Central Heating Replacement

manorpurl

Dear all,
I am in a total dilemma here, wish one of you guys can be of help.

I have a 4 bedroom house and was quoted roughly about 8000 quid by a local plumber to do the following:
1. Replace existing convention system to the new system boiler.
Valliant pro eco tec 37, 220CL tank, replacing of aroud 15 odd radiators of different sizes, all pipework, valves, removal of tanks from loft, etc.

Now, it is a lot of money for me. so i am thinking:
1. Change radiators separately - The quote for this from some other plumber came at around 2300.

So, do you think around 5500 pounds is enough to justify replacing of boiler/tank?

Thank you,

Cardew

Seems some sort of a joke!

Get a quote from British Gas - nobody charges more than they do - and a local plumber will normally charge much less for the same work.

manorpurl

Cardew wrote: »

Seems some sort of a joke!

Get a quote from British Gas - nobody charges more than they do - and a local plumber will normally charge much less for the same work.

I know it is a bit of ripoff - do you think i can replace radiators myself by going on a short 5-day course. I might pick up some skills from being on ar course.

Cardew

It is not so much the radiator replacement being a joke price, but the £5,500 for boiler replacement.