Hello,
We have an existing gas fire that we would like to remove and replace it with an inset multi fuel burner.
Having spoken to four different places, all have requested that we deal with the removal of the fire before they come out to inspect the chimney to quote/ascertain what we can realistically put in it's place.
One shop gave us a contact for someone that could do the work (we'd have to call the person ourselves). He apparently installs their gas fires, and can widen openings/put in lintels etc. They say that the work would not be above £250 (if we are only having removal of the fire, and not enlarging the opening, which is what we are looking at, then this cost should definitely be lower).
So, do we use someone like this, or is it a job that a Gas Safe engineer could do (handle the disconnection) and we pull the fire out ourselves?
We will be having an extension/renovation done, but not starting until August. We'd like to get the gas fire removed soon so we can determine which fires are possible to install, then decide on surround/mantle etc. and also to avoid the rush of people getting fires put in for winter/avoid delays or difficulty trying to squeeze this into the building works.
Has anyone had any experience of this? We're trying to do this in the least complicated way. But before we can choose options, we need the gas fire gone... but then how much work do we try to combine etc?
Phew, hope that wasn't a garbled mess!