New gas boilers fitted by a Gas Safe registered engineer in Godstone, with straight answers on which boiler suits your home and what the job involves.
Our Services
Boiler Installation & Replacement
About This Service
Picking the right new boiler for your home
When a boiler is old, unreliable or costing too much to run, the hard part is knowing what to replace it with. A like-for-like swap is often the simplest answer, but sometimes a different type of boiler, or a new hot water cylinder, will serve your household better.
BCU Plumbing has been trading since 2015. We're Gas Safe registered plumbing and heating engineers based in Godstone, serving Oxted, Caterham and Redhill and the surrounding area.
Our Process
How It Works
01
Discuss Your Requirements
Start with honest, expert advice based on your property, heating needs and project size. Options include Vaillant, Ideal, Glow-worm and Worcester Bosch boilers.
02
Installation or Replacement
Once the right option has been agreed, the boiler installation or replacement is completed with professional workmanship for homes, commercial premises and property managers.
03
Workmanship Protection
Your completed installation is covered by a 12 months workmanship guarantee, giving you clear protection once the work is finished.
Benefits
Registered, approved and trading since 2015
Gas Safe registered
Our Gas Safe Register number is 587546, so you can check us on the Gas Safe Register before any work starts.
Vaillant Approved installer
We're Vaillant Approved and also fit Ideal, Glow-worm and Worcester Bosch boilers, so the boiler is matched to your home rather than to one brand.
Every kind of gas boiler job
We fit combi, system and conventional boilers, including conversions and unvented cylinders.
Customers who come back
Many of our boiler customers return to us for their yearly service.
Which type of boiler suits your home
Combi boiler. Heats water straight from the mains when you turn on a tap, so there's no hot water cylinder or loft tank. It suits flats and homes with one bathroom and good mains pressure, but it can struggle to run two showers at once.
System boiler. Heats a hot water cylinder, usually in an airing cupboard, with no tank in the loft. It suits homes with two or more bathrooms. Paired with an unvented cylinder, it gives mains-pressure hot water to every tap at once.
Conventional boiler. Also called a regular or heat-only boiler, it works with a cylinder and a cold water tank in the loft. It suits older homes with low mains pressure, or older pipework that wouldn't cope with higher pressure.
The deciding factors are how many bathrooms you use at the same time, your mains water pressure and flow, and whether there's room for a cylinder. We check all three before recommending a boiler.
What affects the cost of a new boiler
The type of job makes the biggest difference to the price, more than the boiler itself.
Like-for-like swap. A new boiler in the same place, using the same flue route, is usually the least costly job.
Swap with a move or new flue route. Moving the boiler, or running the flue a different way, adds pipework and time.
Conventional to combi conversion. The loft tanks and hot water cylinder come out and the old pipework is capped off.
System boiler with an unvented cylinder. The biggest job, because the cylinder and its safety pipework are fitted as well as the boiler.
Other things that move the number: the boiler's brand, size and warranty length; your mains water flow, which decides whether a combi will cope; the size of the gas pipe from your meter, as a new boiler sometimes needs a larger one; where the flue can go; and the condition of your radiators and pipework. We price each job once we've seen it, so your quote shows exactly what's included.
Repair or replace your boiler
A repair usually makes sense when your boiler is under ten years old and the fault is a one-off. Replacing it is often better value when the boiler is over fifteen years old, keeps breaking down, needs parts that are no longer made, or isn't a condensing boiler. We do boiler repairs as well, so if fixing your boiler is the better choice, we'll tell you.
What customers say about their new boilers
"Had a combi boiler fitted and the old stuff taken away. Friendly, professional, got the job done quickly and with little mess. Highly recommended." Suzanne, Google
"Bradley is a very professional plumber and I would recommend him. He replaced my old icos boiler, noisy shower pump and small hot water tank with a new Worcester boiler and unvented cylinder relocated in the garage along with a nest thermostat, new radiator and power flush. My heating and hot water is running very well now and the new system is totally silent. He also fixed some bathroom tiles for me and fitted a new shower." Alex,
FAQ
Questions about a new boiler
BCU Plumbing fits Vaillant, Ideal, Glow-worm and Worcester Bosch boilers. Advice is available to help you consider the options for your installation or replacement.
Yes. Boiler installation and replacement work comes with a 12 months workmanship guarantee.
Yes. The service is based in South Godstone and available across all of Surrey, Kent & London.
It depends on the type of job more than the boiler. A like-for-like combi swap costs least, while moving the boiler, converting to a combi or adding an unvented cylinder all add work.
A straight combi swap is usually finished in a day. Changing the type of boiler or moving it typically takes two to three days, because of the extra pipework and, for conversions, removing tanks and a cylinder. We'll tell you how long your job will take before we start.
We complete the Benchmark commissioning checklist in your boiler's manual and notify the installation through Gas Safe, who then send you a Building Regulations compliance certificate. Keep both, as you'll need them for warranty claims and when you sell your home.
Talk to us about your new boiler
Tell us about your current boiler and your home, and we'll recommend the right replacement and explain what the job involves.