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Central heating quote - fair?

Wouldyoucreditit
Wouldyoucreditit Posts: 15 Forumite
edited 25 June 2010 at 11:55AM in Is this quote fair?
Been quoted £2,800 for a Worcester 280si boiler and 7 rads. Good?

Comments

  • barrymung
    barrymung Posts: 638 Forumite
    To me, without knowing the layout of your house, it sounds reasonable.

    (The boiler is a decent onr, BTW)
  • DOMMAR
    DOMMAR Posts: 6 Forumite
    I just had a qoute for a new combi and 2 new rads for £2700, so sounds good to me.:j
  • jawa1
    jawa1 Posts: 233 Forumite
    had a quote for 7 rads and glow-worm combi £3k. RF room temp and programmer.

    make sure you check the pipes will be under floorboards and ask where if any any pipes will need to be boxed in and get them to box them in.
  • budgetflyer
    budgetflyer Posts: 5,949 Forumite
    Around £2800 + is reasonable these days .Part L of building regs INSIST all new heating systems now have to be "Condensing" Sedbuk A or B rated, incorporate a programmable room thermostat or programmer + room thermostat, + auto bypass valve.If boiler has anything other than standard through the wall fluing ie extended runs or vertical thru roof options its going to cost more
    You must make sure your installer is including these features or you could land in trouble when you get an energy efficiency evaluation when selling your home in future
  • gps_2
    gps_2 Posts: 77 Forumite
    about £400 too much in my opinion, i got a baxi boiler and 7 rads for £2250 after negotiation.

    get more quotes if you can.

    the parts come to about £1000 and it takes about 4 days to install.

    don't be shy to negotiate.

    glen
  • ajwt2
    ajwt2 Posts: 32 Forumite
    The quote you have seems reasonable, according to the data I have you can expect to pay 2500-3000 for a new boiler + 5-8radiators in a 2 or 3 bedroom house. More details available if you are interested.
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