#BlogLife824 - Pfft Who did I think I was, an engineer? Boiler is really broken now!

After the 3 sec fault that I reset it seemed to be fine, I had a long day yesterday of smooth functionality.

But today feeling the radiator and running the water, nothing. Ugh I knew the fix was too easy.

This time it said f75, which relates to a definite big fault, a leak or water pressure or something, according to Googly.

I can't avoid calling the engineer. I can't remember if I report it to the landlord or call the engineer directly.

Ahh it's the landlord that automatically transfers me. Well it was a nice chap that said the callout would be within 24 hours.

I don't know if it will be today or tomorrow but you know what, before they even asked I stated I was chronically ill.

If this is the only perk, priority treatment, then I am taking advantage of it.

It's the weekend and I am too stressed out to eat. If I remember correctly, thet text when you're the next customer, which is nice.

I tidied a lil bit but it still seems a lil messy. Now I know why I was bloated and extra tired.

I started my cycle yesterday and it's already stopped. I really hope it's not major, where they have to order supplies and it's another waiting game.

It's early just before 12pm. Please let it be a fixable, short solution so I can relax.

I wonder if I made it worse by doing the home remedy? I probably should have just called them, instead of faffing about myself.

It's not a toaster, it's a complicated boiler. Oh well, what is done is done and I can't change it.

Oh yea today is the last day of the month, just called up to pay my rent and the £50 extra to decrease the mysterious arrears that pop up randomly.

Pfft! If it's not one thing, it's another and even with the blankie over me, I'm frozen.

Well at 2.40pm I got a text to say I'm next, they are on the way.

Gosh within a minute or so he turned up. I swear engineers, are like mechanics.

The first thing they do is tut, suck in a breath and make you freak out, that this is the biggest disaster in the world.

Yeesh! Frankly I left him to it, it was just banging and more banging and then about 10 or 15 minutes later, I heard the radiator doing the familiar click.

He said something about low pressure, I think I heard a pump going and then another 5 minutes later, 20 altogether, he shouted to say, all done.

It was healed. Crikey, that was so good to hear and so fast too. 

It will take a while to warm the place up but at least I can change and eat now.

I don't really know what I'm doing wrong, to have all these issues.

It's like it's not happy unless it's on 24-7. Yeesh talk about attention seeking appliances..

Again I'll just leave it on until about 8pm or 9pm to keep it smiling.

#BlogLife822 - Cold weather has busted boiler yet again

I woke up this morning, turned the thermostat on as usual and ran the hot water tap as it's really slow to emit hot water..

I didn't think anything of it at first when it was staying cold because it's winter.

I don't know why I keep thinking that when the thermostat is on, everything is fine, it's a useless indicator.

The boiler could have malfunctioned and it would still say everything's fine.

It's a combination hot water and heating appliance, anyway when I felt the radiator that was not starting to get warm and that had me worried.

But what was confusing and still is, is that I hear the sounds of the heating, I just don't hear that familiar click click or ping ping, telling me it's starting up.

I looked at the boiler display and it said 3 secs. I've never seen that before, not that I can usually see to read it.

I had a look on Googly and it said, it needs to be reset for 3 seconds, to hold the button and afterwards should be fine.

I mean, could it really be that easy? The most I've ever done is turn the switch off and on and that's the extent of my knowledge of how to repair it.

That actually works once in a blue moon. The radiator does seem noisier but still no click.

After I did that, luckily there was a button that said 3 secs because there was nothing that said reset..

It reverted back to 888 temporarily I think, which I know is a fault but I don't know if it's fixed itself yet.

I can't stand there and look and wait, as it's too cold and painful.

What I don't get, is that I've been using it, practically nonstop, why should it fail?

Oh I just heard a click. There's another one. Please please please let it have worked.

I hate calling the repair guys. I feel so uncomfy around them. I'm scared to check if it's sorted, in case it's still broken.

Oh wow, it worked. I'm so relieved and happy, the whole process took about 30minutes to an hour.

Patience is the key. I don't even know the make of the boiler but I'm just glad it was something simple and not major.

It's fairly new so it should not have any issues and although I love winter, my body hates it and stiffens up.

The pain lingers around longer, I've noticed it, which makes being functional that much more taxing.

I'm just heating up some veggy pasta, now that I can calm down and relax.

This was not even today's post but I had to get it off my mind. I'm surprised the face mask hasn't arrived yet.

My skin is still all over the place, one minute normal, the next dry and peely.

I don't get it at all. It's reacting to something but I don't know what..

I think actually what is helping a tiny bit is, I still have some leftover combination scrub/mask so I've been using that and rubbing it in.

But I want to use a proper mask, a smooth one that rehydrates and clears everything up.