I would be chasing up the manufacturer about this. 13 months is techincally outside the warranty period but ALL items have an implied warranty and most companies will still look after you on this. If the company wont pay the full repair they are by law required to pay a pro rata of it. Might be a little different if you have tried a handyman on it, but tighten the screws and put some sticky tape on it and it will look like new :D
I will give you an example of this. I use to work for motorline volvo (back a few years ago) and a guy came back with a volvo that was 9 years old. Way outside factory warranty, but it needed a new engine because the turbo kept on blowing or some crap. To cut a long story short, he took motorline to court and they had to replace his motor, turbo and fit it all at no charge. See volvo advertises themselves as " volvo, for life " . It imples the vehicle will last you for life.
To explain, companies put a warranty on items. This warrany isnt hard and fast 12 months or whatever they state. There is always a certain amount of lee way for claims where they are still responsible for repairs. Look up or talk to Fair Trading about it and they can clue you in a bit more about it.
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