Of course 3 days in, the shower broke.
In the middle of me having a shower.
Covered in shampoo.
With no hot water left in the tank to rinse my hair.
Typical.
I then had to do a dash to the kitchenn, boil the kettle mix it with some cold water and rinse my hair.
I thought I was going to have to buy a new shower at well over a £100 plus fitting. I have been in a right decline over the thought.
However, on Friday, Ian my saviour of an odd job came round and had a look. He declared it was the Solenoid valve which had broken. 20 minutes later he had ordered a new part via the glorious internet for £19.
Last night he came round and fitted it for £20.
A huge "Hurray!" for Ian methinks.
Repair v replace is a thorny issue. A new shower costs anywhere between £90 (cheap naff shower) to £100s.
I had to have the shower repaired about 6 months ago when another part broke - flux capacitor or some other technical term. Again part plus labour was about £40.
So far I have spent £80 on repairing a shower that cost about £150 plus labour to fit about 8 years ago. I am aware that such machinery only has a limited working life. And if it does break again, I will have to think about whether it is prudent to repair it again.
However, today I am glad to get it repaired, and hope perhaps to get another 6-12months out of it before having to face the repair v replace issue again.
Frugally yours
Abigail
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Now that would have been interesting to see. Nothing worse than having to drip everywhere whilst you boil a kettle. Good repair for now though, hope it helps.
ReplyDeleteGreat savings! Everything is worth trying to repair first!
ReplyDeleteI know the dilemma, to repair or replace. We're going through that with one of our cars. It needs repairs at a greater cost than the car's value. But repairing would get us another couple of years, that is if it didn't develop a new problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat to do, what to do!