Ballycotton, Co. Cork
Gas boiler replacement in Ballycotton, Co. Cork
County Cork: 39.2% of homes here are heated by oil.
Whether this needs a licence in Ireland
Licence required
Registered Gas Installer (RGI)
Registered Gas Installer (RGI), issued or supervised by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Ask for the registration number before the work starts and check it on the public register. Check the register: www.rgi.ie
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Gas boiler replacement: what the job involves
Removing an old gas boiler and installing and commissioning a new condensing boiler, with its flue, condensate drain and controls, by a Registered Gas Installer. It is also the moment to decide whether a heat pump is the better replacement.
How long it takes: A like-for-like swap usually takes one to two days; converting from a regular boiler to a combi or moving the boiler can take three or more.
The full guide to gas boiler replacement — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.
What gas boiler replacement in Ballycotton costs, and why
What jobs on Talqero came to
Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.
What affects the price
- Like-for-like swap, or a change of type or location
- Flue route and whether a new hole or a plume kit is needed
- Gas pipe size between meter and boiler
- Removing old tanks and the cylinder, and capping pipework
- Boiler make, output and warranty length
- VAT: work on a home is charged at the reduced 13.5% rate by a VAT-registered business, unless materials exceed two-thirds of the price; ask whether the quote includes it
- VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.
County Cork: what the figures say
39.2% of homes in County Cork are heated by oil — close to the national figure of 38.9%, the 24th highest of the 26 counties.
Where an oil boiler is replaced by a heat pump, SEAI’s heat pump grant includes €2,000 for removing it; until then, an oil boiler needs its annual service like any other.
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Rules and grants for gas boiler replacement
The rules in Ireland
Only a Registered Gas Installer (RGI) may install, replace, repair or service a gas appliance or gas pipework, and they must leave you a Declaration of Conformance.
- The rule comes from the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 and is run for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities by Safe Energy Ireland.
- For every gas job the RGI must complete a Declaration of Conformance certificate and give you the original copy straight away; it confirms the work meets I.S. 813.
- Every RGI carries a photo ID card numbered R followed by four digits, renewed each year. Check it on the register at rgi.ie.
- Oil boilers are not covered by a statutory register; ask for experience with your make of boiler and a combustion analysis printout after a service.
What to ask before you choose
- For gas: may I see your RGI card, and will you leave a Declaration of Conformance?
- What exactly does the service include — combustion analysis, nozzle, filters?
- Is the part in stock, and what is the warranty on it?
- For a heat pump: are you on SEAI’s contractor register, and who does the technical assessment?
- Is VAT included?
What the work usually involves
- Annual oil and gas boiler services
- Power flushing a sludged heating system
- New radiators, valves and thermostatic controls
- Diagnosing a boiler that will not fire
What to put in your task
- The fuel: oil, natural gas or LPG
- The make and rough age of the boiler, from its label
- What is happening — no heat, no hot water, noise, a leak
- When the boiler was last serviced, if you know
County Cork in figures
Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.
Gas boiler replacement · Ballycotton
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