Replacement Boiler Quote

cheesemason

More quotes, and better ones this time I think.

The below prices are all from the same persion for different boilers. It is for the boiler, the labour (including moving under the stairs and bricking up window), flushing the system and a room thermostat:

Ferroli optimax 31he £950
Worcester 30cdi £1500
Worcester 30si £1410
Worcester 28i Junior £1350
Vaillant ecotecpro 28 £1270

I almost think these are too cheap, what do you think? They have good feedback on MyBuilder though.

Also, my OH's uncle fits boilers (but cant do ours) and says to make sure that the boiler has a Corgi number on the back, otherwise it may have been bought for cheap off the internet from abroad. Is this a common problem? And can you ask your fitter this without offending him?

Thanks

Tim

butaneboy

A boiler wouldn't have a corgi number on, it would have a gas council number on though. Quotes seem reasonable. I would tend to favour the worcester because the design has changed very little over the past 5 years which tells you they've kinda got it right. Don't get a junior though it only has heat control for the ch not the domestic hot water. For a little more you could get the si which is basically the same boiler but has hot water heat control, why overheat heat water only to cool it down with cold? False economy. Again with nuckle the CDI is a little more superior but you will pay a little more. You won't get it back in fuel savings but you should get it back in reliability.

hearts

Sorry for jumping on the post but I am getting a new cenral heating system installed. I'm going to buy all the radiators and boiler my self then get a guy I know to fit.
Can anyone recommend the best/most reasonable price wise place to buy and which boiler/radiators to go for. I would like a combi boiler, is this the best to go for?
Are "The Plumbcentre" ones any good?
Thanks
The flat has 2 bedrooms,kitchen, bathroom, livingroom. One problem is, it's a ground floor and there are concrete floors.

Bexs

Can I just say we had an ideal isar fitted just under 3 yrs ago had to spend £200 quid on it last week pump had gone not working again todayto be told the wholeboiler is knackered!!!! just dont know what to do ant afford a new boiler and I think why should I its only 3 yrs old and i feel ive wasted £200 pounds last week totallypeed off ...sorry rant over hehe

cheesemason

Just an update on where I am:

I've booked a guy to come and install a Baxi Duotec 33 Combi next weekend. Price for install, flush and wireless room thermostat is £1600.

The guy has really good references, so am hoping it will go well

Will update once installed

Thanks for everyones help

C_Mababejive

Can i just say that central heating is one of those nightmare areas,just like double glazing.

The problem is that there are too many get rich quick merchants on the GSR express.

Also, joe public always wants cheap.

These days,the bare minimum for anyone doing a boiler change to a new high tech system or combi boiler would be a good system cleansing plus Magnatech. also check out the off the shelf costs of such boilers..they arent cheap. Do you want a sophisticated piece of kit to be butchered in ? No...would you take your prized Beeemer to a dodgy geezer under a railway arch just becuase hes cheap? no..so why do people expect to get a good quality job by paying cheap rates ?

When dealing with heating,the only things that matter are;
quality training
experience
registration

in that order. GSR registration is not a quality benchmark or guarantee. Its simply a licence to practice and its got easier to get one over the years..

EliteHeat

cheesemason wrote: »

Just an update on where I am:

I've booked a guy to come and install a Baxi Duotec 33 Combi next weekend. Price for install, flush and wireless room thermostat is £1600.

The guy has really good references, so am hoping it will go well

Will update once installed

Thanks for everyones help

Good price & decent boiler. Hope it goes well.