie threads

I didn’t realise that someone had resurrected a zombie thread when I posted

But seriously… what’s the big deal? Sometimes it is the issue and comments that are interesting. Not so much how “live” it is.

Some get so het up about it!