Dave, the boiler is 10 years old and we knew that it was on its last legs and didn't have a maintenance contract for it BUT we certainly will with our new boiler.
Fester, thank you very much for your kind offer which is really appreciated. We do have a good gas fire and also electic oil heaters so we should be ok and I've got a lot of warm walking gear that I'm putting to good use now.
The bedroom may be cold but we've got a 26 Tog duvet plus a quilt on top so we'll be as warm as toast once we decide to go to bed. I was hoping to watch Match of the Day tonight but that's off too.
Bellringer, there's never a good time for the boiler to go so I can sympathise with you there. We'll get by the same as you did and will make sure that we get the security of a maintenance contract next time.
PS Latest news:-
Thanks Bellringer for having a word with some one as if I'm not mistaken the boiler has just done a Lazarus and I can hear some noises coming from it and the radiators are already starting to warm up. Hope it continues until the replacement arrives (whenever that may be)
