How much will a new boiler be?

[101North]

The combi boiler in the flat we rent out has been fixed and fixed over the years and every time its serviced we get told to give up and get it replaced as the parts are hard to get (its about 17 years old) but its always rallied, now I think its time we bit the bullet as we want to put the flat on the market.

I can't find anywhere online that will just tell me how much a boiler + fitting will cost so I'm appealing here - can anyone give me a recent cost of replacing a boiler, like with like and no radiators.
I realise costs will vary from area to area but just need a ball park figure to decide whether its worth doing before we sell the flat.
(can't be bothered any more spending hours in an empty flat with a baby waiting for plumbers to not turn up!)
thanks

[BlueChampagne]

You could pick 3 plumbers from Yellow pages and call for a ball-park figure. Or appeal in MN Local for recommendations. I'd hazard a guess at about a grand.

[BananaPie]

I'd say more like £2k - the boiler alone will cost around £600, then they'll need to do some sort of powerflush of the system.

[AgentProvocateur]

About 1,800 for a combi boiler to heat a 4 bedroomed house, including fitting. VAT was on top of that, I think.

[purepurple]

We paid £1700 for our new boiler and fitting. We are in the NW. We got a fixed price quote and he didn't charge us for the extra work he had to do with pies and plumbing and other technical stuff.

[minipie]

I think we paid about £2000 incl VAT etc for a new combi boiler and fitting. That's in london and an expensive make and model mind you, on the other hand it was a few years ago so prices have gone up since.

[Bunbaker]

We paid about £2000 in June last year, but that included a power flush, which is worth doing as it gets rid of all the crap that will have accumulated in the system from the old boiler.

[hazelnutlatte]

We had 3 quotes before we got our combi boiler, they were for 1700 (local company), 2600 (npower) and 3100 (British gas).
That was for changing from a non combi boiler though, so there was extra work in removing the tank and upgrading the gas pipe.
We went with npower as the local company seemed dodgy - this was a big mistake and I would not recommend them at all!

[oreocrumbs]

Had a new boiler fitted in my 2 bed rental house last week, it was £1200.

Had a commercial boiler fitted in my pub last month, it was £1800.

Both included fitting and flushing the system.

Its worth finding and hanging onto a good plumber, when he was at the house putting the boiler in he also did loads of other jobs including re hanging my garden gate!

If your in the north east I can really recomend mine

[oreocrumbs]

You're not your

[Ponders]

we need a new boiler too (ours is 29 years old & still-ok-touch-wood)

a plumber who was here for something else says we'll have to have quite a bit of our pipework changed when we get it done, because it's too narrow where it leaves the stop cock & heads off to the boiler.

or, having seen hazelnutlatte's post, maybe it's where it leaves the gas meter - they're in the same cupboard & several pipes emerge.

or even both, gawd

Anyway you def need to get someone in for actual quotes, 101 - it's a how-long's-a-piece-of-string game

[landphil]

Paid 2,600 last week.
2 bed flat

[Bunbaker]

There seems to be a lot of difference in price. Ours was £2000 for a 4 bedroom house.

[workshy]

paid 2k this summer for a good make boiler which replaced a 3 year old VOKERA -don't wver get a vokera, they are shite

[Ponders]

price depends on quality & power - if the boiler's for you, get Vaillant or Worcester Bosch

if it's just to sell the house, get a cheapie (prob half the price for the actual boiler, though fitting will be the same)

[supadupapupascupa]

i pay about £1,700 for a worcestershire bosch (excuse spelling) listed plumber (have a look on their website). Fab boiler and service. I have bought two for two properties in the east midlands in the last 2 years.

[PigletJohn]

The biggest factor in the quality and life of the installation in the quality of the installer. Personal recommendation is a great help. Otherwise decide on a good-quality boiler (combis are more complicated than conventional boilers, so have more inside, so go wrong more often) with a long manufacturer's guarantee, then search their website for approved installers (this usually means they have been on the manufacturer's free training day) who are in your area. Phone a few, and say "do you repair XXXX boilers?" (because you don't want someone who will just bung it in and run off, but someone who provides a full service).

BG will always be the most expensive, but at least you know they won't go bust or run off with your money, and you have someone to complain to. If you have an old existing system then it may well have a certain amount of sediment and sludge in it. This must be flushed out with chemicals and a special machine, so you should expect this to be (1) included in the quote (2) visibly performed before the new boiler is fitted. It takes several hours to do properly, imcluding turning all the radiators off and on, and running hundreds of litres of dirty sludgy water down a hose into a drain or WC.

Usually a system filter is fitted nowadays to capture any future sediment before it can settle into a blockage. After fitting, the system should be flushed again, and an anti-corrosopn chemical added on final fill. This will be specified in the manufacturer's instructions. Manufacturer's guarantees don't cover problems caused by dirt, sediment or corrosion. They sold you a clean boiler, and they didn't cause the dirt.

If you don't already have them, it is very helpful to fit Thermostatic radiator valves at the same time, and to replace any old or worn working parts, and fit larger radiators in rooms that are not warm enough.

You can see here that there is a lot of extra work on top of just unhanging the old boiler and hanging up the new one. Anybody who does the job in a single day will not have time to do a good job, but can charge an attractively low price and make a substantial profit.

[Ponders]

fwiw our ancient boiler is a Vaillant, has been on BG service plan from the start pretty much, & they have been fab. We've had several service calls to it & they've always come the same day & always fixed it.

Last year it needed the heat exchanger replacing, & the BG engineer had to wrestle with the new one to bend it into shape to go where the old one had been; he was here for ages but it was all included in annual charge & boiler has been fine since then (well it had a little leak recently but that was just a worn-out washer, phew)

Every time an engineer comes now (from about 10 years ago!) they suck their teeth & go "ooooh, this is really old you know, if we can't get the part it needs you'll have to replace it" & we go "ooooh, I know, but can you fix it this time?" & so far we've been lucky!

So Vaillants are fab by us

[ChippingInLovesEasterEggs]

I'd only get Worcester Bosch or a Valiant (pref WB) - people will only knock your price down if you have a cheaper one fitted.

I'm in the SE & have been quoted £3k for a WB 28i, 4 rads with thermo's, all the pipework, difficult vent & fitting. That was a year ago, but I don't think it's changed a lot.

[Ponders]

is that from scratch, Chipping?