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Hi my tenants have broken the knob on my potterton mini minder program timer. I dont really want to replace the whole timer since i will have to deduct it from the tenants deposit. does anyone know where i might get the part - it is at least 20 years old. Also i want to do an electricity safety check. my local electrician is quoting £150+vat. is this about right?

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  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    You need to move this to the In my Home board further down the page :) But if you have the name of the boiler, ring Pottertons themselves about the spare - they are on the net for the number - I rang them the other day with a technical query.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    follyfoot wrote: »
    Hi my tenants have broken the knob on my potterton mini minder program timer. I dont really want to replace the whole timer since i will have to deduct it from the tenants deposit. does anyone know where i might get the part - it is at least 20 years old. Also i want to do an electricity safety check. my local electrician is quoting £150+vat. is this about right?
    My emboldening. *Why* would you have to deduct the cost of this from the tenant's deposit? Did it break in the course of normal usage?
  • follyfoot
    follyfoot Posts: 476 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    they have broken the knob. however if i could just replace this i would and wouldnt bother about deducting from the deposit. however, i cannot replace just the knob and i am forced to replace the whole timer
  • sharpe106
    sharpe106 Posts: 3,558 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    If it was broken because of age, usuage and not on purpose and you are renting the place furnished I believe knocking it off his deposit is a bit much, you should just get the electrician to fix it or replace it yourself.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    follyfoot wrote: »
    they have broken the knob. however if i could just replace this i would and wouldnt bother about deducting from the deposit. however, i cannot replace just the knob and i am forced to replace the whole timer
    Even if they had broken it through clear misuse it would be inequitable to deduct the full replacement costs from their tenancy deposit, when you have stated that the item is over 20 years old.

    Do you not have any form of cover for your heating system that would help with the cost of parts?
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Can you glue it back on, or has it been lost?
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