Replacing pipes?

I've got a three storey demi detached 120 square metre house

I've been quoted around £4K to upgrade all my pipes from 10mm to 28mm where possible

I live in the north west. Is this a normal price? 

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  • FreeBear
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    I'm assuming this is for your central heating system, and you are planning on installing a heat pump at some point.
    Having recently replumbed my heating system, partly to reduce the amount of pipework, and with an eye on a future HP, it is a surprising amount of work. I also used a lot more copper pipe than I was expecting..
    £4K isn't totally unreasonable - As always, get a couple more quotes.
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  • waqasahmed
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    edited 5 August 2023 at 10:11AM
    FreeBear said:
    I'm assuming this is for your central heating system, and you are planning on installing a heat pump at some point.
    Having recently replumbed my heating system, partly to reduce the amount of pipework, and with an eye on a future HP, it is a surprising amount of work. I also used a lot more copper pipe than I was expecting..
    £4K isn't totally unreasonable - As always, get a couple more quotes.
    It is indeed for a future HP. Realistically, I probably don't *need* 28mm however I've only got 10mm microbore popes so I figure there's not much of a cost difference between 22 and 28mm piping if I have to repipe anyway

    I'll want to get Jaga Strada radiators too but that's not in this quote 
  • FreeBear
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    FreeBear said:
    I'm assuming this is for your central heating system, and you are planning on installing a heat pump at some point.
    Having recently replumbed my heating system, partly to reduce the amount of pipework, and with an eye on a future HP, it is a surprising amount of work. I also used a lot more copper pipe than I was expecting..
    £4K isn't totally unreasonable - As always, get a couple more quotes.
    It is indeed for a future HP. Realistically, I probably don't *need* 28mm however I've only got 10mm microbore popes so I figure there's not much of a cost difference between 22 and 28mm piping if I have to repipe anyway
    Most of your cost will be labour, so the difference in price of the copper pipe won't make that much difference.
    I went 22mm for the main feed/return and 15mm for the final connection to the radiators and kept the total distance to a minimum.
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  • waqasahmed
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    FreeBear said:
    FreeBear said:
    I'm assuming this is for your central heating system, and you are planning on installing a heat pump at some point.
    Having recently replumbed my heating system, partly to reduce the amount of pipework, and with an eye on a future HP, it is a surprising amount of work. I also used a lot more copper pipe than I was expecting..
    £4K isn't totally unreasonable - As always, get a couple more quotes.
    It is indeed for a future HP. Realistically, I probably don't *need* 28mm however I've only got 10mm microbore popes so I figure there's not much of a cost difference between 22 and 28mm piping if I have to repipe anyway
    Most of your cost will be labour, so the difference in price of the copper pipe won't make that much difference.
    I went 22mm for the main feed/return and 15mm for the final connection to the radiators and kept the total distance to a minimum.
    Thanks. I did think most of it was labour given the cost of copper is expensive but not *that* expensive 
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