British Gas 542 replacement for Worcester 35CDi

shosoloza

Hello there,
I have just had a British Gas quote to replace a 15 year old Worcester 35DCDi combi boiler with a BG 542. They have offered me £400 scrappage on the old boiler and 1£ for every world cup goal scored (about £140 to date ) if I order before 13th July. They have also offered one year of complementary Homecare.

Any advice anyone can give me on whether this is a fair quote would be wonderful - thank you in advance!

The existing boiler flue exhausts 280 mm below the eaves of the garage- and they are vented. I have been told that this means a new flue has to be constructed exhausting through the roof, or the boiler needs to be dropped to a silly height to allow the flue to comply with the 300 mm demanded by building regs.

In two of our rooms the radiators are tiny and the rooms are always cold. The quote includes two larger replacement rads.

We als do not have a central control in the house - only thermostats on the radiators. The quote includes a Hive thermostat.

Here are the details:
*Replacement* £1,888 which breaks down as follows :
BG 542 Boiler - £1,619
Vertical Flue Terminal - £249
External Condensate connection - £78
Pitched roof vertical flashing kit - £185
Combi for combi boiler replacement installation - £1,179
Connect boiler electrics and test - £200

*Customisation and Compliance* £644 which breaks down as :
Install mini pressure expansion vessel - £88
One pair flue elbows - £125
Flue pipe extension - £80
Building work (including supply/collect bricks) - £210
Clear route for installation x2 - £71
Flue pipe support bracket - £19
Waste coolection and disposal - £50

*System reliability* £864 which breaks down as :
External condensate frost protection - £150
System water treatment with PowerFlush - £475
Install 22mm Magnetic System Filter - £240

*System Performance* £312 which breaks down as :
HIVE active heating (single channel) £199
Frost protection air and pipe thermostat - £113

*Home Enhancement* - £1,003
Stelrad 3m radiator - £440
Install radiator - £110
TRV - £40
Stelrad K2 radiator - £208
Install radiator - £110
TRV - £40
Pair of manual radiator valves - £35

G r a n d T o t a l - ££££6,308

Discounts - £400 Boiler trade in
HIVE promotion - £50
HSA authorised discount - £100
World Cup Goals discount - £150 (ish - hopefully a tad more!!)

Discounted Total - £5,608

We are looking for a competent job and hope to be in the house at least ten years, so quality is a priority. Any comments from the forum on what we are being quoted will be greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,
Stef

Plumber90

I have sent you a private message

BristolS

Its British gas so its going to be the highest price around.
You would also get a minimum of 5 year manufacturers warranty on the boiler from anyone else.

Procrastinator333

BG = Rip off.

You could easily knock a couple of grand or more off that price.

Find local gas safe registered installers. If you want Worcester Bosch (I think they are great too), then look on the WB website for an accredited installer.

Guessing they didn't tell you about the WB guarantees? Get it through an accredited installer and that is 8 years parts and labour. With a guarantee like that you don't need their homecare products.