Home boiler cost

[XLCenterFan]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

 

[8893]

I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000.

Because he saw that you were handing out full-size candy bars.

 

[dvegas]

I gotta do my HVAC. Replacing 2009 unit. Nuts no more "unit cost, plus parts and hourly labor" Everything priced as a package now (every contractor I've talked to), price not even guaranteed if "unforseen issues and/or parts). Scam, plus it incentivices them to rush through the job

 

[TerryBoyz]

I had a combination boiler & hot water “device” installed about a year ago for natural gas. I paid much less than $12k but it isn’t a Bosch.
Generally speaking I noticed some variation in quotes after I confirmed the scope of work was the same.
Also check link below for a possible rebate and financing. I also got 1%.
Hope that helps!

Rebates and Incentives | EnergizeCT

Find information on Rebates and Incentives to help save money and improve your home.

energizect.com

 

[Minicoop69]

I replaced 2 Furnaces and 2 AC units at my house in 2020. The cost was about $22,000. I didn't go with top of the line, I went with Bryant. Basically the same as Carrier, but not as pricey.

I talked with them a couple of weeks ago about something else and they said that those units this year would cost upwards of $27,000 to install. Nuts how crazy things have gotten.

 

[UConnKev]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

We just replaced furnace, hot water heater, and a/c for a 2800 sq foot house. It ran us about 26k. We went with Bosch and like it quite a bit.

 

[auror]

Did a natural gas install last year (taking it inside from outside, running pipe to stove across basement ceiling, new boiler connected to existing hot water tank) and it was somewhere 12-15k outside Boston.

 

[NJHusky]

I replaced 2 Furnaces and 2 AC units at my house in 2020. The cost was about $22,000. I didn't go with top of the line, I went with Bryant. Basically the same as Carrier, but not as pricey.

I talked with them a couple of weeks ago about something else and they said that those units this year would cost upwards of $27,000 to install. Nuts how crazy things have gotten.

I wonder if the inflation info gives companies license to just increase prices as they wish. I bought a 6’ slider last year…very nice with wood inside and vinyl out. 1600. This past June I bought a 5ft all vinyl cheaper construction from the Same co for 1550. I went to write a review in august after install and it was 2k. That’s 25% in 2 months. Does they mean inflation is really 150%?

 

[HuskyHawk]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

Get more quotes. Buderus is a top brand. $12k sounds way too high, especially if you don't have an indirect fired hot water tank in that price. Do you have Gas or Oil?

 

[Minicoop69]

I wonder if the inflation info gives companies license to just increase prices as they wish. I bought a 6’ slider last year…very nice with wood inside and vinyl out. 1600. This past June I bought a 5ft all vinyl cheaper construction from the Same co for 1550. I went to write a review in august after install and it was 2k. That’s 25% in 2 months. Does they mean inflation is really 150%?

I don't know the real inflation #, but in my experience and what I have had to buy it is closer to 20-25%, not the 8% that is being talked about. I'm a teacher and I don't expect my salary to increase to keep up and we are struggling right now with everything.

 

[storrsroars]

This thread gives me more appreciation that my brother went to trade school and became a certified HVAC.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Get more quotes. Buderus is a top brand. $12k sounds way too high, especially if you don't have an indirect fired hot water tank in that price. Do you have Gas or Oil?

Gas

 

[Chantry1101]

This summer with State Line in Granby - all work, and took old unit out - this is for 2,300+ sq foot house, 2 zones, this has the capability to add more if we wanted, this is for the boiler and hot water heater
this is direct vent - we don't use our chimney anymore and it works great - 4 kids (14,18, 20 and 22) who take long showers
1) Energy Kinetics System 2000 EK-1R 91% Oil fired boiler with energy manager
2) 40-gallon hot water storage tank w/ plate exchanger
3) Caleffi fast-acting zone valve and circulators
4) Mounted Air Box for Quiet Operation
5) Caleffi automatic water feeder and backflow valve
6) Tiger Loop with run to current oil tank within basement
7) Sensors, operating controls, and limits
8) Safety relief valves, American made ball valves, and purge station
9) Copper pipe and fittings
10) Energy Kinetics Fresh Air Intake and sidewall ventilation kit
11) Electrical
12) Micron oil filter with vacuum gauge
13) Labor
14) Necessary tax and permits
15) Startup and test
All work provided comes with the State Line Oil and Propane 1 year no hassle warranty. This boiler comes with a 20-year limit lifetime factory warranty.
Total: $16,543.00
We used the energize CT loan program - paid about $3500 up front and the rest over 10 years for 0.99% interest as part of our Eversource electricity bill.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

That sounds like it's in the ballpark of somewhat reasonable quotes. My brother in law does plumbing/heating.

Don't get me started on current lumber/composite decking costs...

 

[Stinger92860]

I am considering a conversion from oil to propane for HWBB. I’ll also go with spot water heaters. Anyone here try this?

