boilers in a rented house??

[natandchris10]

wonder if anyone can help here..

our landlord is a nice enough guy and absolutly loaded, owns several properties etc etc..

the problem..

we have a very very old boiler in the house (over 20 yrs old) this was serviced the other day and it passes all the safety stuff however the plumber did say its not very economical, i.e were on a metre and it has cost us £15 in gas from monday to friday. i relayed this to the landlord and he responded saying he wont be putting a new boiler in. we dont have very good double glazing either and with a baby we cant let it be cold in here. he also sacked the plumber for telling me about the boiler not being great..

what should i do? any laws? anyway i can break the system lol???

If it passes safety checks then you can't force him to replace the boiler, sorry. A 20 yr old one won't be as efficient as a new one but that is life. Meters do seem to be set to a premium rate but you may be able to change supplier to get a better one.

I'm a bit cynical when it comes to boilers and efficiency TBH...we moved from a house with an ancient old thing to a house with a brand spanking new one, I was expecting lower bills (pretty much same size house, same people living in it), there's not much in it at all TBH. In fact our old house being on an estate meant that everyone had been given identical boilers...most neighbours had the originals, my old next door neighbour (a massive moneysavingexpert.com fan and fanatical mathematician) calculated that the cost saving benefits of a new boiler were so little it would take about a decade to make his money back, so he wasn't going to bother.

I have also learnt that (and fair play to them, I would definitely do the same) most plumbers and builders will say things that might just get them a little bit of extra business. If your LL is a nice enough then it could be worse... Could you get thicker curtains for the windows to help keep the heat in?

It might be more economical to get those very efficient electric radiators and put them in the rooms you need rather than heat the whole house or set the heating very low and use them to boost the heat in the rooms you use most (can't believe that they would cost #3 a day).

YOur boiler works and has passed all the safety checks. There is very little your landlord will do.

If you are on a low income you can have a look here for some energy effienct schemes.

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