Central Heating Update 3

Time for an update methinks. Firstly, the dreaded quotation landed on our door step last week. Oh my gawd! It was big... very big. The plumber has quoted an eye watering £4164 to do the job. Slightly higher than what I was hoping for but there you go.

A few things have added to the cost such as; combi-condensing boliers are now the law as of April last year but cost more than a normal combi (but are more efficient). This had a knock on affect to the venting required to the outside world (they give off some vapour and so need to vent away from walls) which will now have to go up into the roof space above the single story extension and out as far away from the main house as possible.

Also, because of the extensions to the house, some of the walls he'll have to go through are full scale external walls. The existing electric storage heaters will be ripped out and disposed of (they are very heavy due to the bricks inside) and of course the hot water tank will also be removed as it'll be obsolete. We're tentatively booked in for April 24th for work to start.

Next up I've contacted Fulcrum (new name for Transco) who will handle gas delivery from the street to my house. That should be done and dusted within six weeks. I've also got to chase for an update on getting somebody out to quote for the cavity wall and loft insulation.

Final bill for all this will be in excess of £5000 :-( and that's before we switch on and start getting gas bills... *sigh*.

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