Has anybody had a new boiler fitted recently?

Cardew

justjohn wrote: »

But all you need is average price for the average install

OK then!

OP my guess would be an average price of £3,000.

However it could be from £2,000 to £6,000

DevilsAdvocate1

We've just had a boiler fitted. Its a Worcester one and was £1650 including fitting and VAT. It was a local plumber who did it and he guided us through the government scrappage scheme so we got £400 towards it. Unfortunately, I think the scheme has just ended.

D.

Canucklehead

jaydoobleyoo wrote: »

Thanks Justjohn.

You contribution is gratefully received. I do, of course know the difference between an estimate (ball-park) range and a quote. The chuckle guy is missing the point here. Nobody was asking for a quote, but if I don't want every man and his dog coming to my house, then I need to know the starting price of their service. I'm wasting eveybody's time and effort if their charges are way too high to begin with.

Thanks again.

Good morning: you've got the name and gender wrong;) I understand but I don't agree. Why would you have every man/woman/dog trudging through your house...find 3 RGIs recommended to you by a source you trust.

An estimate is not a 'ballpark' figure. Btw.. as lifelong baseball fan I can assure you that each major league ballpark varies in size....more here.

Good luck with your project. Let us know how you get on.

HTH


Canucklehead

jasmin10

I went on the Worcester Bosch website for mine they have a link to give you a list of their recommended installers etc. I think the one we went for was something like cd30. We had ours fitted November 2008, so it was now two years ago and it cost us £1850.

hth

justjohn

Canucklehead wrote: »

find 3 RGIs recommended to you by a source you trust.

An estimate is not a 'ballpark' figure. Btw.. as lifelong baseball fan I can assure you that each major league ballpark varies in size....more here.

Good luck with your project. Let us know how you get on.

HTH


Canucklehead

So may i ask

Without getting half the plumbers/gas fitters out that are on the gas safety register out, how do you find the few that are the cheapest.

Because getting 3 will not find them. The majority are premium price. Possibly not to BG standard. But defo 1000-3000 pound or so out on a full install?

So as someone in the know and as this is a money saving forum how do you get the best price and find the cheaper quotes?

i am really sorry if i have and i am offending you but many in the building trade are no better than DG salesman/ moben kitchen salesmen. There sales tactics and pricing is deceptive and they imply the customer is thick.

When quotes are so different something just is not right. Quality of workmanship/material quality just does not wash all the time.

Mrs_justjohn

I don't see the harm in phoning up as many RGI's as you want to and asking for a 'ball park figure' for a straight forward boiler swap, once they have given a price you can always state that you realise these things are rarely 'straightforward' and you are not going to 'hold them to it' but what you want is as a basis for a price comparison.

Once you have your list of prices you can throw out the ones that look too cheap to be real...LOL...throw out the ones that are way over the average for a straightforward boiler swap, as they will no doubt be way over the average for any 'additional work' that is required, and then get 2 or 3 of the 'guys in the middle' (probably the ones that were the most helpful on the phone and didn't mind giving a 'ball park' price as they will most likely be the most reasonable/honest).

I personally would not get anyone into quote who would not give a ball park figure on the phone, as to me it would seem that they want to get a foot in the door and see what they can scr*w you for.

Canucklehead

Good afternoon: I have no advice for those chasing the cheapest quote only for those seeking the best quote i.e.obtain a full specification quotation based on: a site survey, consultation with the customer and adherence to 'Best Practice'. Use a RGI recommended to you by a source you trust

We assume the customer is not out to 'screw us over'....though most come to us via personal recommendation and are known entities rather than CQCs.

Please don't equate willingness to provide a figure sight unseen over the phone as sign of honesty or competence.

HTH

Canucklehead

jaydoobleyoo

Hi eveybody

Boy, what an exchange. Quite interesting. Thank you all those of you who let me know what you got and for how much. As for Nucklehead, well, I do sort of appraciate what you're getting at, so no problem there, but Mrs Justjohn has actually hit the nail on the head. I'm really not looking for rock bottom price, awful service and cr*p parts, really. I do, however, expect a large national company to be able to tell me their starting price. I won't be ripped off, so there is little point in anybody visiting in the belief that they are going to be able to get an unrealistically high price from me. I'm expecting to pay around £2k. I only have a 2-bed (relatively new) terraced house, so not really a huge amount of work, even if I choose to have the boiler in a different location to the existing one.

I was simply trying to find out whether other people had been given an idea of cost before they had a "Sales Consultant" visit them!

Btw Nucklehead, Mark McGwire is a legend - come on you Cards!!!

J

Mrs_justjohn

jaydoobleyoo wrote: »

Hi eveybody

Boy, what an exchange. Quite interesting. Thank you all those of you who let me know what you got and for how much. As for Nucklehead, well, I do sort of appraciate what you're getting at, so no problem there, but Mrs Justjohn has actually hit the nail on the head. I'm really not looking for rock bottom price, awful service and cr*p parts, really. I do, however, expect a large national company to be able to tell me their starting price. I won't be ripped off, so there is little point in anybody visiting in the belief that they are going to be able to get an unrealistically high price from me. I'm expecting to pay around £2k. I only have a 2-bed (relatively new) terraced house, so not really a huge amount of work, even if I choose to have the boiler in a different location to the existing one.

I was simply trying to find out whether other people had been given an idea of cost before they had a "Sales Consultant" visit them!

Btw Nucklehead, Mark McGwire is a legend - come on you Cards!!!

J

Seems we are on the same wavelength....just a shame I couldn't tell you what the ball park figure should be....:rotfl:

jaydoobleyoo

Hi

Good news!!

I have now discovered I don't need a new boiler and have saved myself probably a couple of thousand pounds in the process!!

I called out my "Home Emergency" insurers when the boiler first broke down. Despite three visits and 2 parts being fitted, I was told there was nothing more they could do and the boiler was broken beyond repair (it's 13 years old, but the experts reckon a decent boiler can give upto 25 years). I only recently bought the house, so had no manufacturer's warranty on it.

As a last resort, I called the manufaturers (Glow Worm). They charge a remarkably decent fixed fee of £250, which included call-out and all parts, with the exception of the heat exchanger or expansion tank. If they cannot fix it, or it is beyond economical repair, they refund all the money, except an £82 call-out charge. As soon as the guy arrived, he identified straight away the problem was with the fan. We now have a working (and thankfully quiet) boiler again. All/any new parts fitted automically carry a warranty. Excellent. I wish I'd called them out in the first place.

I really think it's important people know about this. :j