Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a gas-fired,
warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water) with a direct
replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right at
the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new boiler in
and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite reasonable -
especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of replacing the dry
system with a wet system and running copper pipes and new radiators into
each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's mind
by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the complete
system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour, for that
price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was being
completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just bare
brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting carpets
etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause considerable
upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was
being completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just
bare brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting
carpets etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause
considerable upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.
Get your wife's sisters plumber to quote as well then the doubt is removed
and if her figures were right could you post the plumbers details as I
would like a quote as well

I could not even buy a decent boiler alone for £400

Tony

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

Only if she got a very small, possibly second hand, boiler. Boiler prices
are typically in the £500-£1200 range.

....
So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

That will depend on the size of the property and what is normal in the area.
I would be very happy with that for a three-bedroom house in SE England.
However, the only way to be sure is to get a number of quotes

Colin Bignell

On 22 May, 23:32, "John" wrote:
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a gas-fired,
warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water) with a direct
replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right at
the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new boiler in
and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite reasonable -
especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of replacing the dry
system with a wet system and running copper pipes and new radiators into
each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's mind
by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the complete
system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour, for that
price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was being
completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just bare
brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting carpets
etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause considerable
upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.
Try speaking to Johnson and Starley http://www.johnsonandstarleyltd.co.uk
they specialise in warm air central heating units and have an advice
line which will also recommend local installers.

It's difficult to price since so many have been ripped out and
replaced with wet systems, which whilst they may be better, I can see
is probably not worth the hassle in your situation.

Can your wife's sister buy me a CH system? I'll pay her a 20% handling
fee if she can get the stuff that cheap!

Fash

John wrote:
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a gas-fired,
warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water) with a direct
replacement?

The Worcester engineer was telling me that they are expected to be able
to do anything to their boilers within an hour, including taking it off
the wall and putting it back.

TMC wrote:
"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was
being completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just
bare brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting
carpets etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause
considerable upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Get your wife's sisters plumber to quote as well then the doubt is removed
and if her figures were right could you post the plumbers details as I
would like a quote as well

I could not even buy a decent boiler alone for £400

Well can you get *any* boiler for £400? Let alone rads, pipework and
labour. Maybe it was done in about 1954... Anyway, the figure's
certainly either ******** or irrelevant to the OP's MIL.

David

In message , John
writes
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a gas-fired,
warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water) with a direct
replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right at
the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new boiler in
and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite reasonable -
especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of replacing the dry
system with a wet system and running copper pipes and new radiators into
each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's mind
by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the complete
system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour, for that
price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was being
completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just bare
brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting carpets
etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause considerable
upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.


We had a combi-boiler replaced, (Halstead Ace High), with only the
pipework needed to connect it to the old rads, for £1500.00, and thought
we got a good deal.
--
Keith

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?
snip
So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?
Location : Medway, Kent, UK.
A few weeks ago one of our neighbours had their old system replaced by a
combi put in the garage.
Work included : removal of old boiler, installation of new, removal of old
feed tanks (2) in loft, removal of old hot water storage tank in airing
cupboard, removal of old (now unused) pipework where accessible, making
good, any other standard stuff. Didn't include removal of old chimney thing
through roof, just capping off somewhere. Cost was £2300. Job was after
plumber came to fix leaking valve to header tank in loft, so he had a good
idea of what was involved.
hth
Neil

On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:40 +0100, TMC wrote:

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was
being completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just
bare brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting
carpets etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause
considerable upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.
Get your wife's sisters plumber to quote as well then the doubt is removed
and if her figures were right could you post the plumbers details as I
would like a quote as well

I could not even buy a decent boiler alone for £400


You can scarcely buy an indecent one for that.
There is something that doesn't add up about the £400.


--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards

On Wed, 23 May 2007 21:23:16 +0000 (UTC), Ed Sirett
mused:

On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:40 +0100, TMC wrote:

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was
being completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just
bare brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting
carpets etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause
considerable upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.
Get your wife's sisters plumber to quote as well then the doubt is removed
and if her figures were right could you post the plumbers details as I
would like a quote as well

I could not even buy a decent boiler alone for £400


You can scarcely buy an indecent one for that.
There is something that doesn't add up about the £400.

It's a thread revolving largely around womens recollections of
technical details and specifications.

Nuff said.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 21:23:16 +0000 (UTC), Ed Sirett
wrote:

On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:09:40 +0100, TMC wrote:

"John" wrote in message
...
Could anyone give a rough guesstimate of the cost of replacing a
gas-fired, warm air CH boiler (which also drovides domestic hot water)
with a direct replacement?

My mother-in-law lives in Carlisle and when she rang her usual boiler
maintenance guy to ask the question, he said that he was doing one right
at the moment and that it was £2600. This is for old boiler out, new
boiler in and bringing it up to current regs, which we thought was quite
reasonable - especially when compared to all the cost and hassle of
replacing the dry system with a wet system and running copper pipes and
new radiators into each room.

However, my wife's sister has sown the seeds of doubt into her mother's
mind by saying that that's a rip-off - "Our boiler was only £400 and the
complete system, all rads and pipework, was installed, parts and labour,
for that price" - was apparently what she said.

But what she maybe failed to take into account was that her house was
being completely renovated - floorboards were already up, walls were just
bare brick, and no time had to be spent in moving furniture, lifting
carpets etc., etc., which would all have to be done and would cause
considerable upheaval and labour costs at her mothers house.

So, is £2600 a reasonable quote for what she needs?

Cheers,

John.
Get your wife's sisters plumber to quote as well then the doubt is removed
and if her figures were right could you post the plumbers details as I
would like a quote as well

I could not even buy a decent boiler alone for £400


You can scarcely buy an indecent one for that.
There is something that doesn't add up about the £400.

You are being overly suspicious. It is quite obvious that the person
quoting is a mate of Doctor Who and is working from 1978, to keep the
prices down!