Installing Gas-fired Central Heating

RosyGirl

I'm just about to start upgrading a Victorian apartment - it's a duplex, split between the 3rd and 4th floor of an old building. I need to install gas-fired central heating and am interested in the approximate costs involved.
The neighbouring apartments already have a gas connection. Would Bord Gais just run a connection from the neighbouring flat into our kitchen or does the supply have to feed up from the street?
Also, our kitchen is only 7ft x 8ft so space is obviously going to be a major issue. Do the pipes involved take up a great deal of valuable space if we fit the boiler in the kitchen?
Would a budget of €5000 cover the entire job or is this budget completely unrealistic? There is a tiny kitchen, large sittingroom, dining room, hall, 3 bedrooms and bathroom.
And one final query which I haven't been able to fathom: how do they get the run of pipes from the downstairs to the upper floor? Is there a way of doing this in an unobtrusive way that won't interfere with the decor of the flat?
Apologies for the dumb questions but this is the first time I've ever had to think about central heating and the logistics involved.

JohnnieK

Hi Rosy

First of Board Gais will not take your connection of your neighbours. It's not the pipes that will take up space in your kitchen but rather the boiler it self. With out looking at the premises your budget is there or there about's for a new heating system including the radiators, cylinder an so on. The pipes for up stairs could go up in a press or storage are, Where there's a will there's a way .