New OLD House- Help/advice please

[christmasfairy]

What would you like your budget to be

:tounge_smile::tounge_smile: What I'd LIKE my budget to be and what my budget is are too different things. I'd don't like budgets, they invariably leave you disappointed and feeling poor. We generally work out the pros and cons of each thing and work out how best to get enough money saved until we can afford what we feel is the best use of the money. That said I am not a millionaire and I want to SEE something for laying out all that hard earned cash and I wasn't going to see any sanitary ware for the price he quoted. We have never had to replace a boiler or have any plumbing work done whatsoever before so it's hard to judge what is a good price.

We have two more people coming for quotes so I will keep you updated with what happens. It's also scary some of the horror stories of people who've had work done and it's turned into a nightmare on this forum. I've taken the advice. Quotes, research, references.

 

[Gray0689]

The best bit of advice I can give you is
You can have the best heating system in the world
But if you can't keep the heat in its useless

Look at insulation as well as the heating
There is some excellent plumbers on here if you can get one that is in your area you will be landed

Good luck

 

[Ermintrude]

Not always true but low quality expensive plumbers fit cheap tosh! Reasonable tip top ones fit the best, we only use copper , we price two cylinders the best and then a heatrea. Pumps and valves. If it looks good it is. If it looks a mess you've been ripped. ACV arnt pretty but omg can they cook. 210l in a SL will go 25% further than 210 normal store. Also they recover a lot faster. So if your planning on growing a family get one. If u can afford it fit an SLME so that in future u can add solar thermal.

 

[Gray0689]

I agree with everything bar the copper
I'm a huge fan of heating on manifolds to rads either plastic or mlcp actuators on manifold and stats in every room
Total control

 

[Ermintrude]

I've got manifolds but all honewell 2 ports and Myson smart stat programmers

 

[Gray0689]

I've got manifolds but all honewell 2 ports and Myson smart stat programmers

Bit over engineered lol

 

[christmasfairy]

Bit over engineered lol

I like over engineered lol

You two speak my language. It doesn't have to be pretty but it has to work, well, for a long time and be efficient!

The he quote we had was for geh tanks, Worcester boiler- I know what you're going to say ermintrude.

Acv are coming to see us to quote on Friday.

 

[Gray0689]

Do you know who from acv?

 

[Gray0689]

Nooo it has to be pretty in a plumbers eyes lol

 

[Dotty]

Do you know who from acv?

I've been talking to a lovely young lady from ACV. With any luck they'll be in board as a sponsor before long.....

 

[Gray0689]

Craig Marshall from ACV is a good fellow too

 

[christmasfairy]

Craig Marshall from ACV is a good fellow too

I've pm you

 

[Ermintrude]

Shaun helme is a fairly decent bloke!

 

[christmasfairy]

Shaun helme is a fairly decent bloke!

I've pm you as well ermintrude