My partner and I live in a small 2 bed, semi-detached house roughly 600+ square feet. Based in West London. No plans on having children so it'll just be us but we may (i.e not anytime soon, just on the off chance if circumstances are right) decide to extend kitchen/convert loft.
The boiler starts up on demand (from our Nest thermostat installed in Nov) just fine and I can see the fire lighting up in the little window and it's definitely noisy enough to be doing something. However, no heating or hot water
I can't get through to the niche engineer as he's busy but last time I enquired about a service, it would cost £500 because he lives quite a while away and that includes his travel cost. He did do a good job and seems to know his stuff about this old boiler but at that cost, not including fixing our issue, which may add up more, would it just make sense to replace? I've tried calling up some places but most are giving me 'we'll come out and will have a look but there's a call out charge, no guarantees' or 'we don't fix that, better to get a new one'.
Current boiler is a standard (hot water tank and cold tank in loft) setup and based in the kitchen. Looking to replace to a combi in the same room.
A friend's plumber gave me this quote:
• £3280 for all labour and materials:
• Removing old system boiler, hot and cold water tanks.
• Vaillant Eco Fit Pure 830, 30kw
• TRV for 5 radiators
• Wireless thermostat
• Flushing the system
• Vaillant Protector
• Water scale reducer
• 10 year manufacturer warranty
We have a Nest thermostat (only installed in Nov) and he said because it's a two way channel, it might not work so potentially £300 down the drain there for me :
Boxt for the same boiler is £3645. Also £40 per TRV so it'll be another £200 on top. Their quote includes:
• Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 830 30kw
• ESi Programmable Room Thermostat with Stand
• Converting Standard Boiler to a Vaillant Wall Mounted Combi
• Vaillant horizontal flue installation
• Disposal of your old boiler
• Carbon Monoxide Alarm
• Combi Boiler Fittings Pack
• Vaillant Magnetic System Filter
• Vaillant Integral Filling Link
• Condensate pipeworkPipework installation, alterations and upgrades
• Fernox Water TreatmentElectrical work
• Boiler Aftercare: 10 years warranty (on-site parts & labour)
• BOXT to register the warranty & Building Control CertificateChemical Flush
• BOXT 1 year workmanship guarantee
Is the Vaillant Protector the same as on the things mentioned in the Boxt quote? Is there anything important included in the Boxt quote that is missed from the plumber's? I'm assuming half of the stuff there is just standard trimmings.
The plumber is registered with Vaillant but he said he would also do Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 30kw at the same price. I enquired about the WB 2000 model but he said the 4000 is better as it's more powerful. Is the 4000 adequate/too much for my small 2 bed terraced 600+ square feet?
Are these prices about right?
I have been thinking about getting a water softener (any recommendations? ) so might get it done at the same time. It shouldn't cause any issues right? Would the scale reducer be redundant or better to have it anyways?
The boiler starts up on demand (from our Nest thermostat installed in Nov) just fine and I can see the fire lighting up in the little window and it's definitely noisy enough to be doing something. However, no heating or hot water
I can't get through to the niche engineer as he's busy but last time I enquired about a service, it would cost £500 because he lives quite a while away and that includes his travel cost. He did do a good job and seems to know his stuff about this old boiler but at that cost, not including fixing our issue, which may add up more, would it just make sense to replace? I've tried calling up some places but most are giving me 'we'll come out and will have a look but there's a call out charge, no guarantees' or 'we don't fix that, better to get a new one'.
Current boiler is a standard (hot water tank and cold tank in loft) setup and based in the kitchen. Looking to replace to a combi in the same room.
A friend's plumber gave me this quote:
• £3280 for all labour and materials:
• Removing old system boiler, hot and cold water tanks.
• Vaillant Eco Fit Pure 830, 30kw
• TRV for 5 radiators
• Wireless thermostat
• Flushing the system
• Vaillant Protector
• Water scale reducer
• 10 year manufacturer warranty
We have a Nest thermostat (only installed in Nov) and he said because it's a two way channel, it might not work so potentially £300 down the drain there for me :
Boxt for the same boiler is £3645. Also £40 per TRV so it'll be another £200 on top. Their quote includes:
• Vaillant ecoFIT Pure 830 30kw
• ESi Programmable Room Thermostat with Stand
• Converting Standard Boiler to a Vaillant Wall Mounted Combi
• Vaillant horizontal flue installation
• Disposal of your old boiler
• Carbon Monoxide Alarm
• Combi Boiler Fittings Pack
• Vaillant Magnetic System Filter
• Vaillant Integral Filling Link
• Condensate pipeworkPipework installation, alterations and upgrades
• Fernox Water TreatmentElectrical work
• Boiler Aftercare: 10 years warranty (on-site parts & labour)
• BOXT to register the warranty & Building Control CertificateChemical Flush
• BOXT 1 year workmanship guarantee
Is the Vaillant Protector the same as on the things mentioned in the Boxt quote? Is there anything important included in the Boxt quote that is missed from the plumber's? I'm assuming half of the stuff there is just standard trimmings.
The plumber is registered with Vaillant but he said he would also do Worcester Bosch Greenstar 4000 30kw at the same price. I enquired about the WB 2000 model but he said the 4000 is better as it's more powerful. Is the 4000 adequate/too much for my small 2 bed terraced 600+ square feet?
Are these prices about right?
I have been thinking about getting a water softener (any recommendations? ) so might get it done at the same time. It shouldn't cause any issues right? Would the scale reducer be redundant or better to have it anyways?