Remember the TV advert? A new gas fire? I have a vague memory of it. Our gas fire in the dining room suddenly smoked the surrounding wall, all in a matter of hours. Called the gas fitter we knew. Call out fee £45 ($67.50). Condemned the fire and, after a smoke bomb test, said the chimney needed sweeping - and we needed a new gas fire and a cowl fitted to the chimney top to prevent further debris entering the chimney. OK....
New gas fire £600, chimney swept £50, cowl £65, fitting £15, take away old gas fire £10, fit new gas fire £140. So, this beautiful new Robinson Willey Firecharm gas fire has run up a bill of £925 ($1,387.50).
And after fitting and turning on, because of the 'newness' it generated enough 'smoke' to set off every smoke alarm in the house having me running around like a headless chicken to disarm them, whilst my three cats were diving for cover...
'Smoking' doesn't cover it....
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