My hot water tank burst one Christmas just as I was about to serve dinner. Full tank of boiling water cascaded down the kitchen and livingroom wall!!!! No power, no heating and no water. There is a God though, cos a local plumber came to my rescue and even left his own Christmas dinner to sort things.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"not the best time for the boiler to fail - "

I'm pretty sure you'll find someone to keep you warm until you get it fixed

More seriously, hope you'll manage to get it sorted asap

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By *atcherofmyballsMan over a year ago

hereford

"I meant bleed them not bless them!

Blessing may work."

Call a priest

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I meant bleed them not bless them!

Blessing may work."

yup might be best

- pilot light on and then off so thermocouple mucky maybe - reset it a couple of times and then it worked for about half hour - got a tank full of hot water and house is warmish so we will survive -

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By *at69driveMan over a year ago

Hertford

"not the best time for the boiler to fail - "
. Do you have a service contract on it and is it regularly serviced ? I thought that if a thermocouple failed , it would not relight . Hope you get it sorted shortly .

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"not the best time for the boiler to fail - . Do you have a service contract on it and is it regularly serviced ? I thought that if a thermocouple failed , it would not relight . Hope you get it sorted shortly . "

had new mother board on it about 6 month ago and he did the whole whatever thingymejiggy to it - its about 12 years old so hoping it will be ok - not shivering yet

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I meant bleed them not bless them!"

So glad it's not just me that has one of 'those ' phones

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

I'd take a bet you need a new thermocouple

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

was my first thought - i have looked at bits and there were two copper connectors at the top with some white corroded stuff - wiped that off and seems to be working better - think it might have been shorting itself - my blonde logic after had similar stuff on car battery and kept draining its power - we shall see - boiler currently on

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

Good luck .. Their not dear to replace

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

well all i can say is that i must have been bad in a past life - got to the car about 7.15 to a popped tyre - luckily my son was here with his car so i used that for work this morning - got the spare on now so ok until saturday - boiler is working so not all bad just waiting for fail no 3 now

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By *ce WingerMan over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"what exactly is wrong with it ?"

It probably doesn't work

*courtesy of the useless information department*

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Check pressure, bless radiators, that's about all I know!"

Completely off topic! But your gorgeous!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

and the kettle failed - just a fuse - hopefully that's my three things - going to stay in bed i think

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