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Message: [QUOTE="bfs3, post: 4414994, member: 10189"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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