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Water heater isn't working and Landlord won't take responsibility

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  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    I'm confused.

    Normally, you have 1 immersion tank and (if on E7) 2 elements.
    1 element heaters on E7 and will bring the entire tank up to the required temperature overnight.
    The other will heat the entire tank when you press the boost button.

    In both cases, the element is connected through a thermostat that should be set to around the 55 deg. C mark (so it is hot enough throughout the tank to kill the legionella spores that exist in our water supplies, whilst not being hot enough to seriously scald you).
    Never Knowingly Understood.

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Sleazy wrote: »
    (In my book)
    No Hot water = No Rent
    Maybe. In your book.

    But in the landlord, and the court's books

    No Hot water = No Rent = S8 Notice = rapid eviction.
  • AlexMac
    AlexMac Posts: 3,064 Forumite
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    Act on post #2.
    Don't waste time on the others
  • Innys1
    Innys1 Posts: 3,434 Forumite
    Sleazy wrote: »
    (In my book)
    No Hot water = No Rent

    (In my book)

    No Rent = No Flat
  • HeyThere_2
    HeyThere_2 Posts: 12 Forumite
    Follow post 2.

    You will have a stronger case if you need to go to court if you have demonstrated you've been a good tenant. Keep paying your rent, in full, and keep records of all defects, and any written correspondence you've had with your landlord. This will show you have taken action at your end and the fault is with him/her.

    Also, IMO, it's your landlord should be making his/herself available for people coming to fix stuff in his/her property. IMO It's unacceptable to put you at an inconvenience because the flat has issues.Ultimately, you are his/her customer, paying for a service which he/she should be providing. The only person to benefit from you continuing to live there is your landlord, as they will be able to maintain their mortgage. Rather than making you take time off work or reschedule plans etc they should be present at the property.

    I hope you get it sorted soon though :)
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,572 Forumite
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    Claire454 wrote: »
    The electrician said it's something about a fuse in the tank and that he's going to move the wires so that the top smaller tank will be heated overnight as the bottom one is broken.

    This isn't fixing it. It's just a temporary bodge.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,641 Forumite
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    kinger101 wrote: »
    This isn't fixing it. It's just a temporary bodge.

    Agreed. OP - you need to get a plumber to change the immersion element. There is no point having an electrician.
  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Claire454 wrote: »
    and the entire place was completely unsanitary (before you judge me as a prissy germ phoebe there was a used anal dildo under the bed…

    A bit of Dettol and hot water will sort it.
    You're welcome.
    Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    thesaint wrote: »
    a bit of dettol and hot water will sort it.
    You're welcome.



    hahahaha :)
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    How do you distinguish between dildos?

    SO innocent...
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