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5lab said:
don't go with british gas - they wanted £3.5k to fit the same boiler a local plumber did for £1400.
just phone the local gas men (yellow pages) and find one with a spare day. you should be able to find one next-day..
Go for British Gas! They did a retrospective policy for me and a system (have a boiler with thermal store system that went wrong) that a local firm quoted £4K for cost me £1.7K....NB that hurt whatever way you look at it. just phone the local gas men (yellow pages) and find one with a spare day. you should be able to find one next-day..
Also, they arrived within 3 hours of starting the policy and let me pay interest free over 4 months.
Good car subject......
Edited by Stu - B on Wednesday 31st March 12:09
5lab said:
don't go with british gas - they wanted £3.5k to fit the same boiler a local plumber did for £1400.
just phone the local gas men (yellow pages) and find one with a spare day. you should be able to find one next-day..
Is that £1,400 all in boiler + fitting + dreaded or just the labour?just phone the local gas men (yellow pages) and find one with a spare day. you should be able to find one next-day..
Also anyone know of a good plumber in Reading - hopefully its a simple fix which Br Gas will do else it will be new boiler route which Im really dreading.
It should be between £1400 and £1800 all in depending on the quality of boiler. Worcester Bosch or Vaillant are generally the most recommended but will come in at £1800 ish.
Cheaper ones are available but you get what you pay for.
I paid £1900 last year for a Vaillant with power flush and magnaclean filter that gave me a 5 year warranty. Sod BG - they wanted £3000 for the same boiler.
Cheaper ones are available but you get what you pay for.
I paid £1900 last year for a Vaillant with power flush and magnaclean filter that gave me a 5 year warranty. Sod BG - they wanted £3000 for the same boiler.
remedy said:
It should be between £1400 and £1800 all in depending on the quality of boiler. Worcester Bosch or Vaillant are generally the most recommended but will come in at £1800 ish.
Cheaper ones are available but you get what you pay for.
I paid £1900 last year for a Vaillant with power flush and magnaclean filter that gave me a 5 year warranty. Sod BG - they wanted £3000 for the same boiler.
In our family home we have Worcester not had any issues with it to date - and when I lived in the other house I think it was Prima or potterton either way did the job but I want high quality reliability & good efficiency.Cheaper ones are available but you get what you pay for.
I paid £1900 last year for a Vaillant with power flush and magnaclean filter that gave me a 5 year warranty. Sod BG - they wanted £3000 for the same boiler.
Hard Water area too - new shower head min 1 a year.
Wings said:
British Gas never, never for paying, and in my book never, never for using, with the best option being, find a local reliable Gas Safe installer
Glancing online c£3-5k for one of their boiler installations.... !!!! Talk about high overheads I'd happily use a local trader to do the same work I prefer reputation over the big business.Oh yea... job sorted... the pilot light had gone out must have been a power cut at anyway it was a 3 min repair took off the cover (which gives access to the reset button) press & hold pilot light relit job done.
Red faces for the tennants & sadly for me a lost nights sleep with worry over the potential cost & logistics for repair.
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Red faces for the tennants & sadly for me a lost nights sleep with worry over the potential cost & logistics for repair.
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Welshbeef said:
Oh yea... job sorted... the pilot light had gone out must have been a power cut at anyway it was a 3 min repair took off the cover (which gives access to the reset button) press & hold pilot light relit job done.
Red faces for the tennants & sadly for me a lost nights sleep with worry over the potential cost & logistics for repair.
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Sorry but can we get some good natured pointing and laughing in before the threads closed?Red faces for the tennants & sadly for me a lost nights sleep with worry over the potential cost & logistics for repair.
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