# Heating Furnace keeps Breaking Down - Rights?

**URL:** <https://discourse.settlement.org/t/heating-furnace-keeps-breaking-down-rights/4594>\
**Category:** Landlord and Tenant Issues\
**Created:** [February 24, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.settlement.org/t/heating-furnace-keeps-breaking-down-rights/4594 "2016-02-24T16:32:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@sari](https://discourse.settlement.org/u/sari)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.settlement.org/t/heating-furnace-keeps-breaking-down-rights/4594/1 "2016-02-24T16:32:24Z")

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hi ,needed some advise.  
we are a family of 4 moved into a detached house in Mississauga . since we moved in last month the heating furnace ( almost 20 years old) has gone off 3 times. We have called the repair guy and he says he has put a red tag to it and get it changed as its a safety hazard . but the company he belongs to has not sent the intimation to the landlord who is currently out of canada. what are the implications for us as tenants?

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**Author:** ![SettlementOrgMod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SettlementOrgMod](https://discourse.settlement.org/u/SettlementOrgMod)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.settlement.org/t/heating-furnace-keeps-breaking-down-rights/4594/2 "2016-02-25T14:06:53Z")

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Hello,

Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.

We can appreciate that you would be concerned about this situation.

It is best if you contact the nearest [Community Legal Clinic](http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/contact/about.asp?place=606150&addr=mississauga) as soon as possible for some assistance and information regarding what your rights are.

Your User Id indicates that you are in Mississauga, ON. You can find the nearest [Community Legal Clinic](http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/contact/about.asp?place=606150&addr=mississauga) [here](http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/contact/about.asp?place=606150&addr=mississauga).

I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.

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Anna  
[Settlement.Org](http://Settlement.Org) Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS  
[Settlement.Org](http://Settlement.Org)