Hence setback.
By Law I must have new rads
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Hence setback.
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Understood, will go with the oversized rads.....he's charging £462 to drain the System.......6 small Rads.......if we can get a reduction on that I will go for it. Thats £3800 less than Original price.........less the Power Flush.....
Again, the worst thing you can do is go with BG, more than likely they will employ a contractor to do the work any way, @dilalio showed you have acredited independents near you, get a price from them
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Seriously mate... you need to recognise BG's selling tactics which, as mentioned above - is akin to 80's double glazing salesmen.
They start off with a ridiculous price and then start dropping it, and all you're thinking is how much money they're "knocking off"!
Don't be fooled by it.
When you contact a Heat Geek, ask them about Heat Geek Assured. The company have now said this has to be requested through the installer as they've had too much take up on it to be able to continue to do it as they were. See the second link I posted.
The person quoting you will be part of the install team, or should be, that's how it's been formed to work.
Personally I think it is ridiculous that they are allowd to use that same name, it implies they are something to do with the Government, they are simply a trading company, exactly the same as everyone else, but some still think they are not, their tactics especially by their sales lot are close to criminal, I would never recommend them for any kind of service
Depends what the "board" is....
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People tend to go with them because of the name and size. They are a terrible company.
My Father bought shares in BG when they were floated all those years ago, and for many years wouldn't have anything said against them. So when the time came for a new Boiler, naturally he gave BG the work.
They insisted on putting the new boiler in the Downstairs WC, above the cistern, where it is very easy to bang your head on it..... Sold him a bigger HW cylinder, (3 bed house, 1 bathroom and 2 of them there), the original 900x450mm was upsized to a 1050x450mm. Only issue was, the installer couldnt be bothered to adjust the pipework properly, so it now leaves the top of the cylinder, goes across a bit before dropping to meet the original section, 150mm lower... Drain offs were obviously in short supply too as he didn't fit one to the cylinder.
For this he paid a premium price at the time! Sadly premium price and BG doesn't guarantee anything, certainly not a quality job.
They insisted on putting the new boiler in the Downstairs WC, above the cistern, where it is very easy to bang your head on it..... Sold him a bigger HW cylinder, (3 bed house, 1 bathroom and 2 of them there), the original 900x450mm was upsized to a 1050x450mm. Only issue was, the installer couldnt be bothered to adjust the pipework properly, so it now leaves the top of the cylinder, goes across a bit before dropping to meet the original section, 150mm lower... Drain offs were obviously in short supply too as he didn't fit one to the cylinder.
For this he paid a premium price at the time! Sadly premium price and BG doesn't guarantee anything, certainly not a quality job.
Very much depends if he bought BG, the oil and gas exploration and extraction company
Or Centrica, trading as British Gas.
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