Boiler Installation in Bath by Local Gas Safe Engineers

Bath has some of the most varied housing stock in the country, from Grade I listed Georgian terraces to converted Victorian semis and modern purpose-built flats. We install boilers in all of them, every single week.

Georgian terraces are our most common job in Bath. Space is often tight, original pipework can be narrow or corroded, and flue routes need careful planning around windows, neighbours, and listed building considerations. We plan every job thoroughly before we lift a tool.

Victorian semis usually still have an old gravity-fed system, with a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and a tank in the loft. Upgrading these to a modern combi or system boiler means rerouting pipework, decommissioning the tank, and balancing the radiators so the whole house heats evenly. It’s a bigger job but we do it every week.

Flats need particular attention to flue positioning and building regulations. We always find a compliant route, whether that’s through an external wall, into a communal shaft, or up through a roof, and we deal with management companies and building managers directly where needed.

No loft? No issue. Cupboard installs and utility room boilers are routine for us. We work within tight spaces and always leave the area cleaner than we found it.

Bath neighbourhoods we cover

We fit boilers right across the city. A few of the areas we work in, and what we usually find there:

• Bathwick — Georgian townhouses on Great Pulteney Street and Bathwick Hill, Victorian villas near the canal — much of it listed or in the conservation area.
• Bear Flat — Edwardian and Victorian terraces on the slopes up Wellsway, solid stone and brick with period features.
• Combe Down — Honey-coloured Bath stone cottages and Georgian and Victorian terraces high on the hill, with a village feel.
• Lambridge — Victorian terraces and period villas along the London Road, much of it built well before modern insulation.
• Lansdown — Grand Georgian terraces and crescents on the northern slopes, plus Victorian villas and newer homes higher up.
• Larkhall — Victorian artisan terraces and cottages — tight spaces, solid walls and pipework that’s often decades old.
• Newbridge — Mostly 1930s semis and terraces on the western edge of the city, many now ready for their next boiler.
• Odd Down — Interwar and post-war family housing on the southern plateau, with plenty of heating systems that have done their time.
• Twerton — Victorian and Edwardian terraces built for mill and railway workers, plus interwar, post-war and newer housing.
• Weston — Georgian and Victorian stone properties in the old village core, with interwar and post-war semis further out.
• Whiteway — Interwar and post-war semis and terraces on the hill above Twerton.
• Widcombe — Georgian and Victorian terraces climbing the valley by the canal, much of it in the conservation area.

Also Oldfield Park and Southdown. Not sure we cover your street? Call or WhatsApp 01225 970248.

Most heating companies make you ask for a quote before they’ll tell you anything about price. We’d rather you knew roughly what to expect before you even pick up the phone.

• Combi boiler swap (like-for-like): £3,000 to £4,000
• System or regular boiler installation: £3,000 to £4,200
• Back boiler conversion or full system upgrade: £3,500 to £6,000

$1 Every price includes a full system clean and a filter fitted, which the manufacturers require. These figures are a genuine guide, not a teaser rate to get you on the phone. The exact number always comes from a proper look at your home, and it’s fixed in writing before we start. No survey fee, no obligation.

Want the full breakdown of what affects the price? Read our guide to new boiler costs in Bath.