Cost to extend a gas pipe?

cheeky

We are in the process of choosing a new fire place for our front room. As we have a gas fire in the back room they will take the gas supply of this. However, they have quoted us £18 (+vat?) per foot to extend the gas pipe.

This seems abit expensive as it is about 15ft (£300!) - any thoughts?

TIA paul

Canucklehead

Good morning: where do you live...Buckingham Palace??? Your quote is ,to be blunt, outrageous...you need to get more quotes in... visit

https://www.trustcorgi.com to find a comprehensive list of CORGI engineers near you.

Does this price include fitting the new gas fire or any other extras?

HTH

Canucklehead

cheeky

thats what i thought.... thank you.

It wasnt a quote per se - in the shop we asked about installation costs of the fire and extending the pipe was addition at £18 per ft.

What is a more realistic figure?

Canucklehead

Hi again: Just asked my other half, Corgi Guy, what the going rate would be down here... his answer is about £150 assuming the pipework is running under your floor (wood?).

As I said previously, more quotes are definitely in order.... a site visit would be essential to get an accurate assessment of costs.

Good luck.

Canucklehead

cheeky

I think they would more than likely run along the outside wall between the two chimneys - vitually straight - so no floor boards or even bends!!!

Thanks again

JulesJones

Hi Canucklehead,

Sorry to hijack the thread slightly but would your otherhalf know roughly how much it would cost to extend a gas supply roughly 24 foot in order to connect to a hole in the wall fire ( in conservatory) Im assuming it would have to go in the floor for aprox 16 foot of that( unfortunutly concrete) then into the dwaft wall and through the cavity to the hole in the conservatory.

Also is it best to get a quote for this plus fitting from the firm wedecide to buy the fire from ( if we go ahead, lol) or buy from the shop and get a corgi guy to do all of the fitting?

thanks for any help

Jules

Canucklehead

Hi

The practicalities of getting gas to the fire might make it uneconomical to do, so might be best to get a firm in to quote.
By the description you give I would say you are up at the £300 mark.
No pipework can be buried in concrete unless it can be withdrawn for replacement or inspection.so that might be a problem.(except under floor heating)
Hole in the wall fire in a conservatory? Any particular reason for that?
Corgi Guy.

JulesJones

just being a conservatory snob, (lol) I am getting quotes for a conservatory and purchased this month's Myhome, ( I dodnt realise it had a Conservatory special with it, honest.)

Anyway in the extra mag was this stunning dwalfwall conseratory, it looks more a sun room. If you can imagine the left wall of the conservatory, starts with a small room high wall then a glazed section, then roughly a 2m wide room high red brick wall ( another story but we can only have red bricks anyway, ) with a hole in the wall fire. then another glazed section then another small room hieght wall, this is end of the left side, the rest of the room has the wall corners only. We already have gas central heating (radiators only) but no fire in the existing house, I intend to open out the livingroom, (we are lucky that the windoiw is 6foot square and about a foot off the floor. ) and turn the whole space into one room.

Im willing to pay to get the fire done. and as we already have gas in the house thought it would more economic to heat the conservatory in the winter. And the thought of the open fire, is just OMG.

OK, I now must apoligise for the lenght of the post, Im getting a bit carried away with this project, heehee. I think its a female thing.

Jules

EliteHeat

Canucklehead wrote: »

No pipework can be buried in concrete unless it can be withdrawn for replacement or inspection.so that might be a problem

That is incorrect. It is perfectly allowable to lay a gas pipe in a solid floor as long as it is protected from both corrosion and mechanical damage.