Boiler repair
£99 in office hours: diagnosis + first hour
A straight combi-for-combi swap in Birmingham starts at £1,999 fitted, and converting an older open-vent system to a combi starts at £2,699. Both figures include the boiler, a horizontal flue, wireless thermostat, magnetic filter, system cleaner and inhibitor, plus a 5–10 year manufacturer warranty registered in your name.

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Free survey and written quote. Combi swaps in the same position from £1,999 fitted (depends on the boiler); conversions to a combi from £2,699. Non-standard work is quoted and agreed before we start.
No travel charge within 10 miles of B20 2JS. Further out, £2 per mile may apply — always agreed before anything is booked. Full price list
Smell gas now? Do not use this form or wait for a reply. Call the National Gas Emergency Service free on 0800 111 999 (24 hours). If you are using a mobile, make the call from outside. Open doors and windows, do not switch electrics on or off, do not smoke or use naked flames, and turn the gas off at the meter if it is safe to do so, unless the meter is in a cellar or basement. Once the supply has been made safe, we can trace and repair the fault.
Every installation we quote is a complete job, not a boiler on a wall. The prices below include the appliance, a horizontal flue, a wireless room thermostat, a magnetic system filter, chemical cleanser and long-term inhibitor, all fittings, and the Building Regulations notification that goes to your local authority.
Keeping the warranty valid. Boiler manufacturers' warranties normally depend on the boiler being serviced every year by a Gas Safe registered engineer, with each service recorded. If a year is missed, the manufacturer can refuse a claim. The exact conditions are the manufacturer's own and come with your warranty paperwork. We can carry out the yearly boiler service for you.
A combi swap means your new boiler goes where the old one was and the pipework is largely reused — the cheapest and quickest option, usually one day.
A conversion means moving from an older system with a hot water cylinder and a tank in the loft over to a single combi. It costs more because we remove the cylinder and tanks, re-run pipework, make good, and rebalance the whole system. Budget two days. For most three-bed houses across Birmingham it is the change that makes the biggest difference to running costs and loft space.
If you have two or more bathrooms and a household that showers at the same time, a combi is often the wrong answer. We will tell you that before you spend money, and quote a system boiler with an unvented cylinder instead.
If you would rather keep your tank and cylinder, we also replace regular (heat-only) boilers like for like. That is priced after a free survey, because the work depends on the existing system.
We install Worcester Bosch, Vaillant, Baxi and Main. There is no single best boiler — there is the right output for your home and the right warranty for how long you plan to stay. Output comes from the survey, not from counting radiators: we work out the heat loss of the property, ask how much hot water you use and whether two outlets run at once, measure the mains flow rate and pressure at the property, and check what your existing system and shower can work with, all against the manufacturer's specifications.
We are registered with Vaillant's installer scheme (myREWARDS, formerly Vaillant Advance) and are members of Baxi Works, Baxi's installer scheme. That means two things for you: we know those ranges rather than guessing at them, and your warranty is registered with the manufacturer on the day. Registration is the step most often skipped, and it is the one that quietly invalidates cover years later, exactly when you need it.
One thing the survey always checks is the shower. A combi supplies hot water at mains pressure, so a pump-assisted power shower cannot be used with it: the pump has to come out and the shower is replaced with a mains-pressure mixer, which we price into the quote. If your mains flow is weak, or you have two or more bathrooms used at once, a system boiler with an unvented cylinder may suit you better than a bigger combi, and the survey is where that gets decided.
We would rather flag these now than surprise you on the day. A gas supply pipe that is undersized for the new boiler's output, a flue that has to be re-routed, a fused spur that needs moving, a system so heavily sludged it needs a power flush before the warranty is valid, or condensate that has to be run to a soil stack — any of these add cost. A survey catches all of them before you commit.
