stupid boiler
Jan. 3rd, 2008 02:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abendgulesApparently the fan is busted.
But this being England, there's no hope of getting it fixed today.
Nooo, course not.
Engineer has to go away, find the part, come back the next day.
Thankfully we have a friend who can house-sit for the day, saving either Robert or me the task of staying home waiting on an engineer, every householder's favourite pastime.
The only consolation is that it's not something we could have fixed ourselves; it was beyond our small reservoir of Knowledge About How Things Work, and did require a specialist.
Nothing feels stupider than watching someone flick a switch you should have tried, to instantly restart a car/boiler/stove/power tool, and then charging you for the privilege.
The only way it could improve would be to be busted beyond repair, at which time we could get a more power-efficient replacement...
But this being England, there's no hope of getting it fixed today.
Nooo, course not.
Engineer has to go away, find the part, come back the next day.
Thankfully we have a friend who can house-sit for the day, saving either Robert or me the task of staying home waiting on an engineer, every householder's favourite pastime.
The only consolation is that it's not something we could have fixed ourselves; it was beyond our small reservoir of Knowledge About How Things Work, and did require a specialist.
Nothing feels stupider than watching someone flick a switch you should have tried, to instantly restart a car/boiler/stove/power tool, and then charging you for the privilege.
The only way it could improve would be to be busted beyond repair, at which time we could get a more power-efficient replacement...
