Dotsie wrote:Today I feel freezing. The boiler isn't working, we don't know why, so we've no heating or hot water. Nothing prepares you for an autumn day quite like a wash in cold water

There was a report last winter, that the new boilers have a plastic outflow pipe, which freezes in cold weather - Just when you need them to work!
The old boilers that they are replacing have a copper pipe, which doesn't freeze!
Do you think the new boilers were designed by boiler repair men??

You'll have to find some kind of activity with Mr Dotsie, to keep yourself warm! ...

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