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Get more quotes. Buderus is a top brand. $12k sounds way too high, especially if you don't have an indirect fired hot water tank in that price. Do you have Gas or Oil?

'$12k sounds way too high,'
absolutely. thank you for being a bit of fresh air.
2000 sqft house, absent unusual circumstances, calls for around a 60kbtu box, tho sum may boost that to around 80kbtu. whatever.
that kind of box has a price of between 2k to 5k for a host of good quality choices that should last a dozen or more years, while the gold plated stuff might make it to 15 years.
but for some products squeezed by tight supply, many manufactured products have been coming down, hard, in price recently. word up.
on the udder hand, last month the northeast sent out an sos for diesel/heating oil supply (real bad), and just yesterday eversource sent out another sos on gas supply (real bad).

not at all interested in hearing the whines on carbon inflation since many of youse brought this on the rest of us by your leadership choices.
why, just last week, the germans announced that they're tearing down a wind farm so a coal mine can expand. look it up.
anyway, normal thinking all around, a 2k sqft house needing a heat only boiler should be around $5k to $7k, all in.
keep looking until you hear that price from a normal source. thankfully, Connecticut is swimming in quality heating professionals. like, almost on every block swimming.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

I recommend checking with the Purdue forum.

 

[8893]

I recommend checking with the Purdue forum.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

and, for those hard of thinking on the 'manufactured products' prices going down, hard, just think aboot boilers. home boilers. lessee here, add the six, subtract the 2, multiply by the coefficient of friction, add plancs constant, ..... right now, new home construction is falling by hundreds of thousands on an annual basis.
that's a lot of boilers. not.
math is our friend.

i didn't know it, but i was recently informed that i needed a new office chair. 'ratty' was the operative word from someone not named me. my standards are low, and a plain old folding chair is fine by me, or an upside down garbage pail or block of wood works fine. anyway, so informed of my 'urgent' need, i hit wallyworld online, and scored a sweet one for $98 all in (had to asssemble it, mebbe 15 minutes).
it was $300 last year. work from home an all that back then, methinks.

 

[bmayuc]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

I did an ondemand natural gas navien system to replace an old oil boiler (baseboard water heat), 2500 sq foot house, paid 7600 total and got like 1000 back from the state (MA) for incenties. 2 years ago.

 

[Conndog]

Thanks for posting all this information. Up in NH, we are replacing old oil burning steam boiler with yet to be decided system. Have 2 story expanded brick cape with poor insulation. Put in heat pump system upstairs with AC so good there. Downstairs, wife wants radiant heat but in the ceiling panels if possible, hot water radiant not electric wire, with likely a propane boiler for the hot water. If we have to, we can do in-floor radiant heat. She doesn't want to have to replace the floors is why ceiling radiant is her preference, but no plumbers near us have ever done radiant that way.

Were it up to me, I'd just replace the old steam boiler with a new steam boiler, keep and clean out the existing steam radiators or replace them with new ones, and be done with it.

Unfortunately, right now we are also digging a new well, old one is kaput. Insurance is kicking in some money but we will have to see how deep they dig to get final bill.

 

[bluestreak]

What should I be spending to have an old boiler replaced and new one installed? I already have a separate hot water heater, and my house is under 2000 square feet. I had a guy come out yesterday and quoted me on putting in a Bosch (top of the line) for about $12,000. Does this sound right? Asking for 10% down and then can finance the rest for only 1%, drawn out up to 12 years.

I'm dealing with a very similar need. I have an old oil fired boiler that I want to replace with a gas boiler. The first contractor looked it over and gave me some round numbers starting at 14k. Then he never followed up with a real quote. Still searching out some final quotes. Very interested in this thread.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I did an ondemand natural gas navien system to replace an old oil boiler (baseboard water heat), 2500 sq foot house, paid 7600 total and got like 1000 back from the state (MA) for incenties. 2 years ago.

How did you switch to Gas? Despite living 1/4 mile from a gas line, they won't run it to our neighborhood.

 

[BigTenFan]

This summer with State Line in Granby - all work, and took old unit out - this is for 2,300+ sq foot house, 2 zones, this has the capability to add more if we wanted, this is for the boiler and hot water heater
this is direct vent - we don't use our chimney anymore and it works great - 4 kids (14,18, 20 and 22) who take long showers
1) Energy Kinetics System 2000 EK-1R 91% Oil fired boiler with energy manager
2) 40-gallon hot water storage tank w/ plate exchanger
3) Caleffi fast-acting zone valve and circulators
4) Mounted Air Box for Quiet Operation
5) Caleffi automatic water feeder and backflow valve
6) Tiger Loop with run to current oil tank within basement
7) Sensors, operating controls, and limits
8) Safety relief valves, American made ball valves, and purge station
9) Copper pipe and fittings
10) Energy Kinetics Fresh Air Intake and sidewall ventilation kit
11) Electrical
12) Micron oil filter with vacuum gauge
13) Labor
14) Necessary tax and permits
15) Startup and test
All work provided comes with the State Line Oil and Propane 1 year no hassle warranty. This boiler comes with a 20-year limit lifetime factory warranty.
Total: $16,543.00
We used the energize CT loan program - paid about $3500 up front and the rest over 10 years for 0.99% interest as part of our Eversource electricity bill.

