Removing old boiler

DoddieM

My mother has qualified for the Central Heating Replacement Scheme (Strathclyde Region) and is due to have that done v soon. They have told her that removal of the old (coal) boiler is not included and they are saying it will cost £480+VAT. Is this the going rate and is there any other way? :huh:

plumb1_2

If they are fitting a new boiler, then they have to disconect/isolate the old one, so they can fit the new boiler, so it would be just a matter of removing it.
£480+vat is steep for moving/skiping a boiler that is not connected to anything.
IMO you need to contact the company who is issueing the grant, to check if it not included, and not the Plumbing company who the work has been issued to, as they could be trying it on.

griff.

Sounds well out of order Doddie - is there an option for you to get someone else in to remove the boiler ?

moneysavingplumber

Is it an old back boiler, and if so, does the price include making good and plastering/decorating? If this is the case, the price is steep but not as unreasonable as it first appears as removing old solid fuel back boilers is a horrible job as they are completely built-in and the opening will have to be opened right up to get it out.

griff.

moneysavingplumber wrote:

Is it an old back boiler, and if so, does the price include making good and plastering/decorating? If this is the case, the price is steep but not as unreasonable as it first appears as removing old solid fuel back boilers is a horrible job as they are completely built-in and the opening will have to be opened right up to get it out.

Out of interest, is there a compelling reason why it needs to be removed ? Is there an alternative ?

moneysavingplumber

griff. wrote:

Out of interest, is there a compelling reason why it needs to be removed ? Is there an alternative ?

If it's an old solid fuel back boiler, technically you can't use the fireplace for anything else while it's still in place, although lots of '50s council houses had radiant gas fires put in front of them during the 60s and 70s which they shouldn't have done in theory.