Going Green isn’t easy

[otherclive]

British Gas price for boiler service is between £99 if you area BG member, or £119 for one off service.

 

[GUMPY]

A Google brought up this article which is more or less accurate on costs even though the article is over 2 years old. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money...mp-gas-boiler-maintenance-costs-compared.html

Wish I could get my boiler serviced for £80!
Just looked at my bank statement and it's been £135 for the last two years plus £197 to get the solar thermal serviced every two years.
From my POV the article is slightly low on gas boiler service costs.

 

[Oscarmax]

If you're unlucky enough to suffer ill health as you get older, it can become necessary to increase the thermostat above the normal level - easy enough with gas central heating but not so easy with an electric heat pump.

I have a head injury

 

[Dustydog]

A Google brought up this article which is more or less accurate on costs even though the article is over 2 years old. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money...mp-gas-boiler-maintenance-costs-compared.html

Good enough for today.
Our house will cost us approx £ 18 k for the air pump and installation including changes to dads and pipework.
A solar panel system is circa £10k with the ancillary battery storage. We are East West orientation so unless panels are fitted on both elevations it will only ever be 50% effective.

Break even , pay back time ,is approx 10 years.

No guarantee the pump will be silent. Will it upset our neighbours even though we are detached?
Imo best leave these pumps to purpose built new homes.

 

[otherclive]

Good enough for today.
Our house will cost us approx £ 18 k for the air pump and installation including changes to dads and pipework.
A solar panel system is circa £10k with the ancillary battery storage. We are East West orientation so unless panels are fitted on both elevations it will only ever be 50% effective.

Break even , pay back time ,is approx 10 years.

No guarantee the pump will be silent. Will it upset our neighbours even though we are detached?
Imo best leave these pumps to purpose built new homes.

What will happen when gas boilers are finally taken off of the market. I believe 2035 could be the end date. So a new one then would last until say 2050. But if owners don't get in on time they are faced with some difficult choices.

Does your £18k include the deduction of the £7500 grant for heat pump. It's not means tested or finance related. Available to all at present.

 

[Dustydog]

What will happen when gas boilers are finally taken off of the market. I believe 2035 could be the end date. So a new one then would last until say 2050. But if owners don't get in on time they are faced with some difficult choices.

Does your £18k include the deduction of the £7500 grant for heat pump. It's not means tested or finance related. Available to all at present.

No. Gross figures. Re plumbing our house will be a major upheaval requiring plastering decorating every room. The cost🙀

A year is a long time in politics.

Hopefully by 2035 some sensibility will have returned to Westminster!

 

[Beachball]

British Gas price for boiler service is between £99 if you area BG member, or £119 for one off service.

Since new our 7year old Combi boiler been on a homecare 3 that includes a service and it just been completed and the engineer passed it with flying colours .

 

[GUMPY]

We are East West orientation so unless panels are fitted on both elevations it will only ever be 50% effective.

Panels are cheap, I would go for double the number of panels split either side. It's what my neighbour a few doors down has done in the same situation.

 

[Jcloughie]

Wish I could get my boiler serviced for £80!
Just looked at my bank statement and it's been £135 for the last two years plus £197 to get the solar thermal serviced every two years.
From my POV the article is slightly low on gas boiler service costs.

We only pay around £80. Guess it’s a post code thing.


John

 

[Hutch]

We only pay around £80. Guess it’s a post code thing.


John

It must be £65, serviced by local installer, MK 17. Rural Milton Keynes.

He has had Solar panels installed by a company,, on his house, he doesn't own them and paid nothing, he doesn't get money back from the grid, the owners of the solar panels get that, he only pays a very minimum electric.
Sounds like a win, win, thing.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Service plans from different providers come in a range from a basic service to more comprehensive heating system coverage and/or even appliances, plumbing and drains.

So it's not just about comparing prices unless you detail what the cover includes.

 

[otherclive]

It must be £65, serviced by local installer, MK 17. Rural Milton Keynes.

He has had Solar panels installed by a company,, on his house, he doesn't own them and paid nothing, he doesn't get money back from the grid, the owners of the solar panels get that, he only pays a very minimum electric.
Sounds like a win, win, thing.

Not until he tries to sell the house. Plus when I looked at a scheme like that if for example work was required on the house and it affected the panels then the house owner would be liable for the loss of income to the panel owner. Unless contracts have changed it wasn’t WIN WIN.