My boiler furnace is almost 55yrs old. Today I had it inspected and was told it is now unsafe and it would be $1000 to repair but advised to replace as the repair may only hold it another year. Told an 80% efficient one would be $6000 and 90% would be $9000. This is for a standard ranch home approx 1300 square feet with full basement.Any hints from pro welcome.
I have a 40 year old boiler and was given about the same figures ballpark, not in writing. I live in No VA area for a price comparison. Lucky for me the pump (to the baseboard heat) was stuck and repairable, however that was the recommendation I received as well.
Mpfffff.... those prices are NUTS. When we moved into this house in March of 2008, we had to replace the boiler and 17 of 34 radiators. We also had to replace a total of four risers. The house is a three-story center-hall colonial of over 4,000 square feet. Keep in mind that I worked right along side the plumber doing the peripheral work, but he did the tough stuff. Note also that he cut me no breaks on his labor or the material that he purchased. Our prices were as follows: Weil-Mclain Ultra 230,000 BTU 94% boiler - $9300 including the domestic hot water tank all fittings, pumps (3), valves and so forth. 17 new radiators both flat-plate Myson-types and standard standing types, including thermostatic valves and all fittings - $3900. Miscellaneous fittings, isolation valves, bleeders, condensate pump, 120 feet of 3/4 dead-soft K-Copper tubing for the risers as well as all the necessary dielectric fittings and unions - $1000. 4 x 10-hour days hard labor: $1,600 including all removal of the old 400,000 steel oil-burner (2,300 pounds by weight) and the oil tank and all the old cracked radiators. Came to $15,800 for all that work. A 50 -120,000 BTU modulating boiler by Slant-Fin (Bobcat), Munchkin or similar will run something between $2,500 and $4,000 delivered in cost, get you a nice tax-rebate, be better than 90% efficient and serve you for many years to come. And the Munchkin will be just fine at the lower price. Double that cost to include labor, material, permits, inspections, and removal of the old and you are looking at something between $5,000 and $8,000 total, and even that is a bit on the high side unless you have a very difficult situation. And that would be for a true state-of-the-art system. Add approximately $1,500 if you are burning oil to get a similar SOTA unit and installation. Get at least three (3) other estimates. You are being taken for a ride. Our location is just outside Philadelphia, PA - not a cheap-labor area.
finding on the dimensions and capability score, you would be spending $4,000-$5,000 for the unit and deploy. i'm from NJ, so different states in step with threat be extra fee-effective seeing as each thing is a rip off right here! lol
