Quotation for Converting from Solid Fuel to Oil

IsThisOneFree

Hi All

We currently have solid fuel heating in our bungalow - ie, range with back boiler. Each room (3 bedrooms plus bathroom) has a radiator. We're now looking to do to the following:

Replace 2 of the radiators, as they are quiet old
Install oil tank
Install outdoor oil boiler
Install timer (for want of a better word) which would have 2 zones, one for water and one for heating
Replace existing solid fuel range with an oil fired stove (for the purposes of heating the living room). This will also involve running "insulation" down the existing flu in the chimney (apparently standard practice, or so I believe)

Obviously we already have a circulation pump from the existing system; not too sure if the plumber plans to replace this or not, but I believe they are only -/+100 EUR anyway

We've had a quote for all of the above (excluding the cost of the actual stove), including labour, copper pipes, wiring etc + VAT, which came in over 4.5k.

Just wondering does anybody think this is expensive, cheap, or sounds about right ?

Dtp1979

IsThisOneFree wrote: »

Hi All

We currently have solid fuel heating in our bungalow - ie, range with back boiler. Each room (3 bedrooms plus bathroom) has a radiator. We're now looking to do to the following:

Replace 2 of the radiators, as they are quiet old
Install oil tank
Install outdoor oil boiler
Install timer (for want of a better word) which would have 2 zones, one for water and one for heating
Replace existing solid fuel range with an oil fired stove (for the purposes of heating the living room). This will also involve running "insulation" down the existing flu in the chimney (apparently standard practice, or so I believe)

Obviously we already have a circulation pump from the existing system; not too sure if the plumber plans to replace this or not, but I believe they are only -/+100 EUR anyway

We've had a quote for all of the above (excluding the cost of the actual stove), including labour, copper pipes, wiring etc + VAT, which came in over 4.5k.

Just wondering does anybody think this is expensive, cheap, or sounds about right ?

Sounds a bit cheap to be honest. What oil boiler were you quoted for? What size are the rads that are being replaced?

IsThisOneFree

Thanks for the reply. I can't remember the exact size of the rads, but the plumber said that they are too small for the rooms (in fairness, the heat from the rads currently is nowhere near what I'd expect, given the amount of heat that the range throws out). So the new ones will be 4ft and 3ft I think (both doubles). It's an old country cottage with an extension, so none of the rooms are massive. Regarding the boiler, he didn't specify on the quote - although the cheapest I can find online is a Firebird for around 1,200

I know that there's a lot of variables with stuff like this, like the size of the house etc, difficulty with the site and what not. But just curious, what sort of ballpark figure would you be expecting to pay for this kind of work (again, excluding the cost of the actual stove)

Dtp1979

Probably over the 5 k mark but that'd be for a grant vortex boiler which is the dearest but also the best on the market. It'd also include a proper powerflush and magnetic filter.