Niall Patrick

I phoned the heating engineer myself after work at 3pm today, he knows I phoned the letting agent yesterday so that means they did contact him 'ah yes I've been putting together paperwork to send to them' If I offend him or if we smell fair enough let me know and let the landlord and letting agents know and step aside, let them give the job to somebody who wants it, theres 3 gas safe registered plumbers within 500 yards of our street and two of them have an emergency call out service. I don't know whats going on, honestly I think we're going to be forced to give notice. Fair enough if it does happen, it's business but I'll give the flat back in the same condition we signed for and unfix everything I fixed myself FOC. It's not our home

Thanks to all, today I managed to get in contact with the new letting agents, kept it civil and did point out I'm out working and can't be available at all times to check on a leaking combi and rapidly filling builders bucket to ensure the lady below us her flat wasn't damaged either. They promised to contact the plumber/heating engineer again and put a rush on it. That was at 12pm no reply back yet.

Apologies for my badly worded post, the landlord and his own office staff were responsible for maintenance issues and the rent but he's now hired an outside letting agents to deal with the rent and maintenance. I did check with his staff who was my point of contact from now on? right away no hesitation they said it's this new letting agents. I contacted them myself and was treated like an idiot, the regular plumber/engineer was happy I at least made contact but somewhere between himself and this new letting agents and the landlord/owner there is something going on something I'm not privvy to. The issue with the boiler is apparently a dirty system which was reported to the landlord by the plumber/heating engineer before these new letting agents were hired. Now it's the PRV which the plumber/heating engineer wasn't given the go ahead to fit by letting agents. I'm not afraid of landlords or their staff, the plumber/heating engineer I can't bad mouth him because he's the professional in that trade. My wife loves the flat, she's got a sizeable balcony with a decent view and we are great tenants but she doesn't want to move or for me to kick up a fuss. Here is a pic of the boiler, the drip is far left which according to the boiler service and fitting manual is the CH flow isolator next IV (isolation valve) is the gas inlet connection 22mm & isolator. The 3rd IV is DCW in isolator and last is the CH return isolator. I just want to replicate what he showed me to isolate the water to the boiler causing the drip, then I can take the issue further with the landlord and letting agents.

Reported to the landlord through his office staff, the regular plumber/gas boiler servicer gas safe registered informed the landlord as well this needs fixed. I clarified it with the landlords office for essential maintenance/repairs who do I deal with from now on? apparently the same company now responsible for rent collection so I guess they're a letting agents acting on behalf of the landlord now. A landlord who has his own company and commercial and private rental portfolio. I know I'm not making much sense, but none of it makes sense unless theres a scam being pulled, sweetneners back handers

It's a Worcestor Bosch greenstar 28I junior MKIV leaking water from the left hand side, it isn't mine it's the landlords who owns this rental myself and wife live in. Back and forth between myself and the heating engineer and he called with the part needed in his van for the full fix, according to him it's the pressure release valve needing replaced. Before the fix he made a call to the newly tendered essential maintenance company and they reneged on his going ahead. Totally unprofessional and understandably the engineer wants paid but refused my offer to pay so I asked him not to leave me hanging. He showed me which isolation valve to turn underneath the service flap but got ahead of himself and said 'don't worry about this thats the gas' which threw me. I have the manual here there are 4 isolation valves, the leak is coming from the CH isolation valve far left and he's a cloth plugged into whatever, I know not to touch the gas isolation valve so it must be the domestic mains in to isolate? I can't leave my wife to deal with emptying buckets of warm water while I'm back on site nor can I isolate the mains restricting the fresh water for daily use and so on, we've an electric shower so hot water for a shower isn't a problem as long as I don't have to turn the mains water off.

Thanks for reading but I can't get back to my own do-er upper until my landlord his regular gas boiler service engineer and the new being honest woeful take the money and run 'facilities management company' or whatever they call themselves get this boiler issue fixed in myself and my wifes rental. I can't leave her on her own to empty builders buckets of perfectly good warm fresh water. It's sickening, the wastage not just the gas but the water. We've no water tank it's all directly from the mains so thats a 10 litre bucket every 12 hours. I'm desperate to isolate the boilers main feed of water but I'm stumped. Is it allowable to post a detailed problem on the main forums even though it isn't my own property?

It's an old Donegal stone cottage, more quirky than quick fix but it was cheap enough. I'm not using block work, like for like where needed using matching stone

Hi I'm Niall age 51 male married no kids and a private tenant but bought a do-er upper in County Donegal as a holiday retreat and hopefully retire to it . In my regular working life I carry out non emergency repairs and maintenance with the odd rip out and refurb, prior to that I worked in engineering mostly making and fitting wrought iron railings fire escapes and also worked on quite a few full scale building sites. I usually work on the old stone cottage at weekends but had to side line the project while I deal with a serious issue with my landlord his regular heating and gas engineer and the new company hired to deal with the essential maintenance (gas boiler issue). I do the bulk of maintenance myself and repairs but don't touch gas or electrics and the bulk of plumbing. We live in an upstairs flat so best left to the pro's who have left me and the wife high and dry.