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bshane · Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 2

I live in a condominium where there are 12 units. My question is if my zone valve shorts out, will that cause the transformer in the boiler room to blow or is it the other way around?

Just Bill · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 11:34 am Post subject:

This sounds like a loaded question searching for an answer different from the question asked. If you have a common heating system, the condo association is responsible for the system, wether one fails or the system fails, unless you have something else in your agreement.

Ian · Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 32 Location: wigan

bshane · Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 2

My heat stopped working a couple weeks ago and when the association sent someone out, they replaced my zone valve. But the heat still would not work so the next day, they replaced the transformer in the boiler room and the plumber told me that the transformer shorted out causing the zone valve to short out. Then yesterday I got a bill for the zone valve and the plumber is trying to tell me that it was the zone valve that shorted out the transformer and I just wanted to make sure I wasn't gettin screwed because of my ignorance to plumbing.

Just Bill · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 12:33 pm Post subject:

Sure sounds like two different stories, and it is entirely possible that you are on the short list to take the fall. You need to get the correct story, if that is possible, and then confront the condo association. Technically speaking, the zone valve is probably yours and was replaced, but the cause was the condo's problem, catch 22, and splitting hairs, tough call.