Is £2,300 too much for replacing a hot water cylinder?

LandyAndy

Alex1983 wrote: »

Also why are they not replacing the cyclinder under the home care agreement

I wondered that. I had Home Care at my previous house and had a leaking hot water cylinder replaced FOC under the agreement. Maybe the term s have changed? It was about 16 years ago.

Alex1983

LandyAndy wrote: »

I wondered that. I had Home Care at my previous house and had a leaking hot water cylinder replaced FOC under the agreement. Maybe the term s have changed? It was about 16 years ago.

Not that I'm aware of, if it's a standard cyclinder or unvented they'd change under contract unless there are other issues. Wonder if it over flowing into the bath is the issue that's it's not fitted correctly and the charge is to upgrade, who knows with no more info from the OP we're all guessing. Could be a power max boiler???

alumende27

oh my goodness! I replaced an unvented hot water cylinder myself in my last house. The biggest expense was the new cylinder (currently ~£250 from screwfix). It took a couple of hours but there was no pipework to adjust as the cylinders were identical.

I'd strongly suggest getting at least three quotes and don't tell any of them how much the others quoted.

Powerflushing is generally only useful for flushing away your cash. Unless there's a proven need to do it, always sounds to me like an excuse to charge the customer more.

A lot of plumbers recommend an Adey MagnaClean, which is definitely worthwhile. A plumber should be able to install one of those for around £150 including parts and labour.

Tom_Jones

Forgive me for being thick here but why would changing a hot water cylinder necessitate a power flush of the radiators, separate systems surely ?

alumende27

The heating coil for a hot water cylinder, as long they're not just using the immersion heater, will likely be part of the system that connects the radiators albeit with a valve or two to stop both being used at the same time unnecessarily.

A well maintained system should never need powerflushing, and it certainly shouldn't be quoted for without determining whether it's actually necessary. The only people that recommend them are those that want you to spend money having it done.

Alex1983

dsdhall wrote: »

The heating coil for a hot water cylinder, as long they're not just using the immersion heater, will likely be part of the system that connects the radiators albeit with a valve or two to stop both being used at the same time unnecessarily.

A well maintained system should never need powerflushing, and it certainly shouldn't be quoted for without determining whether it's actually necessary. The only people that recommend them are those that want you to spend money having it done.

But how many systems are well maintained or even installed correctly? Plenty of system benefit or need power flushing, a thermal imaging camera will prove this, the problem is it's expensive done properly and no one likes spending money. The most common breakdown I get by miles will be a sludged component.

When you get your quotes, if it is unvented then make sure they are G3 qualified, you can't get anyone to fit unvented.

EssexExile

keith969 wrote: »

I assumed he meant an unvented system, and the overflow from the tundish was emptying into his bath. Which is a strange place for it to go but then whoever put mine in originally left the pipe unconnected with a bucket below, sigh.

If this is the case and it's dripping, it's not the cylinder that needs replacing though...

That's what I thought. Very mysterious.

southcoastrgi

I'm guessing it's a fortic cylinder ?