My costings for installing stove....

suisidevw

Thanks Aelitaman..... much appreciated. Which installation pack did you buy? Did you get the 3ft stove pipe from the same company?

Any pictures of yours? Many thanks.

muckybutt

Here's my Charnwood Cove

suisidevw

My work PC doesn't like it MB! Alas!

aelitaman

suisidevw wrote: »

Thanks Aelitaman..... much appreciated. Which installation pack did you buy? Did you get the 3ft stove pipe from the same company?

Any pictures of yours? Many thanks.

I bought the installation kit that had the cowl to fit on a chimmey, 5 inch to 6 inch convertor (flue pipe to lining), nose cone and plate for wall. Installation pack 12.

I do not know where the stove pipe came from because I got a free stove pipe and as soon as the installer picked it up he said "that is xxxx" went to his van and got another one and the difference was night and day. 46 quid later it was mine.

So sorry I can not recommend where to get a flue pipe.

suisidevw

No problem whatsoever. Any reason why you went from 5 to 6". Presumerably your stove was "5 in but you needed the connector to run "6 in liner?

Thanks!

alleycat`

suisidevw wrote: »

No problem whatsoever. Any reason why you went from 5 to 6". Presumerably your stove was "5 in but you needed the connector to run "6 in liner?

Thanks!

A lot of stoves can't work on a liner smaller than 6". To be honest, if you ever went up a stove size you'd be stuffed (if fitting a 5" liner) so you might as well put in something slightly larger.

Future proofing yourself from a cost down the line.

Edit:- That doesn't mean shove in the biggest possible liner you can either ;-)

aelitaman

I was told it is hetas regs you need a 6" liner for either multifuel or for a defra exempt stove, I can not remember which.

gwapenut

In Berkshire I've been quoted about £2000 to:
Open up a bricked-in chimney, and make good plasterwork
Supply and fit 904/316 flue liner
Supply and fit slate hearth
Fit customer supplied stove, reg plate, etc

Does this sound ok?

wintergirl

aelitaman wrote: »

I was told it is hetas regs you need a 6" liner for either multifuel or for a defra exempt stove, I can not remember which.

We had a 5 inch twin walled flue put through the house, and connected to 5 inch enamal flue and stove opening, with a multi fuel stove thats not a Defra approved one. Supplied, fitted and signed off by a Hetas engineer. All seems to work fine, draw is good etc. We have it swept regularly though, just to be on the safe side......

Man_Overboard_2

suisidevw wrote: »

Afternoon all,

Can you tell me if the below sounds reasonable or am I 'short' in any areas? Just costing up fitting stove myself V installer. The second is a price paid by a friend to fit his in the local area. Any questions, just ask.


Total cost:
chimeny sweep: £45
Liner based on 8m going with the 316 (from fluesupplies.com): £160
Liner kit: included as a 'freebie' with the above liner: £0
Stove pipe: £30
Flagstones for hearth: c£60
Plastering/rendering: £100
Stove: £600 (Charnwood)
Miscellanious, sand/cement etc: £30
Building regs: £125
Hiring of roof ladders: £30
Register plate: £35
Total: £1215.....

Even if you go with the expensive 904 liner with 25yr guarantee, it'll be £1308.....

Friends stove installation (will:

Stove: £600
Liner: £689
Fitting: £420
Total: £1709

It's not possible to comment on the cost of the flagstones and the rendering, but I am guessing you are installing into a house with a pre-existing brick-built flue. And the flue is currently working satisfactorily over an open fire - (that last bit is very important).

My advice for a DIY job would be to place the stove under the brick-built flue with a short length of stove-pipe leading into the chimney, and see how it works.

If you feel the need to reduce the escape of heat into the chimney, then bodge up a loosely-fixed register plate around the top end of the stove-pipe - it will double as an easily removeable/cleanable receptacle for the dust/soot/debris which will inevitably settle.

If you find, after a period of time, that the installation is not working to your satisfaction, then that would be the time to consider all the other items in your shopping list.