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Cost of replacement boiler and radiators

I recently bought a house with a very outdated boiler. It will still work for a couple of years, but will have to be replaced soon. I would also like to replace the radiators.

Because I have no experience with this at all, I wanted to ask board members for an idea of the cost of replacing and installing a new boiler (probably combi condensing) and around 7 new radiators.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

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  • vansboy
    vansboy Posts: 6,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Are you anywhere near Beds/Herts areas?

    We had Grandmas flat done, 6months ago - Bosch Worcester boiler & 5 rads & LOADS of 'extra' work carried out £2700 https://www.gasmark1.com

    This price was much lower than British Gas, another independent firm & even less than a 'friend' wanting cash!!

    Very competent & polite professional firm - no connection other than as satisfied customer.

    They were new to Luton & keen to 'buy' work, I got the impression, from Tony, one of their directors.

    VB
  • I too recently bought a house with an outdated heating system. As the pipe work was ok I opted to do the work myself. To make life easy for myself I replaced the old oil burner for a new one of the same make sourced from the local plumbers merchants, taking their advice on what parts and fittings I would need for the job. This came to £440. The radiators also needed to be replaced and with the help of the BTU checker which I found on the B&Q web site ( https://www.diy.co.uk ) I measured the rooms and worked out the size of radiators need for each. Taken care to keep them as near as possible to the same length as the old ones so as not to have to move the pipes. As B&Q did not stock all the radiator sizes I opted to again purchase these from the plumbers merchants to keep them all the same style. Seven radiators £390 inhibitor £9
    Total £839
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