On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:12:13 +0100, "Jeff"
wrote:


"mark harrison" wrote in message
...

BG came round yesterday to quote to replace our old 30 ry old gravity
system (glow worm hide away) with a new combi.
After we explained our requirements and the extension proposed for the
property they proposed the following boiler.

Worcester Greenstar 440 Highflow - 201/min, 60l primary store, twin tap
operation.
So the best bit, with the removal of our old system, quite a bit of
additional pipework, external bricking up, removal of all old tanks,
new radiator valves and wirless control comes to - £4156 (boikler price
in BG paperwork was £2.2k)

Thoughts and opinions on the quote please.

BG do not do the work, they sub it out to a local company = extra cost
google will find you a price for this boiler iirc its about £1400 ish

Above all, get some more quotes

Regards Jeff

Well my thoughts are that it is a free market economy and that if the
BG quote doesnt suit,then go elsewhere. As for subbing out,well I
would make it a condition of sale that the work is donr by BGs' own in
house staff. As an aside,i worked for BG for many years and i did
loads of central heating installs. In the late 80's BG thought that
its own in house tams were too expensive so they started subbing out.
Punters thought that me and my colleagues would turn up in our smart
BG vans and overalls but instead, sometimes a clapped out old trannie
(the van that is..) would turn up with some other guys in it. Some
were fine,many were not and i have seen some truly horrific jobs in
which it was clear that the installers didnt even have a rudimentary
understanding of system design (not combi installs). One truly
memorable example and i wish i had taken a picture,system install in a
bungalow,main flow from boiler taken straight up into the loft to
header tank,tee off for expansion over tank then another tee,pump
fitted (above water level in tank!!!!) then down supposedly to feed
the heating and hot water!. Needless to say when things went wrong,the
useless managers would send us round to troubleshoot/reinstall. I cut
that piece of plumbing out and lobbed it on the managers desk in the
office. I quit not long after that.

So then,if you go with the BG quote,try and barter it down AND insist
in writing that BG own staff do the install. Unfortunately these
days,your paying for a certain level of piece of mind and guarantee
backup. There are loads of excellent independant installers out
there,its just finding them thats tricky. The British public are their
own worst enemy.




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