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changing to gas, SEAI & choosing a plumber

  • 11-02-2016 4:47pm
    #1
    simo28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I bought a house in the last year and the central heating is run by oil but the boiler is old and most likely quite inefficient. I've decided to change to gas as its a nuisance having to keep an eye on the oil level and then have someone traipse through the house to refill the tank. Also while the price of oil is currently excellent I don't believe it will stay the way. Mostly it's the inefficiency though.
    Anyhow I know there are grants available with SEAI for the change to gas so I've had a some RGI plumbers out to give quotes. What I can't understand is the difference in these quotes. They range from €3100 to €2100 (after the grant) with very little in the difference in terms of what work they have included in the quote. I'm also surprised at the amount of work that is required to be done to get the grant. I wasn't anticipating them insisting on motorised valves and electrical work.
    I did get a quote from a well established gas company for the work that would be without the work required for the grant and the difference was only €125 between their quotes.
    What I'm asking is the work required by the SEAI to get the grant actually over the top for what I want which is just to get gas in and run efficiently.
    Also should I stay away from the lower grants with the idea that "you get what you pay for". My own feeling is I should favour the well established gas company as I know from other experiences that some tradesmen can promise the sun, moon and stars but not quite deliver.


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  • #2
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    simo28 wrote: »
    Hi,
    I bought a house in the last year and the central heating is run by oil but the boiler is old and most likely quite inefficient. I've decided to change to gas as its a nuisance having to keep an eye on the oil level and then have someone traipse through the house to refill the tank. Also while the price of oil is currently excellent I don't believe it will stay the way. Mostly it's the inefficiency though.
    Anyhow I know there are grants available with SEAI for the change to gas so I've had a some RGI plumbers out to give quotes. What I can't understand is the difference in these quotes. They range from €3100 to €2100 (after the grant) with very little in the difference in terms of what work they have included in the quote. I'm also surprised at the amount of work that is required to be done to get the grant. I wasn't anticipating them insisting on motorised valves and electrical work.
    I did get a quote from a well established gas company for the work that would be without the work required for the grant and the difference was only €125 between their quotes.
    What I'm asking is the work required by the SEAI to get the grant actually over the top for what I want which is just to get gas in and run efficiently.
    Also should I stay away from the lower grants with the idea that "you get what you pay for". My own feeling is I should favour the well established gas company as I know from other experiences that some tradesmen can promise the sun, moon and stars but not quite deliver.

    If you could provide us with a slightly more detailed description of the quotes it would be helpful. Boiler type, are they Powerflushing or just chemical flushing, changing the cylinder, type of controls used?


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