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ikoonman
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Advance apologies if this is the wrong forum for my question.
I had someone in today to quote me for converting the OIL burner unit to GAS unit. Without batting an eye he stated it'll cost around 5000 euros, citing the following reasons: he needs to locate the gas unit outside and i need to build a brick-housing for it. He insisted that the gas unit be located outside and that it cannot be inside the house. (This just makes me wonder what people do who lives in apartments)
This sounds a bit ridiculous to me; i have seen many gas units outside with a metal housing, not neccessarily brick housing
Also, the amount he gave was not broken down in terms of labour and parts. Is this guy a chancer or is this the amount i'd be expecing to pay for the conversion?
Can anyone give me a bit of guidelines ito. how much a reasonable amount would be? The property has all the piping etc for the radiators/central heating. The oil burner needs to be replaced (there is already a purpose-built chimney in the house for the air intake for the unit). I am aware that there are some changes in the laws regarding central heating units, but not clear on exactly what it says
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I had someone in today to quote me for converting the OIL burner unit to GAS unit. Without batting an eye he stated it'll cost around 5000 euros, citing the following reasons: he needs to locate the gas unit outside and i need to build a brick-housing for it. He insisted that the gas unit be located outside and that it cannot be inside the house. (This just makes me wonder what people do who lives in apartments)
This sounds a bit ridiculous to me; i have seen many gas units outside with a metal housing, not neccessarily brick housing
Also, the amount he gave was not broken down in terms of labour and parts. Is this guy a chancer or is this the amount i'd be expecing to pay for the conversion?
Can anyone give me a bit of guidelines ito. how much a reasonable amount would be? The property has all the piping etc for the radiators/central heating. The oil burner needs to be replaced (there is already a purpose-built chimney in the house for the air intake for the unit). I am aware that there are some changes in the laws regarding central heating units, but not clear on exactly what it says
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.