My neighbours are all having new boilers. Should I?

Possibly, and it is not a coincidence. Estates built in the same couple of years had their original boilers fitted within months of each other, so they reach the end of their lives together. If yours is fifteen years old and starting to need parts, you are on the same clock. That said, a working boiler with life left in it is worth keeping, and we will say so

Can we convert the bungalow to a combi and lose the tank?

Usually yes, and it is one of the most popular jobs here. The loft tank and cylinder come out and the airing cupboard comes back, which in a bungalow is real storage. The caveat is showers — a combi cannot serve two at once, so if that matters a system boiler and an unvented cylinder is the better answer

Is the plastic pipework in these houses a problem?

Not in itself. Early plastic push-fit was used on a lot of the nineties builds and it is fine left alone — it is disturbing it that causes trouble. It matters for the quote because it changes how the job is approached, which is why it is worth establishing at the survey rather than on the first morning

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Taverham and Thorpe Marriott are estate country, and estates built in the same few years need boilers in the same few years. If your neighbours are replacing theirs, that is why

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Covering: Taverham NR8, Thorpe Marriott, Sandy Lane, Fir Covert Road
Price: Written and fixed after a free survey
Common here: Original estate boilers, all expiring together
Bungalows: Vented cylinder to combi frees the airing cupboard
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Why the whole street needs one at once

A street built in 1988 tends to need new boilers in the same few years, because the original units all went in within months of each other and they all reach the end of their span together. It is why Taverham quotes tend to arrive in clusters, and why your neighbour having one done is a reasonable prompt to look at yours

The upside is that these are usually the straightforward jobs. A fifteen-year-old combi coming off the wall for a new one is a single day, the pipework is where you would expect it, and there is no tank to remove. That is the cheapest version of this job there is

Bungalows, cylinders and early plastic pipe

Plenty of the Taverham and Thorpe Marriott bungalows still run a vented cylinder with a cold tank in the loft. Converting to a combi frees the airing cupboard and gets rid of the tank, which on a bungalow is often the whole reason people do it — that cupboard is a meaningful amount of storage in a single-storey house

One thing to know before anyone starts lifting floors: a lot of the nineties builds here were first-fixed in early plastic push-fit. It is perfectly fine until it is disturbed, and it does not always take kindly to being worked around. It is worth knowing it is under there before the job is priced rather than after

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