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.