Thread: Skint........

Cant believe my luck at the moment,1st thing is the boiler has packed up when i got home from work,
Plumber says its old and we need a new one,Holy fuck when he told me how much i nearly fainted,
£1400 that includes labour he said no shit Sherlock.and this is no word of a lie,
10 min later the Missus calls me in a hysterical state,to tell me she has crashed the car..
she was fine ,but the car a right off.And Christmas round the corner im having serious
open wallet surgery.

Originally Posted by roberto duran legend

Cant believe my luck at the moment,1st thing is the boiler has packed up when i got home from work,
Plumber says its old and we need a new one,Holy fuck when he told me how much i nearly fainted,
£1400 that includes labour he said no shit Sherlock.and this is no word of a lie,
10 min later the Missus calls me in a hysterical state,to tell me she has crashed the car..
she was fine ,but the car a right off.And Christmas round the corner im having serious
open wallet surgery.

Had the same thing last week mate. Spent £2200 on ours as was more than just boiler that was fucked. Great time of year to have a bill like that :-(

Originally Posted by roberto duran legend

Cant believe my luck at the moment,1st thing is the boiler has packed up when i got home from work,
Plumber says its old and we need a new one,Holy fuck when he told me how much i nearly fainted,
£1400 that includes labour he said no shit Sherlock.and this is no word of a lie,
10 min later the Missus calls me in a hysterical state,to tell me she has crashed the car..
she was fine ,but the car a right off.And Christmas round the corner im having serious
open wallet surgery.

First things first, how old is your boiler, get a second opinion bud and remember you can get a new
car, remember you are all still in one piece very hard on the wallet.
Count to 3 bud, no time is a good time when things balls up, good luck I hope you get sorted.

How's car insurance work over there? The "open wallet surgery" should be covered by HHS right

If you have a very old boiler you can get good deals from gas companies. Get a combi boiler also you might as well put proper radiators with double the heat. Saves you money in the long run.

Insurance will pay for the new car you will need.

Originally Posted by Master

Insurance will pay for the new car you will need.

.....we hope

Problem is the car was a old car 11 year old vw golf,Insurance only gave us £1300
for it, less the excess on the insurance we got £850,it breaks my heart because i
know it was old but it was in perfect condition.never mind gone now , and had to pay
£3500 to get the missus another run around.Thanks for the advice about the boiler
guys, getting a friend of a friend to give me another costing.

Originally Posted by roberto duran legend

Problem is the car was a old car 11 year old vw golf,Insurance only gave us £1300
for it, less the excess on the insurance we got £850,it breaks my heart because i
know it was old but it was in perfect condition.never mind gone now , and had to pay
£3500 to get the missus another run around.Thanks for the advice about the boiler
guys, getting a friend of a friend to give me another costing.

Cars are a pain, now your heating if you can get it repaired at a reasonable cost do it, remember there
is not a lot to a boiler, don't get ripped off don't let them fill you full of shit some out there will.!

That's really rough, I hope it all works out somehow.

What is it with boilers in the UK. It seems to be very common for boilers to break or else implode completely. It even happened to my Mum just a couple of years ago and so expensive.

Better luck for you soon we hope.

Originally Posted by Gandalf

That's really rough, I hope it all works out somehow.

What is it with boilers in the UK. It seems to be very common for boilers to break or else implode completely. It even happened to my Mum just a couple of years ago and so expensive.

Boliers are off half the year during the spring and summer and when you put them on to work they become knackered, the very time you need them the most.

We have heating. My friend knows a old boy who is a retired heating engineer,
such a lovely fella,he was working on the boiler for two hours and bingo heating on , and only
charged us £150 thats with a few parts,what a top top man,he does recommend a new boiler
but said it should last another year, so happy now.

Ive never tried but can you get them on ebay or at factory sales somewhere and store it until required?
They are the sort of thing that you have to buy and they know it so theres no discount if you are in the fix already. Just a thought, buy off season.

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No end of em out here, from 20 pound and on and up dont know about your end of the world though.