moving a combi boiler out of the 2nd bedroom

figureJammer

The 2 bed terrace house that I just bought had the combi boiler in the 2nd bedroom which sits on the first floor. :mad: I am planning to move that to the out-house which is on the same side of the house.
Can anyone tell me how much I am expecting to spend on getting this done and can anyone recommend a good plumber around Wakefield/West Yorkshire region please??
This is giving me a big headache, any advice will be hugely appreciated.

mattogier

Would it be easier to relocate it to the loft space then all you have to do is get the relevant pipes extended upwards?

I did my own (new) boiler and located it in the loft rather than the front room (ne garage) - I found a good Corgi plumber who was happy for me to do the work and he then checked the work and signed off the required legal docs for corgi compliance.

He charge £200 for a day and a half (also lend of power flush machine to clean out all the rads etc) - I reconfigured the existing pipework (mains feed, heating plumbing, hotwater feed (replacing the tank) and gas pipe (uprated from 22mm to 28mm) and added in some more using screwfix as the materials source.

If you are reasonable at DIY and can find a friendly plumber up there (look for one that services boilers rather than doing the plumbing) and get him on board at this stage you may be able to do the same.

My total costs (ish) were about £1500 - this includes £900 for the boiler, flue etc, £200 for the plumber and £100 on a wireless control system - the rest was spent on pipes, joints and ball valves but I have a big (7 bedroom, 3 bath) house and have set up the heating for 3 zones - upstairs, downstairs and towel rails so costs may be reduced for you - plan out what you need and check costs at screwfix.com.

Cheers

Matt