Average cost of a CORGI installer

*shez*

I am a first time buyer and have had a survey carried out on an old property. There is a gas fire fitted to the living room fireplace but it is not connected or properly fitted to the flue - they have advised that this be fitted by a CORGI installer.

Does anyone know what the average cost of having a fire fitted would be??

Many thanks
Shez

Nile

Hello *shez*


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Nile

robowen

Hi *shez*,
Very difficult to put an exact price to a job not seen. Location also plays a part in the costs.
For servicing and repairs in the north west region, you should expect to pay around £60+parts. for this you would expect the fire to be refitted correctly.


Welcome to the MSE.com !

rob :beer:

black-saturn

Just to give you a guideline heres the work I've had done in the last 3 years by a Corgi fitter:

Gas fires disconnected - £25 for 2,
New gas oven installed - £117,
Central heating (5 rads, boiler and all pipework) - £1000

alanobrien

*shez* wrote:

I am a first time buyer and have had a survey carried out on an old property. There is a gas fire fitted to the living room fireplace but it is not connected or properly fitted to the flue - they have advised that this be fitted by a CORGI installer.

Does anyone know what the average cost of having a fire fitted would be??

Many thanks
Shez

As always it depends where you are in the country.

Labour charges for a good corgi fitter in Bucks / Berks area
for instance are currently around £250 to £350 a day.

robowen

alanobrien wrote:

Labour charges for a good corgi fitter in Bucks / Berks area
for instance are currently around £250 to £350 a day.

I'm on me way :think:
Just need to sell the house first.

rob :rotfl:

alanobrien

robowen wrote:

I'm on me way :think:
Just need to sell the house first.

rob :rotfl:

Supply and demand in action !

freddyfeet

My internal alarm bells are ringing! There are a couple of things you need to think about. --Why is the fire not connected?
Maybe there is a problem with the fire or the flue. How old is the fire -- it's not worth connecting an old appliance without the modern safety features such as flame failure device and oxygen depletion sensor. You mentioned that the property is old - you might need to have the chimney lined with a flexible liner and that is quite expensive.
I would find a local CORGI fitter who doesn't charge a call out fee and get some advice. Try your local plumbers' merchant for recommendations.
If the job is straightforward expect to pay about £75.00 (I'm in North Wales so don't know about regional differences to this). If it is not a simple job then consider fitting an electric fire, especially if you have central heating. Good luck, hope this helps.

Keldin

I'm with freddyfeet on this one. I'm very suspicious of why the fire isn't fitted and would view the same way as I would building work that is not finished. Why buy a fire and not connect it to the gas and flue? Was it connected before and has it been disconnected for safety? In either case the reasons could be expensive.
Connecting it to the gas is an easy enough job assuming you can easily get a gas pipe to it. If there is one there why is it not connected (my first guess would be disconnected for safety reasons which sounds expensive)
The flue is another matter. If you're talking a chimney you need a flexible copex liner which is cheap enough from most plumbing supply stores (not B&Q type places) and you can even put it down the chimney yourself or the plumber may do it. But (and it's a big but) if there is any hiccup such as the liner doesn't fit down the chimney or there are tight bends to get it past or your roof is high or isn't easy enough to get a roofing ladder onto the apex it will be expensive. I know from experience trying to get a 6 inch liner down a chimney that I got a quote for £2000 and most people don't want to even try it.
Get quotes from people who install liners and from a corgi engineer before assuming it can be done for a days labour and some parts or even make the sale conditional on the gas appliances in the house being connected and certified safe.

K