Oh fabulous Wrathers. Anyone changed their central heating boiler recently?

Ours will need doing at some point soon, toying with the idea of doing it this year.

Anyone got any experience or points to share?

Posted By: megson on January 27th 2011 at 14:01:53

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Oh fabulous Wrathers. Anyone changed their central heating boiler recently? (General Chat) - megson, Jan 27, 14:01:53
- British Gas not bad - quoted us ?650 (General Chat) - pieman63, Jan 27, 15:01:08
- Very pleased with British Gas installation. (n/m) (General Chat) - trustsec, Jan 27, 14:44:53
- Are you in Norwich Meggers? My father is a Central Heating engineer... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jan 27, 14:11:36
- Yes ours went before Chrimbo. ?1680 for a new one. Boooooom! Merry Christmas! (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 14:10:26
  - Yes please for both of these ^^^^^^^^^^^ (General Chat) - megson, Jan 27, 14:36:05
    - If it's anything like the quote we got off British Gas when we changed ours 6-7 years ago (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:46:25
      - Singer of heaven 17? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 14:47:22
        
        No, a proper Corgi registered gas installer. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:51:50
        
        Unless they're Gas Safe registered of course. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 14:54:12
        
        Like Huey Lewis. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 14:59:06
        
        No, he's yet to re-apply since Corgi was superseded. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:03:46
        
        That's not what he told me. You can't trust anyone nowadays. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 15:06:06
        
        He's still got the hump with the news for setting up on their own. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:11:27
        
        I thought that was just a tax dodge? (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 15:18:43
        
        No they did one proper, took the van too. Left Huey high and dry with just his tools. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:20:03
        
        And his sax? I wondered why he was blowing mournfully into a 3" threaded DSP connector. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 15:26:20
        
        He's not played the sax since, you know, 'The incident.' (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:31:04
        
        Ohh...when he inhaled one? Saw that on YouTube...he can parp out a decent 12 bar blues, (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 15:34:16
        
        No, no, no. You obviously don't know about it. Terrible business. Can't say anymore. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 15:36:33
      - ^^ This. They are rip off merchants in a rub-a-dub stylee. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 14:47:21
    - I'll text it you when I get home laters. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 14:42:43
- If your house is a sensible size and well insulated, think about micro CHP (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:07:49
  - Wow. define sensible size though, for a non Lawyer salary type............. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jan 27, 14:35:28
    - that's what I was thinking! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 27, 14:37:23
      - Well (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:48:10
        
        I now cannot wait to hear what sort of heating system usacanary has got. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:53:19
        
        Oh do one (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 14:58:38
        
        What. I know you were. And informative and helpful you surely were. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 15:01:42
        
        OIC (General Chat) - Old Git, Jan 27, 15:01:58
        
        ... (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 14:49:58
- if you are doing it yourself... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jan 27, 14:04:55
  - Considered it, can't that hard can it? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jan 27, 14:08:56
    - Ummm. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:09:33
      - ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:10:03
        
        for every problem (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 27, 14:22:08
        
        You lot are such spoilsports, it's PC gone mad. (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 14:19:41
        
        Agreed, that's settled it then. Me, a Wrench and a B+Q Value boiler. (General Chat) - megson, Jan 27, 14:34:32
        
        Meggers house as seen next week... (General Chat) - jafski, Jan 27, 14:23:20
        
        Looks lovely and warm. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 27, 14:33:32
        
        Best bit of that pic, is the Doomy lookalike on the left being interviewed (General Chat) - pants, Jan 27, 14:33:11
  - .. ensure you're Gas Safe registered. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 14:08:08
  - And life insurance (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Jan 27, 14:06:14

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