Getting a brand-new gas boiler
Getting a brand-new gas boiler
If you need a newfangled or substitute gas fired boiler you will certainly question what it will price. The type of heating boiler you currently have fitted will influence the cost of your fresh heating boiler fitting. There are different types of gas boiler. Labour for the installation work will represent most of the price of a fresh boiler installation whereas buying central heating boiler itself will be from 500 to 1000 pounds. This bill will increase considerably if you also have work done on your system radiators or heating programmer and controls.
In assessing the total costs you should add the annual central heating boiler gas costs to this initial one-off fitting bill. Rises in energy prices will mean that this will total a large amount over the 15 year lifespan of your boiler. The SEDBUK rating will allow you to compare the relative boiler efficiencies. A more energy efficient gas fired boiler may be slightly more expensive but this could save you sizeable amounts over its lifetime.
Before you hand over your money check to see if you’re eligible for some grants.
If you live in England and are claiming benefits you might also qualify for a Warm Front award of £2700 towards the bill of a newfangled heating system. Another grant is the Heating rebate scheme for those aged over 60. This can help you with a discount of up to 300 pounds off the replacement costs of a broken system.
You may also want to look at the funding schemes offered by the gas fired boiler fitters. Sometimes zero percent finance offers are available. Some others will tailor your repayments to suit your circumstances. You should make sure that you get help in understanding how much of these schemes cost over the repayment life-time. Sometimes financing costs can be as high as 30 percent. If you have a good relationship with your account manager also ask him to furnish a quote for comparison.