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~£12,000+ is a lot of money, hence I would like to know what it involves. If I ask how much it costs to install a radiator, a plumber would explain that a like for like replacement would be an hour or two of work at ~£60 per hour plus the parts. If it is a new radiator, he would explain that it...

I’m guessing that is sarcasm. None of your posts describe the work involved. You’re convincing me that it’s best to replace the gas boiler with another when needed. And taking 8 days is even cheaper.

Because I am considering what to do. The government grant ends in 2027. If the price is justified, then this is a huge saving. If installers are making a killing, then prices will drop markedly over the coming years i.e. no huge installer profit, unit prices reducing as sales go up, and...

That is the obvious suspicion. I don’t see how heat pumps can replace gas boilers if they always cost ~£15,000 or more to install. Most people don’t have that sort of money. Would one of you care to give a breakdown of the costs involved?

Maybe because there is a huge difference between £15,000 and £5.000. All I am doing is asking for an explanation of what heat pump installers do to justify the cost. When the plumber came last week, he told me he charged £60 per hour, and it was pretty obvious that he had earned his fee. Same...

People are disappointed if they think they can use it like a gas boiler e.g. almost instant heat in a room. There’s plenty who like them when they figure out how they work. I’m only going by what I have read, but some people say connecting up a heat pump is no big deal in comparison to a gas...

That is my guess, hence why I want to know what it actually involves. I suspect the government wants to encourage people to retrain, and a large profit margin is the way to tempt them in. Plus its a small market, so the actual heat pumps will be expensive for a while. I found an example quote...

He only does gas boilers and general plumbing. I should have asked him about cost, he’s fairly candid.

I had a plumber round on Friday, replaced two radiators and put in an outside tap, £60 per hour. Plumbers installed my WB boiler 15 years ago, cost today about £4,000-£5,000 total. Replacement cost like for like much less. These people all have vans to run, quotes to fund etc. What do they...

I have a gas boiler with 7 radiators, all but one are double panel, in a 3 bed bungalow. As the Worcester Bosch boiler is 15 years old, I’m considering a heat pump because of the government grant. It seems that a heat pump and hardware bits and bobs are of the order of £5,000-£6,000...

Thanks all. I’ll pick a bottle up.

I’ve booked a plumber to replace two radiators, he suggested I get some inhibitor along with the radiators. It’s not easy to contact him directly as his mum acts as the customer contact. Which inhibitor do people recommend? Not sure why he suggested I get it, I’m sure he has loads in his van!

All finished and it looks rather good. I added a plug and socket for the extractor fan so I could remove it for painting. One wall cupboard could not be removed, the installer had screwed it to its larger neighbour with screws under the hinges, and at the back. I would have had to lift off both...

Cheers. Yes, all doors are off.

Thank you. So I guess I turn each screw in turn and see which one raises the cupboard. When you say lift off, do you mean I have to slide the cupboard upwards until it is free? Or slide upwards a little then pull away from the wall?

I want to remove my Optiplan kitchen cupboards for painting. I removed screws at the side fixing it to its neighbour. And I unplugged the light. There are two access holes, top right and top left: Does anyone know the function of the two screws. and how I remove the cupboard? I couldn’t find...

Thank you. I removed a few hinges and indeed the screws are there. This job is going to be much essier than I thought.

Thanks all. No sign of screws. I will remove one cupboard with the plank, and frog tape the other plank.

My kitchen was installed 15 years ago after I painted the walls. Now I want to repaint. Removing the cupboards is easy. However, there are two pieces of trim, basically chipboard, each between a wall and the side of a cupboard to hide a gap. Each ~4” wide chipboard plank is fixed to the wall...

I’m sure that 15 years ago Easifill was listed as a coving adhesive. Doubtless there are better options today. All of the coving I put up is fine apart from along one wall, which has plaster cracks. I’m still none the wiser as to the plaster cracks. 15 years ago the plaster at the top of the...