How long does a boiler take to fit?

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How long does it take? DD has bronchitis so don't want to stay here if it's long as the house will be freezing!

Mine was done in two days. Including knocking holes in the wall and removing old water tanks

It was 2 days here too.

Jesus! Guess I will go to my mums then and leave him a key.

2 days is quick! My experience has always been about a week from start to finish.

Ours was working after one afternoon (a few hours), and then they came back the following morning to finish off things like sealing the outside vent.

Just give them a ring and ask them how long it will take.

Ours took 4 hours just fitting a new boiler. We already had the radiators in place.

Mine was done within one day.

If they're just removing the old one and putting a new one in the same place, a day.

We had ours moved and that obviously took longer as they had to put in new pipework too.

Mine was one guy for two days. There was a lot of draining and flushing the system.

The house wasn't freezing even though we were without the boiler for a night and it was this time of year.

This wa just removingand replacing in the same place so it doesn't necessarily just take a day for that.

How many people will be doing it?

It depends on what boiler you have now, and what your having. Also how old the original boiler is as to wether changes have to be made to reach current regulations.
I manage a heating firm, and it's very rare for even the worst swaps to take more than a couple of days.
Combi to combi, done in a day. System swap day and a half. Brand new system, 2-3 days depending on the number of rads and accessibility.

We had ours replaced in a day. Some pipe work was also replaced but no radiators.
The engineer had an apprentice to help.

2 days including installing two new radiators in loft extension and paperwork for that. There were four of them though.

Recently had ours done. He was here two days-long day on day 1 and left around 2 the next day.
He did have to put an extra pipe in for the condenser, change the external flue and flushed the system.
We weren't without heating or hot water overnight either.

3 days last time. But it also included removing the old immersion tank and draining the tank in the loft. I took the DC to my parents and was very glad I did!

Ours was a like for like switch with no new radiators, but he did do a full system flush, he arrived at about 10 and was done for 4. That was one guy. I was v.impressed!

Oh yes, do make sure a system flush is done. Bad idea to spend £££ on a new boiler and instantly let dirty water run through it. Should also include a filter and inhibitor. Depending on the manufacturer those things along with an annual service will keep your warranty/guarantee valid.

Ours took three days as we needed some new pipework put in as well.

Mine only took a few hours .

Ours took a day

Do they turn everything of then? As our house is absolutely freezing otherwise.

Mine took 1.5 days

Yes, they have to turn everything off.

Could you get a couple of electric heaters?

2 days, complete new system, floorboards ripped up, all new radiators
I moved out

Boiler cleaned...8 days 😱 moved out again..to our caravan beginning of Feb...even with central heating on was fufn freezing