boiler in rented house

charliebenjie

boiler braking down every few days.landlord sends plummer out days after it is reported.i am so sick of having no hot water. can i get my own plummer in if i am willing to pay myself

dexterwolf

I would call the landlord or letting agent and say that because of recent events with the Boiler you will get your own plumber in and take the cost off next months rent. I bet you will get them getting someone round there asap.

princeofpounds

there may be more effective ways to deal with this.

what dexterwolf suggests can be done as part of a more formal process. It should not be done informally.

we need some information though:

- what appears to be the problem to you?
- what has the plumber said the problem is?
- what did the plumber say when he had to return?
- has the landlord said anything about their intentions?
- is it gas?
- do you have a gas safety certificate?
- is the plumber gassafe registered, if you know who they are (don't need to name them here)
- have you complained in writing to the address for the service of notices on your tenancy agreement?

charliebenjie

vist 1, plummer blue down a pipe in boiler and said it was ok 10 mins after he had gone it stopped working again
vist 2, 5 days latter blue down pipe again, it lasted 2 days then stopped working again
landlord has said he will get someone out but dont know when.
its gas combi boiler and yes it has just had a safety certificate.
it keep going to lock out with a solid red light but the fan is running all the time

Annie1960

charliebenjie wrote: »

vist 1, plummer blue down a pipe in boiler and said it was ok 10 mins after he had gone it stopped working again
vist 2, 5 days latter blue down pipe again, it lasted 2 days then stopped working again
landlord has said he will get someone out but dont know when.
its gas combi boiler and yes it has just had a safety certificate.
it keep going to lock out with a solid red light but the fan is running all the time

Sounds like it needs a new fan. My combi boiler did this a couple of years ago. I have a contract with my gas company so they fitted a new fan under contract (no idea how much it would cost otherwise). It has worked very well since then.

Did you ask the gas engineer what they thought the problem was and how it could be fixed? Clearly it is not reasonable to expect you to remove the cover and blow down the pipe every time you want to use the boiler (although I'm sure there are some LLs on this site who will claim this is perfectly reasonable).

topdaddy_2

To answer your question; yes you can pay your self.
But Have you put it in writing to the LL? There is a proceedure to follow prior to witholding rent. Written notice of a fault is the first stage of this

charliebenjie

am happy to pay for it to be fixed and pay my rent.i am just so fed up with no hot water landlords man did not know what was wrong with it he even had to phone the boilers helpline and still did not know

Kynthia

I think it would be perfectly reasonable to write to the landlord to report that the boiler is not working for the third time, that you've spent x many days without hot water and that the current plumber does not appear to be able fix the problem. Therefore you would like to request a different plumber attend urgently or you would be happy to arrange someone yourself and deduct the cost from your rent.