Apologies but I am a rather nervous new home owner and have no experience with boilers so thought I'd post a query for some advice if anyone has time.
I have recently bought my first flat in London. It's 2 bed across 2 floors and is a victorian conversion. The heating system is an old Potterton standard boiler (at least 15 years old) with radiators (adjustable thermostat). It was making a sizeable amount of noise which I think is probably the fan and the circuit board has been very temeramental - after a bit of inappropriate fiddling the electrics had a fit and the circuit board was quite heavily singed. I recognised that I would probably need to get it replaced rather than just fixed given it's age.
I had a corgi registered boiler fitter (on recommendation) come round and he has given me a quote of £2600 + VAT. This is to fit a Valient HE boiler - I also want it moved from the kitchen to an adjacent cupboard. The guy explained that I would need to replace the flue (as it's not plastic) - it's quite long (about 3m) and I will need a knee joint(?) plus some of the feed pipes need to be replaced as they are not wide enough to carry the flow of water plus I need a thermostat. I think I get most of this but was a bit surprised at the cost. Perhaps though this is normal?
I have recently bought my first flat in London. It's 2 bed across 2 floors and is a victorian conversion. The heating system is an old Potterton standard boiler (at least 15 years old) with radiators (adjustable thermostat). It was making a sizeable amount of noise which I think is probably the fan and the circuit board has been very temeramental - after a bit of inappropriate fiddling the electrics had a fit and the circuit board was quite heavily singed. I recognised that I would probably need to get it replaced rather than just fixed given it's age.
I had a corgi registered boiler fitter (on recommendation) come round and he has given me a quote of £2600 + VAT. This is to fit a Valient HE boiler - I also want it moved from the kitchen to an adjacent cupboard. The guy explained that I would need to replace the flue (as it's not plastic) - it's quite long (about 3m) and I will need a knee joint(?) plus some of the feed pipes need to be replaced as they are not wide enough to carry the flow of water plus I need a thermostat. I think I get most of this but was a bit surprised at the cost. Perhaps though this is normal?
