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Trading in Oxfordshire for 8 years. Business Awards winner of 2016 and National Energy Efficiency Awards 2017 finalist.
If your boiler is leaking, making strange sounds or simply outdated and inefficient, it might be the right time to replace it with a new boiler. Give Glow Green a call, we cover Oxford and nearby areas such as Cowley, Didcot, Banbury, Abingdon and Bicester – in fact, the whole Oxfordshire and beyond. We are a company that originates from the South West but in the recent years we’ve expanded rapidly to a national coverage, which allows us to provide fast and efficient boiler replacement service in Oxford.
To book your new boiler replacement in Oxfordshire with Glow Green, call 0330 113 9488 or fill out our quick quote form below. We are going to send out a surveyor who is going to inspect your current central heating system and provide a free no-obligation quote reflecting the current situation.
Alternatively, if you’re too busy to accommodate a surveyor, we can do a detailed survey over the phone, however, in this case you will also have to send us photos of your boiler, flue and other central heating parts so we see the whole picture of the current setup and can give you an accurate quote.
All our customer consultants, surveyors and heating engineers are fully trained and we pride ourselves on the high standard service that our staff provide. We train our employees and only pick the best ones, so you can always be sure of a pleasant, jargon-free experience when talking to Glow Green staff over the phone or in person.
Our engineers are Gas Safe registered, our Gas Safe number is 527995. Today it is a legal requirement in the UK for any gas engineer to carry a valid up to date Gas Safe card. Nevertheless, up to 10% of the installations are still carried out by cowboys. Oxfordshire is not an exception. Recently, a landlord who kept HMO student flats in Oxford was fined a significant amount of money for carrying out boiler service by an unregistered engineer and not providing a landlord certificate. As a result the students who lived at the property ended up in the hospital with a serious carbon monoxide poisoning.
If you’re renting a property in Oxford, always ask for a copy of the landlord’s current gas safety certificate and make sure he updates it on a yearly basis.
Another company near Oxford was fined more than £6,000 last year for carrying out illegal gas work. Despite the fines and public shaming, these incidents still happen and sub standard work on boiler installations by illegal engineers still go on causing serious issues and giving a bad name to engineers who invest time and money in their career and keep their registration up to date and improving their knowledge by attending qualification courses regularly.
Finding boiler installers who take their career seriously is not always easy, however, we have done a pretty good job at forimg a team that we can be proud of.
Only use a Gas Safe registered engineers. Check the engineer’s Gas Safe ID card and pay particular attention to expiry dates and qualifications. Illegal gas work puts lives and households at risk. Around 20% jobs investigated by the Gas Safe Register representatives are found to be seriously dangerous. It is important for landlords and tenants to only ever use Gas Safe registered engineers to fit or fix their new boilers, be it in a domestic or commercial environment.
Every Gas Safe registered engineer has an ID card which shows who they are and the type of work they are qualified to carry out. Customers should ask to see this card and check the engineer is qualified to do the job he’s arrived to do.
A year later, it was announced that the plan of building 2,000 affordable homes in Oxford is going to go ahead and public sector companies are going to be involved. This is good news for Glow Green as this may mean more new boilers to install in Oxford. This, however, is not going to happen overnight.
The current expansion plan is set out over a period of 5 years. It is likely that the main site for the new building works will be within the Cherwell district, which has the most suitable brownfield sites anywhere in Oxfordshire. This is a multi-billion plan. Only the academic facility expansion plan has been estimated to be worth £1.5 billion. At least the same amount, if not more, will be spent on new housing stock.
Although this will alleviate the students of being locked into expensive tenancy agreements, it’s unlikely to affect the housing prices in Oxford. They are constanly on the rise, even when the rest of the UK is stagnating. Right now the last 12 month have seen a 1.8% increase in Oxford property prices, which is over the UK’s average of 1.7%. The average house price in Oxford is £409,900 and it is out of reach for the majority of its inhabitants, that’s why the rental market remains strong.
Oxford’s housing situatin is a sideeffect to its financial success. It’s got lots of jobs attracting brain from elsewhere in the UK and abroad, the only question is – for how long can it sustain this growth. Today there are approximately 155,000 inhabitants in Oxford, which is not a lot for a city, however, its city status doesn’t mean it’s made of rubber. Oxford is not a big place and it is under a lot of strain from its financial sucess and this relates to all aspects of life – housing, public services, transport etc.
