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Boiler leaking kerosene

  • 09-04-2015 12:06pm
    #1
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,286 ✭✭✭✭


    We are renting a house and had problems with our heating not coming on.
    Eventually a guy half fixed it by disconnecting the proper big black pipe and connecting a thin white pipe with no connectors or anything.

    We started to get a smell of kerosene in our bathrooms and sitting room, very strong some days so we contacted the letting agent who sent up a handyman guy today.

    He opened the boiler and showed me that it's dripping about every 3 seconds constantly and has been for the last couple of months. There is a wet area surrounding the outside boiler and the grass out there has gone black and is dead.

    I'm presuming this is very dangerous and a big deal, the handyman guy seems to think it's not.

    Anyone any clue whether I should be worried or not?

    Also I imagine I am within my rights to demand the tank gets refilled because our money has been leaking into the ground for the past two months.


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  • #2
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Let the landlord decide what to do about the spilled fuel. It is his property and his responsibility. Its unlikely that you have lost a lot, but you could try for some compensation. I don't know how successful that will be.

    Post a pic of the replaced pipe area and the damaged area.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #3
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,286 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    Wearb wrote: »
    Let the landlord decide what to do about the spilled fuel. It is his property and his responsibility. Its unlikely that you have lost a lot, but you could try for some compensation. I don't know how successful that will be.

    Post a pic of the replaced pipe area and the damaged area.

    We rent through a letting agent so I have no details or contact with the house owner.

    Looks like a fair bit has been leaking, if so Id be demanding replacement or Id be moving out fairly quickly.

    It's more the kerosene fumes in the house I'm worried about. We have a young baby and the smell is really strong at times. There is a vent directly above the leaking boiler.

    Will do when I get home.


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