Chimney lining & flue for stove

truspirit

Hi, am thinking of getting a woodburning stove
and would like some help.Ive been quoted £930 for the following:
316 Grade Class1 flexible liner and component parts and cowl Register plate.
What I would like to know is if that's reasonable from your experiences.Installation
As far as I'm aware will be extra.

RHYSDAD

Truspirit wrote: »

Hi, am thinking of getting a woodburning stove
and would like some help.Ive been quoted £930 for the following:
316 Grade Class1 flexible liner and component parts and cowl Register plate.
What I would like to know is if that's reasonable from your experiences.Installation
As far as I'm aware will be extra.

I had three different quotes and all three charged around £600 for the liner, cowls and register plate fitting. Then add installation which added around another £800/1k to that price. We decided to do it ourselves. We got liner, fittings and cowl from fluesystems.com for £320 delivered and fitted ourselves. My brother is a builder and with help from another friend we fitted it in a day. I bought a Charnwood Country Four and, with a new hearth made from reclaimed Yorkshire stone, the whole installation, including the stove itself, cost me just shy of £1150. Money well spent....... Hope that helps re liner.

truspirit

RHYSDAD wrote: »

I had three different quotes and all three charged around £600 for the liner, cowls and register plate fitting. Then add installation which added around another £800/1k to that price. We decided to do it ourselves. We got liner, fittings and cowl from fluesystems.com for £320 delivered and fitted ourselves. My brother is a builder and with help from another friend we fitted it in a day. I bought a Charnwood Country Four and, with a new hearth made from reclaimed Yorkshire stone, the whole installation, including the stove itself, cost me just shy of £1150. Money well spent....... Hope that helps re liner.

I wish i could do it myself....but not very DIY minded.Tried to get a few more quotes today and they were all in the same region.Have decided to take the plunge and get it done professionaly.Should be burning wood by the end of the month.Thanks for the reply.

RHYSDAD

truspirit wrote: »

I wish i could do it myself....but not very DIY minded.Tried to get a few more quotes today and they were all in the same region.Have decided to take the plunge and get it done professionaly.Should be burning wood by the end of the month.Thanks for the reply.

I'm very lucky that my Brother was able to lend a hand. That saved me a fortune on labour, which, let's be honest, is the bulk of the fitting cost. That and the VAT!!!

highrisklowreturn

1. Buy stove
2. Put stove pipe in position
3. Put stove under stove pipe
4. Put fire resistant rope around top of stove pipe and where it connects to the stove, further sealing with fire cement

Or £1000 as Hetas would have it for this "complex" GNVQ level employment.

welda

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

1. Buy stove
2. Put stove pipe in position
3. Put stove under stove pipe
4. Put fire resistant rope around top of stove pipe and where it connects to the stove, further sealing with fire cement

Or £1000 as Hetas would have it for this "complex" GNVQ level employment.

If only it was as simple as 1 to 4!!!

Mister_G

welda wrote: »

If only it was as simple as 1 to 4!!!

Indeed.

I was going to say No.5 Buy CO detector, because you are certainly going to need one!

RHYSDAD

welda wrote: »

If only it was as simple as 1 to 4!!!

Ain't that true !! Our 'self install' was a pig to do, lot's of swearing etc although we got there in the end..

Not a doddle by any measure

muckybutt

highrisklowreturn wrote: »

1. Buy stove
2. Put stove pipe in position
3. Put stove under stove pipe
4. Put fire resistant rope around top of stove pipe and where it connects to the stove, further sealing with fire cement

Or £1000 as Hetas would have it for this "complex" GNVQ level employment.

And what about opening fire place up, rendering fire place inside and out if needed, installing a proper hearth, installing liner if required etc etc plus theres labour costs, insurance, hetas registration, paperwork etc etc

Not all folks want a bodge job, you pay for what you get, pay peanuts you get monkeys.

welda

I just about gave up at the installing liner stage, there was one part in the chimney where liner snagged, I could see it, about 2m above me, I had to make up a paddle like device to give liner a smooth surface to slide over and down. I also had to wear a my welding bucket with clear glass only, so I could see from bits of small falling debris as I was laying on my back looking up!

6" liner was an exact match for 5>6 inch 90 degree reducer, no way was liner going to fit in, or over 6" end. Had to fab up and roll a bit of stainless to slip into part of 6" end, then tig weld to bend. Liner now a glove fit!!

1 > 4 aye Rrrrrrrrrrright!!

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