Oil to gas conversion -- UPDATED

gerdo

Hello all

I've had 3 quotes for converting from oil to gas. They have all come in at around £3000. This seems quite expensive to me.

The house has 16 radiators, each plumber said that it was a straight forward job, no major pipework to be done, no radiators to be replaced.

So the price includes boiler, new valves on radiators and a wireless controller.

I priced the boiler online and it is about £1200, valves are maybe £10 to £20 pounds each, so the rest of the price is labour, which will be no more than two days.

Can anyone else who has had a conversion done and have a similar number of radiators, let me know how much you paid for yours?

Thanks

Cotta

gerdo wrote: »

Hello all

I've had 3 quotes for converting from oil to gas. They have all come in at around £3000. This seems quite expensive to me.

The house has 16 radiators, each plumber said that it was a straight forward job, no major pipework to be done, no radiators to be replaced.

So the price includes boiler, new valves on radiators and a wireless controller.

I priced the boiler online and it is about £1200, valves are maybe £10 to £20 pounds each, so the rest of the price is labour, which will be no more than two days.

Can anyone else who has had a conversion done and have a similar number of radiators, let me know how much you paid for yours?

Thanks

What were the three quotes exactly?

gerdo

They were £3150 £2950 and I think the 3rd one was £3100

Cotta

gerdo wrote: »

They were £3150 £2950 and I think the 3rd one was £3100

Yes they are very similar with a £200 swing between the highest and the lowest. Have the companies in question justified their prices to you and have you spoken to anyone who has had similar work done?

BigAl94

Cotta wrote: »

have you spoken to anyone who has had similar work done?

I think that's what the OP is trying to do?

stevieboy11

I paid £2200 for my conversion and that was just for the boiler - I already had the valves etc on the system. Also, that was net of a £500 grant from Phoenix. I priced the boiler at £1350. To be honest, when i saw the job that was done I thought it was good value

Cotta

BigAl94 wrote: »

I think that's what the OP is trying to do?

Sometimes a view from someone in person can be better than what maybe skimmed off a forum, especially if the person spoken to is from the same area.

gerdo

I dont know anyone who has had the conversion done so my only way of comparing the cost is to ask on here.

CEON44

I know someone who had Firmus installed, in an ex-executive house. total cost to him was £1900

gerdo

Maybe I'm missing something, but I didnt think the price would vary an awful lot between a small house and a large one.

The majority of the work is in replacing the boiler, removing the hot water tank and oil tank, and doing whatever needs done in the roofspace. So all houses need this done, so even though I have a large number of radiators, I didnt think that the labour would be significantly more.

stevieboy11

Theres quite a difference in price if you need a more powerful boiler for a larger house - we could have saved £400 if we'd gone for the next model down but wanted to make sure we had the capacity. I already had a mains pressure system so didnt need any tanks removed, but the installers did put right a lot of problems from the original oil install. Also, they fitted a water filter which hadnt been there on the old system

We went for one of these - well recommended, came with a seven year warranty, and more than powerful enough for 22 radiators including four large verticals. http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/homeowner/boilers/gas-boilers/greenstar-40cdi-classic-regular