Boiler written off because insurance repair engineer said part was unobtainable because of age. 5 January at 12:38PM in Energy 34 replies 1.9K views

Astria

SallySunshine said:

Got e-mail from D&G confirming boiler was unfixable so giving us £750 towards a new one, handed it all over to Gas Call who would contact us.
Did some research on them.
E- mail this a.m. from Gas Call to arrange zoom call with us.?
Rang D&G and cancelled the lot. No problem, very efficient.
Will manage to limp along with boiler for a couple of months.
Might replace air-flow switch ourselves, or just carry on clearing pipe, takes 1 min.
Also a few local quotes for new  boiler and start afresh.
just need to recover from vicious flu bug.

If it's that easy to clean the pipe, it definitely has less side effects, and will be cheaper.

Considering the gas ban in 2025/2035, gas prices may increase to persuade people to move away from it.

Is there alternatives?

I'm considering air-to-air heat pumps rather than air-to-water, as it means I get to cool and heat.

Qyburn

Is that a cash payment, or just a credit towards replacement by their pet supplier?

SallySunshine

It’s a Hero 90, and think we’re going for  Worcester Bosch, conventional boiler type.
Our neighbour got one about 5 years ago, same type house as ours.
My OH used to work for Baxi years ago and since then he has kept up with latest makes 
other neighbours just had new conventional boiler replacement in big renovation.

SaverRate

If they are giving £750 discount on a boiler get a quote from them, then compare the quote with other suppliers.
An easy one is to go to BOXT and get an online quote for comparison but you could also ask local companies for quotes.
You can then work out whether you are actually getting £750 discount or if they are hiking the price then giving you £750 discount.

macman

Air pressure switch for that model seems to be widely available for around £50. Dozens of sources come up on a Google search, so why you were told 'unobtainable' is beyond me. 
This is where the nationals fall down every time; they will have a dedicated wholesale source, and if the 'computer says no'. then that's it. Whereas your local independent RGI will find the part easily.
Look at Viessmann as an alternative to WB.

FreeBear

macman said: and the new provider simply hikes the quote by £750 to compensate?
Forgive my cynicism, but I suspect this is how it works.

Had a ballpark figure to replace my boiler with a shiny new Worcester Bosch... £8500-8900 And that was from a local company... Eon is coming in at around £4K.

SallySunshine

That first quote is insane!
Less than £2000 to buy boiler etc
probably a couple of days work exchanging like for like type.
do they pluck these figures from thin air!

Astria

FreeBear said:

macman said: and the new provider simply hikes the quote by £750 to compensate?
Forgive my cynicism, but I suspect this is how it works.

Had a ballpark figure to replace my boiler with a shiny new Worcester Bosch... £8500-8900 And that was from a local company... Eon is coming in at around £4K.

Are you sure they didn't quote you for a heat pump!

FreeBear

Astria said:

FreeBear said:

macman said: and the new provider simply hikes the quote by £750 to compensate?
Forgive my cynicism, but I suspect this is how it works.

Had a ballpark figure to replace my boiler with a shiny new Worcester Bosch... £8500-8900 And that was from a local company... Eon is coming in at around £4K.

Are you sure they didn't quote you for a heat pump!

I think they were wanting install a completely new heating system, replumb with modern radiators. I just want a boiler fitted to the wall, a flue put in, and connected up to the new pipework that I'm installing. At most, a days work for them.

C_Mababejive

what is the make/model/GC number of the boiler and what is the faulty part??