Wood Burning Stove Install Price Check

[foreverme]

So sitting here a little shocked by a couple of prices to install a Contura C690AG Wood Burning Stove (we bought the stove all new and packed up from a wood burning store closing down sale), so this is just the install price..

Very easy install straight out the side of the house and up, twin wall system about 5M in length, half a days work at most..

What are folks guesses on the quotes i have had so far..

[noopets]

I’d guess £3k?

I found that installers charge a lot more in the winter months as they can afford to knock back custom due to being so busy! My mate got his installed in the summer and saved a fortune.

I did a lot of the work myself prior to our install. Just paid the guy £300 to drop the flue connect it up and sign it off. He actually complemented me on my work!

[kambites]

If you're talking about an external flue, rather than using an existing chimney, I'd guess that installation will be of the order of £1.5-2k. If you need a hearth built, it'll be a few hundred plus whatever it costs to make the flooring around it good, etc. Then if it's a high powered stove you'll need an external vent... I'd say £3-4k all in? Probably at the lower end of that since you already have the stove.

[V8RX7]

I thought they were on drugs - it's incredibly simple so I did it myself.

[guitarcarfanatic]

I paid about £350 for the flue liner and all sundries plus £250 for the installation of the liner/Hetas sign off. My total cost was £1300 as chose a £700 stove. It seems a mugs game though as I had quotes of £3000 - £4000!!

That was into a normal chimney though and I did all the work to the hearth and fireplace itself. Took the installer about 2 hours all in. Such an easy job, but not worth paying the building control fee to DIY when my guy can do it so cheap via Hetas.

[foreverme]

Thinking the same about doing it myself one quote was 3700, the other was 3000.

Nothing needs building its a free standing stove that sits on a glass hearth that comes with it, so this is just making a hole through the wall, one for the flue the other for the air vent, then attaching the pipe to the outside of the wall!!

I have priced up all the items (nicely itemised on one quote) and it comes to 600, i am sure they get better prices than me, so 3100 for half a days work!! I dont mind paying a fair price as they have to get training, overheads etc and its hard running a small business, but i was thinking between 1500 - 2000 would be fair...

[BatForcePC]

We're in the process of getting a wood burner installed.

So far this is what I can share;

Clearing chimney - was blocked with a honey bee's nest and hadn't been used for 40 years: Needed scaffolding tower hire, pest man (sadly too late in the year to relocate the bees) and chimney sweep. Total Cost = £250
Purchased an Arada Holborn 5. Total Cost = £1089, from stovesareus.co.uk
New stone lintel to replace decorative wooden one. Total Cost = £75, from reclamation yard and will be fitted by yours truly
New hearth built from local paving stone. Total Cost = £125, stone from reclamation yard and again fitted by yours truly
Fitting of stove, including all flue, pot, alarm, sign off. Quotes all around the £1200 mark. Yours truly considering doing it himself!

So if we have someone fit it, I assume a total cost, including the stove, of around the £2739 mark. Now I've added it all up, that's quite a lot of money!

[mikal83]

V8RX7 said:

I thought they were on drugs - it's incredibly simple so I did it myself.

Me too. Total cost around 600 pounds and that includes the 10kw stove.

[Bussolini]

Interesting thread - we are considering replacing horrid old gas fire with a stove in our new place. Query: how do you know the condition of the chimney (and whether it is full of asbestos!) before ripping the gas fire out? Is the quote liable to go up if they rip the gas fire out and it reveals some surprises?

[forest07]

Bussolini said:

Interesting thread - we are considering replacing horrid old gas fire with a stove in our new place. Query: how do you know the condition of the chimney (and whether it is full of asbestos!) before ripping the gas fire out? Is the quote liable to go up if they rip the gas fire out and it reveals some surprises?

I've never seen a chimney full of asbestos! Odd one may have piece of asbestos board above a back boiler but very rare.

[BatForcePC]

Bussolini said:

Interesting thread - we are considering replacing horrid old gas fire with a stove in our new place. Query: how do you know the condition of the chimney (and whether it is full of asbestos!) before ripping the gas fire out? Is the quote liable to go up if they rip the gas fire out and it reveals some surprises?

We got some initial quotes before we knew what we were dealing with. It wasn't initially clear whether the chimney was full of rubble so the guys quoted for best and worst case scenarios, in our case a spread of £900, we managed to do all the prep work for £250 in the end.

If there's even a suspicion of asbestos I can guarantee you the quote will go up! If you can have someone put a camera up the chimney to see what's up there you can then decide what to do...asbestos will typically require specialists who will be expensive!

[guitarcarfanatic]

Wow - some crazy prices being paid!

In my first house, the stove was almost a grand and I had decent change from £2k!

[Bussolini]

forest07 said:

I've never seen a chimney full of asbestos! Odd one may have piece of asbestos board above a back boiler but very rare.

Good. It's an old house and I had understood chimneys at one point were sometimes lined with asbestos.

[kambites]

Bussolini said:

Good. It's an old house and I had understood chimneys at one point were sometimes lined with asbestos.

Transite (asbestos reinforced concrete) was popular for flues and chimney linings for a while.

[guitarcarfanatic]

kambites said:

Transite (asbestos reinforced concrete) was popular for flues and chimney linings for a while.

But won't need to be touched if a liner is being fitted.

[mikal83]

guitarcarfanatic said:

kambites said:

Transite (asbestos reinforced concrete) was popular for flues and chimney linings for a while.

But won't need to be touched if a liner is being fitted.

Which we did. Dropped from the chimney with a clamp to hold it in place and a draught guard on top. Attached to a 1 metre section of solid pipe , which went through the receiver plate and into the back of the burner.

[austinsmirk]

the variance being, houses, chimneys and installs vary massively. its ok, saying the full job cost me a farthing- but in the real world- there could be an immense amount of work to achieve an installation. eg- little, low roofed cottage or a generic semi- v some 3 storey terrace with a complex internal chimney system- plus the factor of even getting on the roof to drop a liner in.

then the stack is knackered and wants repointing, or flaunching doing

[V8RX7]

austinsmirk said:

the variance being, houses, chimneys and installs vary massively. its ok, saying the full job cost me a farthing- but in the real world- there could be an immense amount of work to achieve an installation

Except the OP said

foreverme said:

Very easy install straight out the side of the house and up, twin wall system about 5M in length

Mine was simple too

Getting a price for the parts wasn't easy either - several wanting to quote without an itemised list.

[noopets]

I found the stovefittersmanual online was a great help, every guide you’ll ever need.

https://www.stovefitterswarehouse.co.uk/pages/begi...

[V8RX7]

noopets said:

I found the stovefittersmanual online was a great help, every guide you’ll ever need.

https://www.stovefitterswarehouse.co.uk/pages/begi...

The manual may be but the Co. messed me around for months with a quote and then refused to itemise it so I couldn't see if everything was as I requested.

Mine was a simple 3m straight run so no trade secrets but I wanted it insulated from the fire with no ugly joints so I wanted to see what was specified before ordering - it was like I'd asked his mother for a blow job !