New boiler - British Gas quoting 6k

bxboards

Hello

I have a 2 bedroom house with all electric heatings, I'd be putting in radiators in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, dining room and 1 heater per bedroom - 6 in total.

It's a fairly standard mid 19c colliery type cottage.

British Gas have quoted me just under a few pennies under 6000 for a new install, Worcester Bosch boiler with 10 year warranty.

I know this quote is pie in the sky and the rep. was very keen for me to agree to this on the spot - can anyone who has recently had a new gas central heating install, give me some ballpark figures for a new install on a small-ish house with 6 radiators.

I'm in the north of England.

Thanks a lot

BuntyB

Do you have gas in the house already?

Always get 3 or 4 quotes then you'll have an idea of a fair price

Ganga

We did not need new radiators as i fitted new ones earlier but a new combi boiler,3 thermostatic rad valves,wireless room stat,de-sludge cleaning and inhibitor was £1495.00.
We also paid £250.00 for a Magnaclean filter and 7 years total warranty, the boiler came with two years warranty.
Hope this is of some help to give you a guide to pricing.

PS we live in the NE of England so may be more expensive if you live in the south.

Regards
Ganga

bxboards

Ganga wrote: »

We did not need new radiators as i fitted new ones earlier but a new combi boiler,3 thermostatic rad valves,wireless room stat,de-sludge cleaning and inhibitor was £1495.00.
We also paid £250.00 for a Magnaclean filter and 7 years total warranty, the boiler came with two years warranty.
Hope this is of some help to give you a guide to pricing.

PS we live in the NE of England so may be more expensive if you live in the south.

Regards
Ganga

Thanks for the reply, that sounds quite reasonable, I know the British Gas quotes are a rip-offs but even local independants seem to be quoting at least 1k more than I'd expect for the work involved.

southcoastrgi

bxboards wrote: »

even local independants seem to be quoting at least 1k more than I'd expect for the work involved.

if they all are quoting at least £1k more than you expect, then your expectations are wrong !!

daveyjp

Paid about £3,500 for a similar job a couple of years ago. Boiler and flue was over £1,000 of this and we needed some building work to close an old flue outlet.

bxboards

daveyjp wrote: »

Paid about £3,500 for a similar job a couple of years ago. Boiler and flue was over £1,000 of this and we needed some building work to close an old flue outlet.

Thanks, no building work is needed my end - very straight forward.

British Gas are 2.5k over your 3.5k figure, and I've had another quote for 5k for the same job, which seems excessive for a small 2 bedroom house that needs 6 radiators and is no more than 2 days work.

bxboards

southcoastrgi wrote: »

if they all are quoting at least £1k more than you expect, then your expectations are wrong !!

Do you think £5k for a 24w boiler, with 6 radiators, no building work, and 2 days work max (1 install can do it in a day) is reasonable?

I think coming in under 4k is very do-able, that's allowing 2k for the parts, and 1k per day for 2 days work.

I don't think my expectations are wrong - like the British Gas quote, I think it's a case of local installers trying a sly rip-off.

It doesn't or shouldn't cost 5k to put in a combi boiler and 6 radiators into a small terrace house!

southcoastrgi

as this is the first time you have posted the prices of everyone else then we didn't really have anything to go by, it does sound slightly expensive but it isn't 2 days work either, if one co say they can do it in a day then they will prob have three or four guys doing it which isn't one day it's 3 or 4

macman

If BG quote £6K then an independent will probably come in at around £4.5K? 40% extra for an install is fairly typical for BG: get more than one quote from an independent local GSR RGI.

smifffy1989

I paid £3,700 for a 3 bed semi

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