cost of fitting a flue liner.

Daddy-Spendless

I am wondering how much its likely to cost to have a flue liner fitter to the chimney?, im looking at the option of a woodurner, and need to figure out costs.

I know i wont be able to get a firm price on here but if someone could give me a ball park figure so i can can budget that would be great.

thanks in advance.
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muckybutt

Prices will vary a hell of a lot, take into consideration :
Length of flue pipe needed.
Access issues if there are any.
Grade of liner.
Weather you will buy or you will contract it out.

There are a lot of variables as I say to consider, on line prices are from £25 pm for the lowest grade liner to £55 - £65 depending where you look.

w50nky

It will be difficult to give an estimate as each install will require a slightly different approach. It may require scaffolding for instance. If you could give a few more details i.e house, bugalow, town house, it may help other members who have a similar property and a stove to give you an idea. This question has been raised many times and you may find searching the forum will yield a few helpfull results.

For an idea of liner cost a good quality 904 grade liner suitable for multifuel use is around £45 a meter. You will need a MA adaptor, register plate, top closure plate & clamp and insulation. Possibly a cowl or "rain hat". The cost of opening the fireplace and making good may need to be considered.

Perhaps the best approach would be to obtain a few estimates from installers as they will be in a position to give you an accurate figure. Ask for recommendations from friends & neighbours.

Helen42

Hi we live in Suffolk had two quotes to put in the liner one £1580.00 and the second £1480.00.

Ouch that hurt so

Liner pack in chimney pot and bird cage adaptors vitreous pipe etc £260.00

Installation FREE we read and read and read plus had some idea of how to do it anyway and son did it.

But we also just in case looked into hiring a cherry picker to go up on the chimney with which would have only been another £200.

Hope that helps a little

Daddy-Spendless

thanks thats great info

suisidevw

My brother and my old mans foreman did it in 2hours last weekend getting up on the roof, putting it down etc etc. It's pretty much ready to be connected now and cost a tiny amount of cash!

OptionARMAGEDDON

get a local trusted builder to do it who has evidence of doing them before. I purcased my liner plus attachments for under 500, and the local lad is fitting it (with my help) for 120 quid. I found 90% of HETAS engineers to be thieving !!!!!! who believe they have a licence to print money. All quoted 2-3x the costfor materials and wanted 400 for fitting, an absolute joke for an easy job. make sure you insulate the flue and have a decent CO detector installed near your stove. Read the regs and make sure you follow them to the letter.

I will pm you the detailsof where I got the liner (which is a branded liner with 25 year guarntee) we went for the most expensive liner as the money saved through not using HETAS went towards the materials.

Greenfires

but of course unless you have it signed off afterwards by Building control, then you'll have what amounts to an illegal installation. Chances are you'll be fine, but that's not a guarantee. Mate of mine renovated an old house in the middle of nowhere for him and his wife and kid to live in. Zero carbon footprint, no mains connections, generated it's own power from a stream - he made an absolutely cracking job of it using local materials etc. Council got wind of it and because he's not followed the correct procedure with planning (and bear in mind there was absolutely nothing wrong with the house, the safety or anything else) they made him "return in to the original state" ie a tumbledown farm workers cottage in a remote valley. So they do, and can bite back. I know that's a bit of an unconnected story - but stove installations ARE covered by the building regs, which have legal standing.

As far as HETAS fitters go, I think that comment's a bit unfair. I know several and they are very well thought of by their customers. Yes, they may be a bit more expensive, but they can sign the work off and are liable for any problems afterwards. They are also in business of course, and have all the expenses that entails, as well as attending regular refresher courses to keep up with regs, so that the customers are safe. You wouldn't believe the amount of dodgy and potentially deadly DIY installations we see as chimney sweeps. From previous posts I doubt the poster above will have any issues like this, as he's well versed in what the regs entail - but not everyone is by any means!

Andy

brianscott18

Don't know how you can class all hetas engineers the same when by your standards we dont realLy have a clue and rob people.Obviously your worldly wise builder (who has fitted tons of stoves and liners no doubt legally by opting to use a building notice to fit them)i take it everything from taking into account planning via your local authority ,ventilation ,chimney data etc as been taken into account not to for get the commioning of said appliance and sweeping of chimney prior to instalation which needs to be signed off but you knew that .look forward to your reply .A very irate hetas engineer

A._Badger

Funny how we never hear from HETAS engineers (irate or otherwise) when a poster has had a serious problem with a HETAS installer and can't get any help.

I've said it before - no organisation should be handed near-monopolistic powers to invent regulations at will. It's a recipe for corruption.

Kitte

I bought the liner for about £300 including the connections, stove pipe and top.

I was going to fit it myself, but in the end paid a HETAS installer to do it. This was £510 in the south east. (It would have been £460 but he travelled 150 miles to install and was still a lot cheaper than local guys!).

September through to March will be very busy, it took me an age to find someone that could do it in this time.