TheScullster wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote

I tend to agree. The bits alone will be at least a grand if there is
nothing there right now..thats for a combi type system: More if its mains
pressure.

Probably £1500 of labour by the time its all squared away.

Agreed.
Having recently had some upgrade work done to a larger system, I was also
thinking 2.5-3K.
However, this will depend on:
a) The availability of plumbers in your area and therefore their rates (I
contacted about 20 around Hull and only had 5 visit, of whom 3 bothered to
quote).
b) The quality of components you (or the plumber) choose to fit.

Phil


Indeed. A boiler and pressure hot water tank will set you back over
£1500 quid before you even start running pipes. Have you seen the price
of copper these days?

Then you probably want to lift and relay floors to install the pipes,
they need lagging and insulating..or I suppose you could use pushfit..

Radiators aren't free either, nor are stats, or trvs or motorized
valves, then you need a switched fused spur plus some wiring up and a
timer..

Then when its all in you need to get a decorator in to make good the
mess left behind..

Most plumbers are £120 a day, and there are several days work here. I'd
say 3-5 at least. My gues is a minimum of £2000, and £3500 is a good
target to beat for a top quality system installed where none was before,
with everything tidied up and squared away properly afterwards.

You can just about buy a combi and radiators and all the bits for a
grand, for a rock bottom installation.

BUT even there, consider issues like moving to pressurised hot water in
a combi: how many showers and mixer taps may need replumbing?

I helped a friend get a PHW system put in to his existing boiler and
radiators, to allow an upstairs shower to be fitted. That was £1300 to
plumb in, with the tank.

Took 3.5 days PLUS all the little bits of copper/valves and so on.

In 2 bedroom cottage.