BG CH cost...

[Colin Wilson]

The mother in law didn`t fish around for prices first, and went with a=20 quote from British Gas for CH...

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It`s not even a large house (3 bed ex-council end terrace).

This includes, as far as I can tell, Glow-worm 30cxi combi, 8 rads (3 of=20 which are double, the rest singles), and none of the rads are bigger than= =20

4 foot.

There`s no additional "goodies" like a shower or seperate pumped hot=20 water ring involved from what I can tell.

Anyone hazard a guess what a normal CH installer would charge for this ?

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[Lydiate (Remove trousers to r]

Less than half that?

We got quoted, for 8 new radiators (some 6 footers), new pipes and the above Glow Worm combi boiler from a local CORGI registered firm .... £2,100 fitted. Not just "for cash", but a proper through the books jobby.

The boiler isteslf can be bought here for just under £700 incl VAT ....

second one down)

But as we decided to move, we did not proceed.

NOTE: Avoid British Gas. They are overpriced. And, in my experience, cowboys. Had a service contract, as advertised by Jim "My Arse" Royle, all they did was f*ck up our gas fire and we had to buy a new one. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Is that clear. I'll say it again to be safe. Avoid.

[Colin Wilson]

She`d already signed :-/

They move in tomorrow...

[dg]

£1500 to £2000 max. May be a different , but equally efficient boiler though.

Is there a cancelation clause? Even with a nominal fee, it may be worth cancelling and shopping around. Although plumbers are a bit hard to get hold of nowadays.

dg

The mother in law didn`t fish around for prices first, and went with a quote from British Gas for CH...

*** £4,500 ***

It`s not even a large house (3 bed ex-council end terrace).

This includes, as far as I can tell, Glow-worm 30cxi combi, 8 rads (3 of which are double, the rest singles), and none of the rads are bigger than

4 foot.

There`s no additional "goodies" like a shower or seperate pumped hot water ring involved from what I can tell.

Anyone hazard a guess what a normal CH installer would charge for this ?

[Colin Wilson]

That`s the kind of figure I would have expected...

They`re installing it tomorrow and tuesday, so the time to cancel has=20 probably long passed...

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[geoff]

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No cooling off period ?

[Lydiate (Remove trousers to r]

Don't answer the door !

;o)

[Colin Wilson]

Don`t know, it was the sister-in-law who arranged it all...

[Peter Watson]

but it's a heating system :)

(Sorry, couldn't resist it!_

Peter

[Colin Wilson]

It`s not installed yet, so it could be classed as a cold radiator :-p

[geoff]

But if it's BG, that would be about a week after it was installed

[geoff]

Buy some big aggressive dogs, there's still time

[BillR]

Bit too late to ask here then wasn't it? Fools and their money are soon parted...

[John Stumbles]

...

Condensing?! BG fitter I spoke to t'other day said they'd dropped condis ("too unreliable". Discuss :-))

-- John Stumbles

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[Colin Wilson]

Sadly we didn`t know a thing about it until they`d gone ahead and signed...

[Colin Wilson]

Its condensing according to SEDBUK

[Andrew Gabriel]

Might be referring to the way they transport them, rather than what they still have on their pricelists ;-) Maybe dropped combis are less reliable than dropped regular boilers...

[Simon Avery]

Hello Colin

1.5-2k?

General rule of thumb with BG is that they charge between twice and three times more than anyone else.

[tarquinlinbin]

I wonder why ?

[Angela]

Because they can!

there are so many either lazy or stupid people out there that (a) listen to the advertising and (b) think that ONLY BG can do a quality job. Little do they know that BG use sub contractors who don't seem to care what kind of rubbish job they do!