should i have a room thermostat with my combi boiler.

[Dotty]

Spoilsport!

Can us lesser mortals at least have the idiots version?

You know how bad the op thought it was?

It's worse!

 

[Killy Bing]

You know how bad the op thought it was?

It's worse!

oh my........really ?

 

[Worcester]

Wassup, :bigcry: we do every'ting else just not GSR, (we subcontract the decommissioning) so would love to know what we should look out for when we come across a baddy.

Feel like they've all gone to play footy and I'm left on the bench :bigcry:

 

[Ermintrude]

Wassup, :bigcry: we do every'ting else just not GSR, (we subcontract the decommissioning) so would love to know what we should look out for when we come across a baddy.

Feel like they've all gone to play footy and I'm left on the bench :bigcry:

Basics really, incomplete flue, black marks from poc around appliance, the smell of gas.... If it looks wrong it normally is!

 

[tamz]

black marks from poc around appliance, the smell of gas.... If it looks wrong it normally is!

Really! Black marks from a surefire mean zilch, no mention of smell of gas, if you pay cheap you get what you deserve imo and i know people are struggling to make ends meet blah blah blah. Heard it all before.

 

[baileys]

I didnt ask for cheap heating, i just asked for a quote. I paid the going rate, seeing as i paid him cash and didnt get a room stat it works out the same as the person who lives two doors away that had their heating installed a few months ago. I didnt know he wasnt going to give me a receipt.
So i deserved it then did i?

 

[Killy Bing]

don't take it too strongly bailey, Tamz i's an old hand and has seen more than most what problems a suspiciously low quote causes.. we have a slightly different view on pricing ect ect. sadly (if you had gotten more than that one quote) you got the bum deal.

i'f you had used any of us you would likely have have paid closer to the £4000 mark but have gotten a quality install.

 

[baileys]

don't take it too strongly bailey, Tamz i's an old hand and has seen more than most what problems a suspiciously low quote causes.. we have a slightly different view on pricing ect ect. sadly (if you had gotten more than that one quote) you got the bum deal.

i'f you had used any of us you would likely have have paid closer to the £4000 mark but have gotten a quality install.

I got four quotes, all GSE apart from him who said he wouldnt install the boiler....my highest was £3.500, I went with the person i did because his mum lives upstairs to me and he is...was a friend and i decorate for him sometimes. I thought i could trust him.

 

[tamz]

You payed cheap and cash which is worth another 4 or 500 on an invoice. I'm not saying it is your fault you didn't get the quality of workmanship you desired. You went with what you thought best. But had you gone with a legit installer most likely you wouldn't be on here. We all live and learn.
I get guys to do work for me cash in hand but i'm in a bit different position from the man (woman) on the street in that i know and have worked with them for many years so know what to expect.
Btw the guy you had out today to look at it will get you sorted out no problem.

 

[Reg Man]

At the end of the day, new install must meet Part L building Regulations as well as the Gas Safe stuff and may be Part P for the wiring. So a room thermostat is required as part of the job. Discretion on this is only on system updates, not for a full new system.