Boiler Replacement Grants

Big_Alas

Boiler Replacement Grants

I am looking urgently to get help for a close relative in their 70's who is a pensioner and home owner NOT on benefits but with a disabled wife.

Old gas boiler has just died and needs pulling out.

From an earlier posting on MSE, it appears that .....

!The typical cost of buying and installing a boiler is £2,500, according to the heating industry.!

I have had a quote for £5,300 to rip old fire out and cap off and then in new location put a new energy saving boiler in and reconnect to existing system and with new motorised valves.

Almost double in price and as they do not have the money - its about searching for grants and borrowing from family again.

I should be grateful for any pointers but I repeat they are NOT on any benefits.

Many thanks in advance for any realistic ideas for these pensioners in their 70's.

Many thanks

Alan

worried_jim

Stop using British Gas for quotes!

Eric_Disley

That quote is way over the top. I had a similar job done - remove old back-boiler, install new combi-boiler upstairs - for £1600+VAT.

I know you said they don't receive benefits, but if they get pension credits (which they might not consider to be a "benefit" because it's a top-up to their pension) they ought to be eligible for help under the ECO scheme.