by hayley »
Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:38 am
Oh god beware.At our old property we had a oil boiler installed in the loft,bad move as we was always having the engineer our to fix it as being in the loft it is pumping hard to get the oil up hill.On his last visit to repair it before we moved he said he would not come out to this boiler again as its against regs,health and safety to have to service/repair a boiler from a ladder,and it had to be done on a ladder as the boiler parts are on the outside of the wall.
We have now been given a £4000 grant from warmfront for oil heating ,its all moved very quick ,in a metter of a few weeks,but again with limited space/outer walls we face the same problem.The 1st quote was £5742.63.This was as he said we could not have it indoors so the boiler had to go on the patio and we needed a special oil tank as it was going near to a hedge.In this quote hubby said we would lay the slabs for the tank and boiler to reduce the £400 EACH per base they wanted to charge.We had to pay the additional £1950.08,work that out as it dont even add up as £5742.62 minus £4000 grant dont make £1950.08
We phoned to say we dont want the boiler on the patio as they wanted such a huge base it would be huge and ugly so they rushed out within 2 days to survey again.We have had the chimney removed and said can it go in the kitchen now,of course he replied and said it would work out cheaper and the flue or whatever would have to go out the roof as it could not go onto the drive.Everything agreed we was happy it was the best and only option.We got a Quote today of £6702.13,we have to pay £3023.81,again their sums dont add up and the quote for a cheape rboiler has now put our bill up over £1000
We qualify for the grant as we are on a low income so how do they think we can pay £3000 although we do need heating as our last winter electric bill for our 3 bed small bungalow was £750.
This is such a con as no way should a new oil heating systen for a 3 bed bungalow cost £6702.13 ,and they only allow 6 radiators so we have to pay for one in the bathroom and cant have one in the hall
I will complain monday as the instalation company are trying to rip us off,they nearly got away at £2000 as we was going to borrow the money to get it done but after today taking it all in why should we be told they are helping us when actually the only people being helped is the instalation firm and its time companys like this are stopped
Please anyone reading this help us with your feedback as i am sure we are only a couple of people who are up against peoblems like this