i have a small two bed detached house with a gas fired boiler in the kitchen. i want to have the boiler replaced with a condensing combi boiler and moved to a cupboard upstairs. i also want a mixer shower, radiator, bath, sink and toilet plumbed in. i have six rads in the house. is this a job that would take a plumber a day? a couple? week? please could someone give me a very rough idea on time and cost?
2007-11-23 05:32:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Depends on what your requirements are, the combi depends on amount of water used, the bathroom depends on supply and install or labour only, labour only on bathroom would be anywhere between £450 and £650 without tiling or moving things round. If you get a boiler that is good for say a family of 4, with dual heating and hot water control (important for efficiency and safety) with a five years manufacturers guarantee (Worcester Bosch 30si), and the system is cleaned properly, £2600. Forget cheap if you want quality. Allow a week for 2 fitters and 1 apprentice. Don't put the boiler in the attic, and don't use anybody who says they can install a boiler in 1 day, it should take 4 - 6 hours to clean the system properly.
2007-11-23 06:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
stiched up and hnd plumbing have both given very good answers, as you are moving the boiler probably your floorboards need to come up to alter the pipe work, it will probably be a condensing boiler so there will have to be some where to run a condensing pipe, the wall will have to be drilled to allow access for the flue ( which must be 1 ft away from an opening window or door or obstruction ) if your system at the moment is conventional, the cylinder, expansion tank and cold water tank will have to be removed and pipe work changed acordingly. That work alone would cost £2200 (24kw boiler) and can be done in 3 days, two of those days you will have no heat or hot water. the bathroom plumbing would cost £600 on labour alone and would take 3-5 days.
2007-11-23 11:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by purest s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were just having your boiler changed and a new one put in its place, it would probably be a day's work. However, with the things you are listing - together with having a boiler installed upstairs it's going to take longer than that.
Why not have a look in your "Yellow Pages" book and find some names of plumbers who are registered to do gas installation. This is a very important legal requirement in the UK. Look for someone who is "CORGI" registered. (I think it stands for Confederation of Registered Gas Installers). Ask people you know whether they can recommend anyone to you. Try to choose about three companies and ask them to quote firm prices for the work you need done. Ask a lot of questions and make sure you feel confident that they have sufficient knowledge and qualifications to do the job properly. Hope this helps, and good luck!
2007-11-23 05:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by Rainbow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Simon. As Turdy says it's difficult. However it's worth going the extra mile to get a non condensing boiler as they are a nightmare compared to a conventional boiler. BB.
2016-04-05 04:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at HND we price our jobs accordingly to the customers requirements we dont preach on about one brand and we will only fit what we have sampled if your on a budget for a good condensing boiler try gloworm its owned by vaillant and have most of there components.
price you really need to find some engineers and invite them round to quote for you just confirm with them on the phone that they won't charge for an estimate.
they will also be able to tell you how long it will take
get a total for the whole job as it normally works out cheaper that way providing you have it all done at the same time make sure they are corgi registered.
All boilers come with a warranty all worcesters come with 2 years. unless fitted by a W.A.I then they can give 5......
after the warranty expires you can have contracts set up by manufacturer for a very good price at glow worm ideal and of course worcester.
check ravenheat they have come along way and im sure there new promotion is a very good warranty with a great hot water flow rate.
2007-11-23 08:36:09 · answer #5 · answered by davey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got a new super condensing boiler,moved into attic,new pipes to existing radiators downstair,alter pipework as two houses were converted into one,new large hot water cylinder,two new showers,two bathroom suites plumbed in for £3200.i supplied bathroom suites they supplied everything else.their was six of them and it took two days over a weekend(homer)job was perfect.
2007-11-23 05:44:20 · answer #6 · answered by dodgyspark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive just had one fitted, and it took 3 days in all to do, and it cost me £2000, the price depends from diff people really, british gas asks for £5000!! i have a worster boiler
2007-11-23 05:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 days £2500
2007-11-23 05:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