Hi all, I trust you all had a pleasent break and are now looking forward to a very good year. At least with this prolonged cold snap and the increased use of roof insulation and the monkeys that installed it (job requirments tatoos on forehead and low IQ 
) on the last Gov. insulation scheme there should be plenty of work comming along fixing burst pipes etc
But my problem /question is , as a Old Sod it would seem that I'm intitled to Government help to replace my old central heating boiler.As far as I can remember ,as with increased age my memory decreases in direct proportion, the boiler is about 10 to 15 years old and is a POTTERTON PRIMA F fan assisted jobby, as we live on the seaward side of a valley in Brighton. I also think it was the 60f but that could be my memory playing tricks the House has 9 rooms in total that are heated including things like a conservetory and down stairs loo just to give you some idea of the heat output required.
NOW the question is I have received a flyer from British Gas who claim to remeburse me about £700 which includes their valuation of several things I actully don't want, If they change the boiler for me and a very helpful young man who is their Household heating Engineer and adviser Is coming out to give me advice and a price, Now I know that their Quote is going to be off the scale and over inflated, as I had experiance of this when One of the "Engineers" was here to attend to a faulty rad valve( I'm on their old 3 star maintainance plan) and wanted to charge me £230 to fit two thermostatic rad valves. My old trusted plummer and friend of many years is just recovering from pneumonia after 4 weeks in intensive care in hospital and has had to give up the tools, So I am again haveing to stick my toe into the unknown waters.If I decided to go ahead( probably not with BG) there will be a small amount of pipework change as I wish to move the pump form the cupboard beside my bedroom to inside of the outside boiler cupboard. So now the $64,000 question ,Can a independant heating engineer do this work or is it like the insulation grant that had to be done by the Council approved idiots that we had. Secondly, what would be the cost of a suitable replacment boiler at the moment we have a indirect ( I think it's called) system with ahot water cylinder and expansion and cold water tanks in the loft area.
Sorry to ramble on and on but Thanks for your help, as I really don't want BG invollved if I can help it
Ps are any of you good people based in the Brighton area
oldie.
) on the last Gov. insulation scheme there should be plenty of work comming along fixing burst pipes etc But my problem /question is , as a Old Sod it would seem that I'm intitled to Government help to replace my old central heating boiler.As far as I can remember ,as with increased age my memory decreases in direct proportion, the boiler is about 10 to 15 years old and is a POTTERTON PRIMA F fan assisted jobby, as we live on the seaward side of a valley in Brighton. I also think it was the 60f but that could be my memory playing tricks the House has 9 rooms in total that are heated including things like a conservetory and down stairs loo just to give you some idea of the heat output required.
NOW the question is I have received a flyer from British Gas who claim to remeburse me about £700 which includes their valuation of several things I actully don't want, If they change the boiler for me and a very helpful young man who is their Household heating Engineer and adviser
Is coming out to give me advice and a price, Now I know that their Quote is going to be off the scale and over inflated, as I had experiance of this when One of the "Engineers" was here to attend to a faulty rad valve( I'm on their old 3 star maintainance plan) and wanted to charge me £230 to fit two thermostatic rad valves. My old trusted plummer and friend of many years is just recovering from pneumonia after 4 weeks in intensive care in hospital and has had to give up the tools, So I am again haveing to stick my toe into the unknown waters.If I decided to go ahead( probably not with BG) there will be a small amount of pipework change as I wish to move the pump form the cupboard beside my bedroom to inside of the outside boiler cupboard. So now the $64,000 question ,Can a independant heating engineer do this work or is it like the insulation grant that had to be done by the Council approved idiots that we had. Secondly, what would be the cost of a suitable replacment boiler at the moment we have a indirect ( I think it's called) system with ahot water cylinder and expansion and cold water tanks in the loft area.Sorry to ramble on and on but Thanks for your help, as I really don't want BG invollved if I can help it
Ps are any of you good people based in the Brighton area
oldie.
