The yearly safety and efficiency check of a gas boiler by a Gas Safe registered engineer. It is routine, repeat work, yet rarely priced in public: 146 of 197 UK heating engineer websites published no boiler service price.
The number: Boiler service and dental check-up prices.
What it means in practice
The mistake is shopping on the first price you find. The prices that are published mix fixed figures with from-prices, and many do not say whether VAT is included, so two numbers that look comparable often are not.
The move is to ask three things before booking: is the price fixed or a starting point, does it include VAT, and what happens to the bill if a part is needed. Check the engineer on the Gas Safe Register by number.
Whito stage: Start. If you run a heating firm, a fixed, VAT-stated service price is the cheapest piece of marketing you can publish.
The numbers to hold onto
- The 51 published boiler service prices ran from £50 to £129. Boiler service and dental check-up prices.
- 30 of those 51 did not say whether VAT was included. Boiler service and dental check-up prices.
- In Belfast 2 of 26 heating websites published a service price; in Glasgow 3 of 28. Boiler service and dental check-up prices.
Where to go next
Related: Gas Safe Register, Call-out charge, Price transparency