1930s Semi Refurb - Part 2 of ... (Edition: Boiler/Water Tank Relocation)

[Deleted User 298457]

Had another quote through - 4100 to do a combi and redo some of the pipework. Seems a proper system is almost double the cost. I hope it's worth it!!!

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Did a deal with my guy - 7700 all in.

Happy with that.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Would you do Hep2o under the floor or insist on copper?

Latest bloke has suggested a top of the range combi and new rad circuit all on plastic.

If it is plastic I can do it myself and get just a boiler man in...

Aye as above, plastic for the majoroty tbh
i even lagged mine and then whacked sheets of the 12cm jablite under the floorboards

a tad overkill but was cheap at the time, jablite is bloody expensive now

but exactly this yes do all yer runs n rads yerself.
just get the plumber to do the boiler hookup, save you a chunk on labour.

inserts and the proper cutters are a must, dont ferget a handfull of isolators too



EDIT i may have been s free pages behind l

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Aye as above, plastic for the majoroty tbh
i even lagged mine and then whacked sheets of the 12cm jablite under the floorboards

a tad overkill but was cheap at the time, jablite is bloody expensive now

but exactly this yes do all yer runs n rads yerself.
just get the plumber to do the boiler hookup, save you a chunk on labour.

inserts and the proper cutters are a must, dont ferget a handfull of isolators too



EDIT i may have been s free pages behind l

Na spot on the 7k job excludes some of the downstairs rad moves so may still be on that one myself.

 

[Coran]

Have you had an ASHP quote? With the £5k grant, presumably the upfront costs wouldn’t be that disimilar.

You’re already doing a lot of the work required with the radiator replacements, new pipe work and the unvented cylinder.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Have you had an ASHP quote? With the £5k grant, presumably the upfront costs wouldn’t be that disimilar.

You’re already doing a lot of the work required with the radiator replacements, new pipe work and the unvented cylinder.

Not in detail but ballparks I had heard were upwards of 25k.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Have you had an ASHP quote? With the £5k grant, presumably the upfront costs wouldn’t be that disimilar.

You’re already doing a lot of the work required with the radiator replacements, new pipe work and the unvented cylinder.

Not in detail but ballparks I had heard were upwards of 25k.

And you need to fully insulate your external walls.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

It begins.............

And just to keep it all together, the progress made over the last few weekends in preparation:

^ Interesting that this looks nothing like I thought, lols

^ and neither does this.

^ nor this...

Fingers crossed they get through the hardest bits quickly so there is time to fit the rads properly.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

More good cush:

I didn't pay much attention to kit selection other than insisting British manufacture (for the boiler).

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Thats nice and efficient 1.61kwh / 24 hours

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Thats nice and efficient 1.61kwh / 24 hours

Night and day from this!

Edit: Part of the issue with the above is the dodgy heater controls too. Hot water comes on too early, stays on too long, loses heat too quickly etc...

 

[Deleted User 298457]

We have emerged from the attic...

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Good erection

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Boiler and tank in!

Can I be cheeky and ask him to run a CAT6, an antenna, and a couple of power sockets whilst he is up there?

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Progress today - thankfully the guy has been an absolute legend and took up the living room, dining room, hall, bathroom floors - and will take up the kids bedroom tomorrow, to actually lay all the rads precisely where they need to be. No follow on work! Yippee!

Happy chappy.

 

[Mysterae_]

Coming along nicely @dLockers. Good to see your plumber is a paid up member of the Teal Team .

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

very tidy

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Just discovered the plumber lives on the most expensive street in my city. lol, well deserved tbf.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

I'll start with some 1930s wiring porn:

This is what happens when you build a patio on top of the old patio and bloke the airbrick, kids:

Rad delete from downstairs meant upstairs had to come up:

Turned out it was spurred from the other side of the room:

Bathroom:

Kitchen:

With any luck they'll run it so I no longer need to box in 3 ways - just the large left hand side bit. Result.

Rad delete:

Living room pipework gone, new rad ready to go in:

The chaps are absolute legends.

Bearing in mind that the living room pipework beneath the floor, the rad delete, the new living room rad location and the new hall rad location were all scope creep - I've gotten away with murder. Shall be buying them several pints.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Bathroom:

Deffo going to be fun running the gauntlet of a middle of the night lights out pee