Heating cover news, Jan - Mar 2007

Boilers break down after gas leak

08 March 2007

Residents in the North East have been hit by an energy failing double whammy after a gas leak led to boilers breaking down across County Durham.

7-week wait for boiler part leaves family in the cold

01 February 2007

A single mum living with her daughter and multiple-sclerosis suffering mother were left for seven weeks without central heating after heating engineers failed to locate a single part needed to repair her boiler.

Community spirit warms where gas supply failed

24 January 2007

Residents, school children and businesses were all affected when a cut in main gas supplies left the town of Framlingham to suffer the cold.

Faulty boiler causes woman to suffer shock

18 January 2007

A Barnet mother is to sue her local housing trust after repeated calls to them to fix her boiler were ignored, resulting in her suffering an electric fault when a faulty heating device overflowed.

Heating prices leave widow shivering

09 January 2007

A broken boiler and spiralling costs for a reputable plumber have left a Barrow widow with little choice but to live without heating for the past six weeks, according to the North-west Evening Mail.

Real danger for consumers without heating cover

02 January 2007

Consumers who do not purchase heating cover are putting themselves in "real danger" according to Geoff Slaughter, product manager at the price comparison and switching website uSwitch.com.



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