A Stirling mum and her children were without heating when their boiler packed in during last week’s cold spell.Council tenant Laura Curley and her three children – 13-year-old Iona, Euan (12) and Erin (8) – did not have heating and hot water for three nights and two days due to a boiler problem at their Cornton home.Laura has lived in the Strathmore Drive property for seven years.
She said this week that the boiler breaks down on a regular basis leaving her without heating and hot water.In the latest incident the boiler broke down on Tuesday evening and was not fixed until Friday morning – during a week which saw day time temperatures fall well below freezing.Laura said: “The boiler breaks down regularly.
No sooner is it fixed than it goes again.“Last week we were without heat or hot water for three nights and two days.“It was a bit worrying because I wasn’t sure when it would be back up and running again.
I’d been told of a 36-hour window to fix the problem. I do feel the council should have acted sooner in this situation.“I had an electric heater, which I put on for a few hours in the evenings, but I didn’t want to have it on too long because of the cost.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.“It was very cold.
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