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In the end I bought a mains eco compact boiler for £480 and flue for 70 which is pretty cheap
not installed it yet but I have the box in the house. Intergas rapid was also available for same price but I chose the main in the end
I’m so glad I did not go for something more expensive
cost to install is £600 which sounds high for a straight swap and powerflush. Can I do any diy to make this cheaper?
Wow that's quite a turnaround from your first thread to the end of this thread
£600 for install and power flush is cheap, for a powerflush alone people charge £600
I paid £600 for my boiler to be installed (I was going to buy the boiler but they also bought that for me about £80 cheaper than I could have got it anywhere else). British Gas wanted £600 as their standard fee for just supplying scaffolding or a tower just to go up and slip a trim ring on the flue - that was in addition to the boiler fitting price so I considered my fitted price a bargain. My bloke just went up a ladder - took him less than 5 minutes.
Why?
Before my boiler was swapped, I removed all my rads, gave them a good shake, filled, repeated the process and physically flushed them out in the garden until completely clear. I then filled and run the system, drained, refilled with x400, left for a few days and then gave it several flushes. Two installers came round and removed my old boiler, fitted the new one using the same flue hole, connected the gas, flow and return pipes plus connected it to the controller. They started around 9.00 and were finished around 3.00. Filled in some installation/commissioning form, showed me how it worked etc. Personally I think they dragged the job out to justify the £600 they charged not that I would have been bothered if they had finished at 12.00 - I’d agreed the price and was happy with it. All done, registered it with Vaillant for me to get the 7 years guarantee and sorted it with building control or whoever gas safe register it with. What else could/should they have done to make it a quality job?Most customers have no idea what a decent installation involves....swapping out a boiler in a day rarely results in a quality job.
Before my boiler was swapped, I removed all my rads, gave them a good shake, filled, repeated the process and physically flushed them out in the garden until completely clear. I then filled and run the system, drained, refilled with x400, left for a few days and then gave it several flushes. Two installers came round and removed my old boiler, fitted the new one using the same flue hole, connected the gas, flow and return pipes plus connected it to the controller. They started around 9.00 and were finished around 3.00. Filled in some installation/commissioning form, showed me how it worked etc. Personally I think they dragged the job out to justify the £600 they charged not that I would have been bothered if they had finished at 12.00 - I’d agreed the price and was happy with it. All done, registered it with Vaillant for me to get the 7 years guarantee and sorted it with building control or whoever gas safe register it with. What else could/should they have done to make it a quality job?
Exactly I m not sure if people on here are being funny but my hubby was saying 600 for one days job sounds bloody greatBefore my boiler was swapped, I removed all my rads, gave them a good shake, filled, repeated the process and physically flushed them out in the garden until completely clear. I then filled and run the system, drained, refilled with x400, left for a few days and then gave it several flushes. Two installers came round and removed my old boiler, fitted the new one using the same flue hole, connected the gas, flow and return pipes plus connected it to the controller. They started around 9.00 and were finished around 3.00. Filled in some installation/commissioning form, showed me how it worked etc. Personally I think they dragged the job out to justify the £600 they charged not that I would have been bothered if they had finished at 12.00 - I’d agreed the price and was happy with it. All done, registered it with Vaillant for me to get the 7 years guarantee and sorted it with building control or whoever gas safe register it with. What else could/should they have done to make it a quality job?
The boiler is going to be a straight swap and there is already a flue hole - There a bit of pipework that needs doing but nothing major - I expect the gas man to install the powerflush machine drink tea then swap the boilers over and do a bit of soldering before going home - Hardly difficult
Same could be said of Vaillant...defo over rated over complex mad spares prices.Viessmann are overrated, overcomplex, have poor backup (and few will want to look at it), have extortionate parts prices (when the warranty is voided) and the spares are not readily available (certainly not in London).
I'm sure muggles will come down to London though...
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