A condemned Potterton Powermax HE in an Erdington rental, replaced for the landlord with a wall-hung Baxi 400 combi: the floor-standing boiler and its built-in hot water store taken out, a Sentinel magnetic filter and a scale reducer fitted, the system flushed, and the new vertical flue supported through the ceiling void to the roof. Read the case study, with photos.
A 17-year-old Worcester Greenstar Ri in Solihull with a failed main heat exchanger, replaced like for like with a new Greenstar Ri ErP 18kW in the same kitchen cupboard: new flue, Worcester magnetic filter on the return, system cleaned and dosed, and the 10-year guarantee registered on the day. Read the case study, with photos.
A Great Barr home whose boiler had reached the end of the repair-or-replace argument: old appliance out, new boiler in, system tested and commissioned the same day.
Two written-up jobs show how we approach replacement. A leaking unvented cylinder in Wolverhampton was surveyed, quoted and replaced by our G3 engineers to current standards. A Greenstar Ri in Walsall that the customer had been told to replace was repaired with two parts instead, because the numbers did not justify a new boiler. When they do, we will show you both prices side by side.
An emergency replacement in Handsworth Wood — the old boiler was beyond repair, so we fitted a new Worcester Bosch quickly rather than leaving the household without heat, then tested and commissioned it as thoroughly as any planned install.
£1,999
Combi swap, fitted£1,999
Combi swap, fitted£2,199
Combi swap, fitted
£2,699
Combi swap, fitted£2,699
Combi swap, fitted£2,899
Combi swap, fitted| Job | Price |
|---|---|
| Baxi / Main Eco Compact — combi swap (5 yr warranty) | £1,999 |
| Worcester Greenstar 1000 — combi swap (5 yr warranty) | £1,999 |
| Baxi 600 — combi swap (7 yr warranty) | £2,199 |
| Worcester Greenstar 4000 — combi swap (10 yr warranty) | £2,699 |
| Vaillant ecoTEC plus — combi swap (10 yr warranty) | £2,699 |
| Worcester Greenstar 8000 — combi swap (10 yr warranty) | £2,899 |
| Conversion to combi (from system/open vent) | from £2,699 |
Combi swap prices are the price for the job as described, with the new boiler in the same position as the old one; the "from" conversion price is a starting point. Every installation is confirmed in writing after a free survey, before any work starts. No travel charge within 10 miles of B20 2JS; further out, £2 per mile may apply, agreed before booking. How our prices work.
From £1,999 fitted
Free survey and written quote. Combi swaps in the same position from £1,999 fitted (depends on the boiler); conversions to a combi from £2,699. Non-standard work is quoted and agreed before we start.
No travel charge within 10 miles of B20 2JS. Further out, £2 per mile may apply — always agreed before anything is booked.
A like-for-like combi swap starts at £1,999 fitted with a Baxi/Main Eco Compact or Worcester Greenstar 1000, and runs to £2,899 for a Worcester Greenstar 8000. Converting from an old cylinder system to a combi starts at £2,699. All prices include flue, wireless thermostat, magnetic filter and chemicals.
A straight combi swap in the same position is a one-day job. A conversion from a cylinder system, or a move to a different room, normally takes two days.
Yes, though it adds cost because gas, water, condensate and flue all have to be re-run. Kitchen-to-loft and kitchen-to-utility moves are the ones we do most often. We will price it at the survey.
Manufacturers can refuse a claim if the system was not cleaned properly. That is why a magnetic filter, cleanser and inhibitor are in every one of our quotes as standard, and why we sometimes insist on a power flush first.
Yes. Removal and disposal of the old appliance and all packaging is included.
We notify Building Regulations for you through Gas Safe Register and the certificate is posted to your address, usually within two weeks.
We cover Birmingham and the surrounding towns. Pick your area for local detail.
£99 in office hours: diagnosis + first hour
From £95
£90 (boiler + cooker)
£99 (Mon–Fri 8am–5.30pm)
From £99 in office hours
From £550, up to 10 radiators
Call or WhatsApp us to arrange a free survey. You get the price in writing before any work starts.