There’s been some consternation in the Page household this week: as you know Brian has had a promotion at Mackletyne Extruded Plastics – he’s now Regional Head Of Sales for the Home Counties (excluding Greater London). Although this means increased responsibility and with it a heavy work load (something that’s been giving Ann cause for concern), it does also mean an increase in salary. And that can’t be bad.
It’s been a year of heavy financial burden this year, with Jessica going off to university (Loughborough, Business Studies) and all the expense that entails! But the modest windfall resulting from the untimely demise of Ann’s Uncle Mark has come in more than useful in this department, and so Brian and Ann have taken the plunge and had a new central heating system installed. Gone are the bulky old storage heaters that got them through the drafty 1980s and 90s, and in their place a sleek, white Potterton boiler nestling in the space in the airing cupboard until recently taken up by the immersion heater, which has also gone. Hot water on demand now – just turn on the tap and ‘hey presto!’, the boiler ignites and there you have it - running hot water!
But the new installation hasn’t been entirely without it’s teething troubles. There have been problems with the central heating thermostat - it hasn’t been switching on and off at the right times. For instance, last Tuesday morning they woke up to a freezing cold house. (Last Tuesday, if you remember, was particularly parky even though the sun came out for a while towards the early afternoon). Anyway, no amount of messing about with the “over-ride” button would activate the boiler and Brian was forced to get ready for work in an unheated house. Not what you pay a small fortune to install central heating for!
Of course, The Scientific Law Of Cussedness came into play, and at a quarter to eleven, just as Ann was getting ready to leave for her part time job at the new dental surgery, the boiler whooshed into life.
By the time they came home from work it was a different story: boiler as lifeless as the proverbial tomb and the house freezing once again. Brian was pretty livid and called out the engineer under the terms of the emergency call-out insurance cover.
It turned out after a lot of humming, hah-ing and to-ing and fro-ing that the thermostat was faulty. This has now been replaced and peace, and a warm blanket of hot air have once again descended upon the Page household.
Of course, The Scientific Law Of Cussedness came into play, and at a quarter to eleven, just as Ann was getting ready to leave for her part time job at the new dental surgery, the boiler whooshed into life.
By the time they came home from work it was a different story: boiler as lifeless as the proverbial tomb and the house freezing once again. Brian was pretty livid and called out the engineer under the terms of the emergency call-out insurance cover.
It turned out after a lot of humming, hah-ing and to-ing and fro-ing that the thermostat was faulty. This has now been replaced and peace, and a warm blanket of hot air have once again descended upon the Page household.
2 comments:
In my experianance the new potterton range does have a few glitches. I keep my baxi 7000 MK11 in the garage and polish its pipes every sunday morning, a lovely boiler.
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