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Back boiler broken but no money
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rayrayray86
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Hi. Just looking for advice. My back boiler has finally given up the ghost. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on grants or schemes or any help with the cost of a new boiler. I'm a single working parent with my own home inherited from my grandmother with very limited finances. At the moment I am boiling the kettle to fill the bath and using an electric radiator and keeping duvets in the lounge to keep warm. Don't know how much longer I can live like this with my 12 Yr old son. Any advice would be brilliant thank you as I am at a loss with what to do next.
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Some of the bigger operators offer interest free credit, I think British Gas offer it over 3 years.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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I'm no expert, but I see MSE guide - Free insulation and boiler grantsAnd it's possibly better to ask on this board - Energy
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rayrayray86 said: My back boiler has finally given up the ghost. Just wondering if anyone has any adviceIt is the wrong time of year to be replacing a boiler - Gas engineers will be busy servicing & repairing everyone else's boilers and very few will have the two or three days needed to install a new one for you. Back boilers are pretty basic, and there is very little to go wrong inside. If yours is anything like my old Baxi, just a thermocopule and a gas valve. Only a cracked heat exchanger would have put it beyond economical repair (but even then, one could probably be sourced from ebay for not a lot).If you post the make & model along with a description of the fault, we may be able to offer advice that would see you through to the spring.
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rayrayray86 said:Hi. Just looking for advice. My back boiler has finally given up the ghost. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on grants or schemes or any help with the cost of a new boiler. I'm a single working parent with my own home inherited from my grandmother with very limited finances. At the moment I am boiling the kettle to fill the bath and using an electric radiator and keeping duvets in the lounge to keep warm. Don't know how much longer I can live like this with my 12 Yr old son. Any advice would be brilliant thank you as I am at a loss with what to do next.
That's what I did a few years ago.
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Who told you it was beyond repair? 'Given up the ghost' does not really tell us much. Almost everything is fixable, the issue is whether it's economic to do so.
The nationals do offer finance deals, but of course you will pay more than a local RGI.No free lunch, and no free laptop2 -
I've been repeatedly harangued by cold callers over the past few weeks, offering me a free replacement boiler. I don't qualify - not on any benefits, and my ageing boiler is a condenser - but I understand that the calls are legit, and the folk need to fulfil government (or energy provider) grants for upgrading inefficient boilers, especially for those on certain benefits.If I can get some more info, I'll add it to this.Meanwhile, Ray, call your council - see if they can do anything for you.What a miserable thing to happen :-(0
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Don't take any of this as gospel - make sure they are legit.This should be reliable info: https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/boilers/article/buying-a-new-boiler/boiler-grants-can-i-get-a-!!!!!!-a1OOC7R27kYS
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ThisIsWeird said:...This should be reliable info: https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/boilers/article/buying-a-new-boiler/boiler-grants-can-i-get-a-!!!!!!-a1OOC7R27kYSI think nobody at MSE will be able to explain why their stupid software replaces absolutely normal words "free - boiler -" (remove the spaces) with these exclamation marks.
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grumbler said:ThisIsWeird said:...This should be reliable info: https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/boilers/article/buying-a-new-boiler/boiler-grants-can-i-get-a-!!!!!!-a1OOC7R27kYSI think nobody at MSE will be able to explain why their stupid software replaces absolutely normal words "free - boiler -" (remove the spaces) with these exclamation marks.
The !!!!!!! replacing words does seem to be a bit random. Just remember to refer to the device used to turn water to the property off as a stop valve, not a stop followed my male chicken.
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peut etre utilisé arrete-coq , sorry just testing the theory about male chicken.
Alors it worked so use stop-coq
American software doesn’t work on all french words except merde4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy2
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