Remove wall mounted gas fire

Louiselody

Does anyone know a reasonable quote for getting a gas fire removed and called off? Been quoted £170 which sounds high. Thanks 

Bigphil1474

Capped off? £170 sounds reasonable, assuming they'll have to disconnect the pipework to the fire as well as remove the fire and make everything safe. It's usually £70 by the time they get to your front door. If you shop around you might get a few quid less but if you've been recommended someone and they've quoted £170, I'd say that's a decent price.

Flugelhorn

I think that sounds reasonable - you want the job done properly 

DullGreyGuy

To simply cap off the gas and leave the pipe exposed where it is then £170 sounds high to me. The "removing the fire" could be as simple as just lifting it off the wall mount in which case it adds nothing to the price or at the other extreme it could be removing it and the mount, making good the wall behind and taking the fire away for you in which case the £170 sounds good. If you want something better done with the supply and the wall made good after then the price may be cheap. 

Why not speak to a second trades for a comparable quote and clarify with them exactly the scope of works. 

Louiselody

Thanks all. Got a few more quotes and got it capped and fully removed for £123 inc vat

CliveOfIndia

Louiselody said:

Thanks all. Got a few more quotes and got it capped and fully removed for £123 inc vat

Sounds like a good price.

Just check that the person doing it is Gas Safe registered.  Takes a few seconds to check online: https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/find-an-engineer-or-check-the-register/

rob7475

You need to make sure you're comparing like for like quotes. One quote may be higher but includes making good the hole in the wall behind the fire while the other will just take the fire off the brackets and leave you to sort the wall out.

You also need to clarify where they will cap the gas pipe. Some will cap it near the fire so you are left with a gas pipe on show where some may lift the floorboards etc and cap it so it's out of sight.

Louiselody

So I got someone to just take the fire off the brackets (not make the hole good) and cap off so it’s flush with the flooring. But now I have the hole to sort out. Put a piece of plaster board over it, or brick it up and plaster? What’s the minimum standard to make it look less unsightly?