Cost of lining a chimney - ideas?

[rlw]

We have an old stove in our place in Cornwall which, when used, leaks around the joins in the chimney work and the actual chimney leaks in the loft. Repointing is not really an option in the loft as it is very small indeed. So what about lining the chimney. There's no fireplace and a straight run from the chimney stack to the hole in the room. Two storey house, quite low roof so probably no more than 30 feet from top to bottom. Any ideas before we decide to bin the stove and go all electric.

Ta.

[andy43]

Liner is about £300 to £500 - stainless - plus insulation (we used vermiculite) and then labour on top.
A days work for two men, with reseating the pot etc. Could be up to a grand I'm afraid.
There are other ways - slurries and so on, but I only have experience of the twin wall stainless liner stuff.

[zaphod42]

3 storey house, was 550 for the liner and about 2-3 hrs labour. Was part of a bigger job but those are the elements I remember from the bill.

[magooagain]

Stainless steel flexiable tubing. Install from the top downwards.
Fix a rope to te end. Drop rope down chimney then pull from below while another person feeds it into chimney from above.
Flue must be same size as fire flue exit or larger. Not smaller !
Check your insurance before installing though. But most/any flue installed is better than none.
Best to check though.
Easy enough job though. But dont skimp on the lenth of flue when measureing.

[mk1fan]

About £1,000 seems to be the price round here for one of installs. Needs to include all the stuff andy43 noted.

[TimJMS]

Is vermiculite backfilling really necessary? It's going to make a difficult job even harder when the liner needs replacing.

[mk1fan]

I would say yes given the change in demand placed on 'old' buildings by modern living / expectations.

[rlw]

magooagain said:

Stainless steel flexiable tubing. Install from the top downwards.
Fix a rope to te end. Drop rope down chimney then pull from below while another person feeds it into chimney from above.
Flue must be same size as fire flue exit or larger. Not smaller !
Check your insurance before installing though. But most/any flue installed is better than none.
Best to check though.
Easy enough job though. But dont skimp on the lenth of flue when measureing.

Thanks - this is what I was thinking must be the way to go.

[Trevelyan]

TimJMS said:

Is vermiculite backfilling really necessary? It's going to make a difficult job even harder when the liner needs replacing.

I had my chimney lined by the same company who supplied and installed my stove and they didn't use any vermiculite filling. I've not had any problems in three years.

[andy43]

Trevelyan said:

TimJMS said:

Is vermiculite backfilling really necessary? It's going to make a difficult job even harder when the liner needs replacing.

I had my chimney lined by the same company who supplied and installed my stove and they didn't use any vermiculite filling. I've not had any problems in three years.

It's peanuts cost-wise, and you have the chimney pot off to fit the liner - may as well do it right? Keeps the flue warmer, improving draw, reducing tar and making lighting easier.

[Road2Ruin]

andy43 said:

Liner is about £300 to £500 - stainless - plus insulation (we used vermiculite) and then labour on top.
A days work for two men, with reseating the pot etc. Could be up to a grand I'm afraid.
There are other ways - slurries and so on, but I only have experience of the twin wall stainless liner stuff.

A days work for two men? They need a kick up the jacksie. I had mine fitted at my old house a few years ago and took abotu 2-3 hours for one man! That included cutting a new register plate.

[saleen836]

We bought our liner from here...
http://www.fluesupplies.com/