Actually, let us hit you with some mind-blowing numbers. The current expansion plan for the 5 years ahead include 2,000 new homes. Why 2,000? Because that’s how many homes you can fit on Oxford’s available brownfield sites. There would be further space for 9,000 homes on city’s greenbelt, however, the locals are not keen on building on their greenbelt for obvious reasons. However, for Oxford to remain competitive and sustain it’s economic growth (and that of Oxford University), it need 30,000 new homes!
That is just not going to happen. What is the solution? Is Oxford going to grow up? Whichever way it is, it’s clear that there will always be demand for trades such as boiler installation, plumbing and electrical work. Heating engineers based around Oxfordshire can breathe a sigh of relief – their services will be in high demand for many years to come.
Boiler Prices in Oxford
To give you a rough estimate, we’ve compiled some pricing date in the table below. Since every house is different and there are numerous factors that can influence the final price, these should be treated as a guide only. Following details may affect your final boiler installation price:
- Gas piping upgrades to 22mm
- Installing a condensation pipe
- Extra flue parts or converting to vertical flue
- Number of radiators to flush
- If the boiler needs a new fuse spur
- Asbestos to remove
- Scaffolding required to reach the flue
- Extra hot and cold feeds
- Moving boiler location
| Boiler | Combi to Combi swap | Conventional to Combi swap |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester Bosch 25i | £1,939.80 | £2,522.80 |
| Worcester Bosch 25SI | £2,051.10 | £2,628.80 |
| Worcester Bosch 30i | £2,061.70 | £2,639.40 |
| Worcester Bosch 28 CDI compact | £2,114.70 | £2,647.88 |
| Worcester Bosch 30SI | £2,157.10 | £2,647.88 |
| Worcester Bosch 32 CDI compact | £2,226.00 | £2,862.00 |
| Worcester Bosh 29 CDI | £2,226.00 | £2,860.94 |
| Worcester Bosch 36 CDI compact | £2,337.30 | £2,904.40 |
| Worcester Bosh 34 CDI | £2,337.30 | £2,904.40 |
| Worcester Bosh 38 CDI | £2,586.40 | £3,042.20 |
| Worcester Bosh 42 CDI | £2,809.00 | £3,280.70 |
| Greenstar 8000 Life 30kW White | £2,862.00 | £3,710.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Life 35kW White | £2,968.00 | £3,816.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Style 30kW Combi Black | £3,074.00 | £3,816.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Style 35kW Combi Black | £3,127.00 | £3,869.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Life 40kW White | £3,174.70 | £4,022.70 |
| Worcester Bosch Greenstar Highflow 440CDi | £3,227.70 | £3,286.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Life 45kW White | £3,286.00 | £4,028.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Style 40kW Combi Black | £3,498.00 | £4,234.70 |
| Greenstar 8000 Life 50kW White | £3,498.00 | £4,234.70 |
| Greenstar 8000 Style 45kW Combi Black | £3,604.00 | £4,346.00 |
| Worcester Bosch Greenstar Highflow 550CDi | £3,646.40 | £3,922.00 |
| Greenstar 8000 Style 50kW Combi Black | £3,710.00 | £4,452.00 |
Boiler Finance
Most of our customers in Oxfordshire choose finance as a convenient way to pay for their heating system upgrade. Compare two of our offers – a 10-year 9.9% APR interest bearing credit to a 2-year 0% APR boiler finance.
| New boiler on finance | 120 month fixed finance at 9.9% APR | 24 month 0% finance |
|---|---|---|
| Installation cost | £2,226.00 | £2,226.00 |
| Deposit | £1,000 | £1,000 |
| Finance amount | £1,226.00 | £1,226.00 |
| Monthly payments | £15.85 | £51.08 |
| Amount of Interest | £676.26 | £0 |
| Total cost | £2,902.26 | £2,226.00 |
††Estimated figures based on installing a new A-rated condensing boiler with a programmer, room thermostat and thermostatic radiator controls (TRVs) in a gas-heated detached home from an older boiler without controls. Savings will vary depending on the size and thermal performance of your home. Correct as at May 2015. Source: Energy Saving Trust.
*Representative Example: Cash Price £2,100. Deposit Payable £1,327. Total Amount of Credit £773. Total Interest £425.80. Total Amount Repayable £2,525.80 Repayable by 120 monthly instalments of £9.99. Representative 9.9% APR (fixed). Rate of Interest 9.9% a year (fixed). Duration of Agreement 120 months. Subject to Status.
**The 12 year warranty is only available for customers who have a Worcester Bosch boiler supplied and fitted by Glow Green Ltd and is subject to a Glow Care 100 service contract for the 12 year period.