I put in the System 2000 unit also- my oil guy recommended it. Best money I ever spent on my house. Paid for itself in 3 years

 

[uconnfan68]

How did you switch to Gas? Despite living 1/4 mile from a gas line, they won't run it to our neighborhood.

They will… at about $100/ft.

 

[Yardigan]

Unfortunately, right now we are also digging a new well, old one is kaput. Insurance is kicking in some money but we will have to see how deep they dig to get final bill.

Went through a well issue when we lived in CT.....had to find the head (or whatever it's called) of it underground because there was no record of it, then pull up and replace all of the pipe (it was cracked and apparently, running the pump almost all of the time to keep the prime. It wasn't til we shut everything off to do some electrical work that it wouldn't prime). The guy that did the replacement, left all of the plastic pipe for me to dispose of. I told my wife, while the lawn was all dug up....I should cut up that pipe, lay it facing in various directions and bury it, as a fun prank for next owner/next time. But she's a lot nicer than me, so we properly disposed of the pipe and let the town hall know where the head of the well was for future owners....

 

[Poe]

Paid $17,300 one year ago for a new oil furnace and AC. 3000 sq. ft. house in Fairfield County.

 

[Dove]

Paid $17,300 one year ago for a new oil furnace and AC. 3000 sq. ft. house in Fairfield County.

Fairfield County? Damn, I so wanted to Post/Handle your reply.

 

[bfs3]

'$12k sounds way too high,'
absolutely. thank you for being a bit of fresh air.
2000 sqft house, absent unusual circumstances, calls for around a 60kbtu box, tho sum may boost that to around 80kbtu. whatever.
that kind of box has a price of between 2k to 5k for a host of good quality choices that should last a dozen or more years, while the gold plated stuff might make it to 15 years.
but for some products squeezed by tight supply, many manufactured products have been coming down, hard, in price recently. word up.
on the udder hand, last month the northeast sent out an sos for diesel/heating oil supply (real bad), and just yesterday eversource sent out another sos on gas supply (real bad).

not at all interested in hearing the whines on carbon inflation since many of youse brought this on the rest of us by your leadership choices.
why, just last week, the germans announced that they're tearing down a wind farm so a coal mine can expand. look it up.
anyway, normal thinking all around, a 2k sqft house needing a heat only boiler should be around $5k to $7k, all in.
keep looking until you hear that price from a normal source. thankfully, Connecticut is swimming in quality heating professionals. like, almost on every block swimming.

As someone who sells HVAC for a living, a Boiler can cost between $6800-$25,000 from the same company. A Bosch boiler is going to be 95% efficient. It requires a number of changes and additional work more so than installing a standard $6800 gas single zone 80% efficient boiler. Oil boilers are significantly more expensive compared to their gas equivalent. High Efficiency gas and propane boilers are more expensive and they bypass the need to connect to your chimney. Gas is very acidic and codes address what kind of liner you must have to keep it from crumbling over time. 90% and above Boilers/Furnaces direct vent out using PVC.

Square footage of the home isn’t that important when it comes to price unless it’s an unusually large home. Boilers come in many sizes. Air Conditioning and Furnaces however due depend on the square footage much more so than for boilers. Number of zones is very important for boiler pricing. There are also several combinations of water heaters that range from $0-$7800. Combi boilers will give you tankless hot water but only provide about 3.8 Gallons per minute. Indirect water heaters last 50 years but they’re an additional cost.

$12,000 for a Bosch High Efficiency 2 zone combi boiler is a GOOD price. Especially if you’re converting from an 80% boiler to a 95%. Unfortunately your average home owner has no idea what it should cost, the code requirements and what you’re being offered.

For example: there’s gas and oil Steam Boilers. I sold one in West Hartford a couple years ago for $25k. Why? It needed to be disassembled and reassembled to get it into the basement. The house was 3000 sq feet and 1 zone. We were the lowest price he found.

Another house was a single zone gas boiler with a standard 85% efficiency . This costs about $7500 for a good brand and $6800 for a generic.

I’ve sold HVAC for 14 years, unfortunately I’m no longer in CT. The best thing you can do is call 3 reputable companies. Ask questions. The one you trust the most and clearly tells you what you’re getting is the correct one to choose. Remember this isn’t a refrigerator. Craftsmanship is the difference between a 25 year boiler and a 3 year boiler. I see both getting replaced every day. Focus on price first and you’ll either get lucky or you’ll pay to do it twice.

 

[bmayuc]

How did you switch to Gas? Despite living 1/4 mile from a gas line, they won't run it to our neighborhood.

Had gas on my street. Mass law is that if gas is on your street the utility is required to cover all costs to run gas to the home if you want to switch from oil.