I realise that queries about the pricing of plumbing/ gas fitting jobs are a difficult area because the costs depend on so many factors, but here goes.
We have a long, narrow front bedroom which was converted from a garage in 1986, and it has a flat roof with minimal insulation. There's a gas wall heater in there which is expensive to run, so most of the time I don't use it.
The room gets very cold in winter, and although there's no visible sign of damp it does smell musty during the winter months, as do the clothes in the fitted wardrobes which take up one entire inside wall. I asked BG for a quote to fit a radiator in there so that the room would get a few hours of heat during the daytime when the CH is on: quote came in at over 600 quid.
The job would involve fitting a single panel 1000mm x 600mm rad, supplied by pipework dropped from the pipes in the loft down the angle of the living room wall, through a double skinned wall into a wardrobe in the front bedroom then to the rad. Total length of pipework each way is probably around 8 metres. The boiler is a Glow worm Flexicom 15hx supplying a conventional system, and there are 6 other rads, all supplied in 10mm copper microbore. The property is a bungalow, it has concrete floors and I live in Wales.
Would I save much by getting a quote from an independent engineer?
We have a long, narrow front bedroom which was converted from a garage in 1986, and it has a flat roof with minimal insulation. There's a gas wall heater in there which is expensive to run, so most of the time I don't use it.
The room gets very cold in winter, and although there's no visible sign of damp it does smell musty during the winter months, as do the clothes in the fitted wardrobes which take up one entire inside wall. I asked BG for a quote to fit a radiator in there so that the room would get a few hours of heat during the daytime when the CH is on: quote came in at over 600 quid.
The job would involve fitting a single panel 1000mm x 600mm rad, supplied by pipework dropped from the pipes in the loft down the angle of the living room wall, through a double skinned wall into a wardrobe in the front bedroom then to the rad. Total length of pipework each way is probably around 8 metres. The boiler is a Glow worm Flexicom 15hx supplying a conventional system, and there are 6 other rads, all supplied in 10mm copper microbore. The property is a bungalow, it has concrete floors and I live in Wales.
Would I save much by getting a quote from an independent engineer?
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