[ajfoggy]

I'm looking to get a burner installed in the new house and been quoted £3420!

Now the burner costs £1500, hearth approx £300 so approx £1600 for the install!

Does that sound about right?

[isleaiw1]

Originally Posted by ajfoggy

I'm looking to get a burner installed in the new house and been quoted £3420!

Now the burner costs £1500, hearth approx £300 so approx £1600 for the install!

Does that sound about right?

know nothing about them but assume it needs some form of chimney flue thing? how long will that have to be and is there anything already there?

[454697819]

well,

what flue? how long is the flue? what is the access like? do you need planning permission? is there a register plate, does the fire place need opening up or work? do you have sufficient ventilation?

£1600 may not be taking the piss if all the above is taken into consideration - but for £1500 what fancy pants bloody burner are you getting!?

[SkyJawa]

Ours was just under 5k. They aren't cheap.

Labour ~550
Flue and Materials ~1730
Burner ~1450
Hearth ~350

All plus VAT.

[sms720]

Ours was £2500 plus VAT, burner was £800, install £400, granite hearth £250, marble surround £800 and flue kit £250 (6 meters)

Burner is this one

http://www.aradastoves.com/stoves/ec...s-5-widescreen

It's gone in our sunroom (lol) that is 6 meters wide by 6.5 meters long with a vaulted ceiling approx 4 meters high. Heats the room lovely but then we have a mega insulated new build so we don't strictly "need" it as the underfloor works well anyway.

[JLR1969]

Our log burner was £2k it's a Dovre which are very high quality, it weighs 100kg

Installation was £1000

We needed a new flue etc and it took them about 7 hours to fit it all etc

It's an inset stove built into a chimney and kicks out 11Kw which is a lot

[ajfoggy]

I'll reply to all in one.

Basically the house is gutted. There is nothing existing to use.

It's pretty straight forward in the corner of the room on a slate tear drop hearth. The burner is a Contura 810.

The flue will pass straight through the ceiling through a small roof void and up through the roof, probably around 20ft.

No air vent require no planning needed as is it covered by the whole planning application.

But given the last posts costs it doesn't seem unreasonable??

[sms720]

I live in NI where I think we get the benefit of slightly cheaper labour costs than the mainland - no way I would have spent a grand getting a stove installed!!

[JLR1969]

Originally Posted by sms720

I live in NI where I think we get the benefit of slightly cheaper labour costs than the mainland - no way I would have spent a grand getting a stove installed!!

That price included a 40ft stainless flue and was actually a good price, just make sure your installer is HEPTAS registered

[davyk31]

Sitting in front of mine right now and it's great. Lovely and warm and ours heats the radiators upstairs so it will be toasty up there all night as it will keep kicking out heat at intervals. Given that kinda nearly feels like free heat makes it feel even nicer.

Haven't a clue on costs as we bought the house with the stove already installed.

[nordberg]

Sounds about right to me.

We had a Contura 51L fitted about 8 years ago. The stove was about £1200, the Schiedel flue (worth paying for a quality liner such as Schiedel rather than cheap shit Docherty or similar) was another £1200. I spent a couple of days knocking out the old letter box fire hole, rendering it and laying a black limestone hearth which probably saved me around a grand or so. Based on that, I’d say your price is fair.

Contura are brilliant by the way. Ours is used heavily during the winter and it’s still like new. I do somewhat regret not going for a multi-fuel stove, but very happy nonetheless...

[Chrismac13]

The flue has to comply with the gas regs, so there are various things that need to be taken into account, the height of the flue, if it passes through anywhere there is a risk of heat transfer or fire it needs to be twin wall, certain stoves require the flue to have a drain & or test point. They have to be adequately supported along their length with minimum deviation. Most of the ones we have come across are circa £1.5k - £2.5k

[AndyMD]

Has to be installed by a HETAS engineer. Their website lists all approved installers. depending on the size of the room and the capacity of the burner, you may need an air brick put in too. Wood burners give off large amounts of CO, so don't skip on the install, it could be fatal.

I shot loads of training videos for this company http://www.poujoulat.co.uk/ and can remember some of the dangers

[Soul_Glo]

I bought my used burner for 200 off ebay. Usually sells for 800. A Heatas approved install was 700. I saved a packet by drilling out the wall for the flue.

Cost depends on where it is being installed. How much pipework is required and what surfaces need to be negotiated. I think your cost is reasonable for 20ft.