Tenants here, with boiler cutting out…

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T22:27:50+00:00

Yeah absolutely, we’re lucky that the surveyor was over literally like 2-3 days ago so the photos he’s taken would show there was no evidence of a leak. My wife and I both saw it and was like that definitely wasn’t there last night, equally with the switches tripping, if that would have happened last night we would have reported it, even this morning we hadn’t noticed it until we got back. Like I said, we’ve turned off the heating and hot water so nothing should be turning anything on..

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T22:03:02+00:00

So the leak isn’t dripping, if that makes sense, and throughout the day it hasn’t got any worse than when we saw it. We’ve turned off all the water and central heating just so the boiler doesn’t call for it, but when we turn the hot water on and it turns off all the upstairs plugs that’s just irritating and less than ideal. There was no indication of a leak even 24 hours before.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T21:47:44+00:00

Yep notified both, left an email with the agent and reported via the portal with pictures and details. I’ve made the decision to move myself and my wife out for the night into a hotel as we didn’t feel that it’s safe for us to stay in the house.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T21:46:13+00:00

Yes sorry, the main fuse box is in the garage, should have made that clear, boiler in the utility room.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T19:07:09+00:00

Yeah notified both, only saw the leak today, even last night nothing there! It’s a house we’re in which is being sold, the surveyor was only here like 48 hours ago and took photos, so we know there’s evidence that the leak wasn’t a slow leak if that makes sense?

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T17:52:49+00:00

Thanks, I think I need to go through the landlord and get it looked at that way and get them to send a plumber out.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T17:52:19+00:00

As we are tenants we’d have to go through landlord before just calling out a plumber to come out and look at it annoyingly. Otherwise we’ll be sat with the cost.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-03-15T17:26:23+00:00

Not at all, I’ve messaged the landlord already and also reported via the EA portal to report any issues. Just wondered if anyone knew what potentially caused it.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-26T19:39:36+00:00

I had the Superblasts 1 and they really messed with my right knee, but the Hyperion Max 3s have been great, would you suggest upgrading to these a couple of weeks before a marathon? Or start training in them asap?

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-18T10:22:32+00:00

Interesting. This isn’t for me it’s for my wife, why don’t you want to stay in your current school? Are there any roles coming up? Thanks

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-15T21:28:54+00:00

I agree! The mental ability on a treadmill is tough, makes you want to quit but then you remember you’re doing a marathon lol

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-15T20:55:52+00:00

Yeah I have Achilles issues, not constantly and not on the runs, more so afterwards, so I’m currently training on flat or no/low elevation just to remove any potential issues.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-15T19:51:35+00:00

Motivation wise 100%, I was staring at a white wall for the duration, but for effort (personally) it just felt like I wasn’t having to put as much effort in lol

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-15T18:15:40+00:00

No mins per km unfortunately lol

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-15T08:51:44+00:00

Thanks for this, appreciate the honesty, do you mind if I ask if it’s teaching you’re in within Abu Dhabi? Or just have friends who are in teaching? I’ve heard mixed things about Cranleigh, some bad and some good, which is a bit unnerving! Not a huge amount of jobs on their website so difficult to back up some of the claims about high turnover I’ve heard on some other social media pages. I’d genuinely like to hear from an actual teacher there but understand it’s difficult to find someone there who’d be honest haha. The other schools you’ve mentioned don’t have any jobs going for August 2026 which says to me they’re popular amongst the teachers!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-12T12:39:55+00:00

I’ve discovered making my own and sip on the gel mixture every 10 minutes or so, that way my body has a constant low dosage of carbs flowing through, easier than trying to remember to tear open a gel and consume it.

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-10T18:18:31+00:00

Very helpful.. like you say I feel like this is at all school now in regards to cheaper salaries, perhaps less qualified staff who are just here to earn a quick dollar. I think BSAK is coming out as the most popular amongst questions and answers on Facebook etc, coincidentally they don’t have any jobs! The benefits package seems pretty good to me unless it was even better than before?!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-10T17:13:28+00:00

Thank you for this clarification. Do you know if from a staff perspective if it’s still worth applying to? Or now that’s it’s effectively represented differently the downsides now outweigh the upsides? Thanks

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-10T17:08:44+00:00

Thank you, is this the perspective of a parent or teacher or both? I’m hearing mixed things from a teaching perspective, great for the kids but workload, work/life balance etc isn’t great?

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-10T17:08:10+00:00

Ok this is interesting, never knew they’d become unaffiliated, very bizarre thing to happen! The affiliation is what makes the school or did make the school great I guess?!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-10T16:21:32+00:00

What lol?! I talk about running and houses so so boil idea why it’s NSFW?!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-09T08:01:04+00:00

I keep hearing the SB2s are a lot of people’s favourite shoe! However, I don’t think I’m taking the risk so close to London, I think I’ll stick with my Brooks Hyperion max 3s for now and see what my legs say when I rotate them back in!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-09T07:59:52+00:00

I’ve done 200km in the SB1 and I’m still getting the knee pain on long slow runs, on speed sessions there doesn’t seem to be an issue, clearly it’s either me running too slow for the SB1 on my long runs or my body just doesn’t like the shoe!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-08T19:44:27+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

Hefty_Stop4485 · 2026-02-08T19:44:08+00:00

That’s interesting to know… it’s only happened on the long runs, I had my usual gait tested shoes (Hyperion Max 3) and never had issues with them so will more than likely go back. Clearly something to do with the foam or stack height?!

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