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Log burner cost?

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Allice · 27/08/2018 13:04

Do you have one and how much did it cost?

I've had a quote that seems too low and I'm a bit worried that it's too good to be true, stove supplied and fitted for 2k. My other quote was £4,200 which I thought was steep.

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Todamhottoday · 27/08/2018 13:12

There is a huge price range for burners dependant on quality.

Have you seen both of the burners? What brand are they.

Mine is a Yeoman that is a multi fuel, its now 12 years old and cost over £6,000 to put in then. I was looking to change it but the new ones are not as well made so would spend more on a better quality one.

Also depends on the size and the output your looking for.

Im looking to buy a stove fan which will help with heat distribution (depends on size of room!)

Jemmy365 · 27/08/2018 13:18

Ours is a stovax multifuel with a 5kw output. We got it fitted March 2017 And fully fitted including granite hearth, external flue as we don't have a chimney and tiling to the wall behind cost us £4500.

Costs will vary massively depending on stove, extras and where in the UK you are?

Ask for a breakdown in your estimates and compare prices online maybe?

PotteringAlong · 27/08/2018 13:22

Ours is a stovax and cost about £2500 to buy and fit BUT we live in a really old house and didn’t need anything done to the fireplace / chimney at all other than putting the stove in.

twosunbathingdogs · 27/08/2018 13:25

I have recently been quoted c.£4000 for a multifuel stove including fitting an external flue (SE England)

fieldofwheat · 27/08/2018 13:26

I've recently had one fitted, cost roughly £3,500 which included the fitting. That price also included a new liner for the chimney and a slate hearth. And I went for a slightly larger stove as it's big room. (Local firm South Yorkshire).

You could check if the firm is Hetas registered as you should receive a certificate once the stove is installed (www.hetas.co.uk/consumer/certificate-)

ScienceIsTruth · 27/08/2018 13:30

SE here, we had an 11KW Firestorm stove fitted Dec 2017, including all fitting of aluminium chimney stack outside, etc, but not hearth. Cost was between £3K & £3200.

tentative3 · 27/08/2018 13:38

We had two fitted earlier this year for about 3.8k, possibly a bit less. That included the cost of one stove, the other we bought separately. Included flues, hearths and some chimney clearing etc.

averylongtimeago · 27/08/2018 13:44

I would ask for the cost split, labour and stove.
You can get stoves very cheaply, but often you get what you pay for.

Does the cost include inspection by building control? Or perhaps relining the flue?
The rules on fitting fires have got a lot stricter- fitters have to be registered now, I think with HETAS.

MothOnTheWall · 27/08/2018 13:45

I've had two fitted, one included basic stove, slate hearth and oak beam, widening of hearth and replastering, and chimney liner new chimney pot was approx £3200. One with more expensive granite hearth, flue/liner and chimney pot £2500 not including the actual burner or tiling behind (chimney breast removed by builder) both by same company North West.

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Allice · 27/08/2018 20:16

Thanks all, haven't had a proper quote yet but that's the offer they have on. It could be that the survey throws up more cost.
The company seem to have v good feedback on rate my type sites.

Don't know which stove yet, I'm not planning on multi fuel.

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AnnaMagnani · 27/08/2018 20:22

Wasn't the cost of the stove that was the issue, it was having the chimney lined plus associated scaffolding which racked up the cost.

As per pp get a cost breakdown. You can spend however much you like on stoves, although as a minimum it should be enough output to heat your room effectively.

nomorespaghetti · 27/08/2018 20:27

We paid about 3.5k for a Clearview Pioneer 400, slate hearth and oak beam, flue liner, all fitting, making good, and HETAS registration. I love it so much! Expensive, but for us was definitely worth it.

notsogoodhousekeeping · 27/08/2018 20:51

Mine was just under £2k - liner, slate hearth, stove and fitting. My stove (multifuel) is only 3kw as the room is tiny, and it's a budget stove but I love it. I'm in the south west. Looking forward to getting the chimney swept so I can light it again this autumn.

notsogoodhousekeeping · 27/08/2018 20:53

Mine's a Mendip Loxton 3. Fitted by HETAS engineer.

MidLifeCrisis2017 · 27/08/2018 21:30

Seems to vary a lot depending on where you live. My mum had two done for the same as I paid for one!

NicoAndTheNiners · 27/08/2018 21:37

Mine was just over 4K, maybe 4.5k.

But hearth was about £700 and mantle about £400.

Had a Charnwood multifuel which wasn’t a cheaper stove either. There’s some very cheap, inferior quality imported stoves so I think you need to be careful you’re not getting one of those.

Bluntness100 · 27/08/2018 21:41

Make sure you use a hetas approved installer.

Mine was just over 4K, but we have a Charnwood Island 2 which isn't cheap. We also have a three story house so they needed a tower to get up there and also had the chimney repointed when they were up there.

Methe · 27/08/2018 21:49

We had ours installed last year for 2k all in. We have a parkray aspect 5 and love it to bits!

JimWilsonBell · 27/08/2018 21:50

I had one fitted in my old house in about 2008. We had a chimney so my ex-husband put the liner in and fitted the stove. We bought a Parkray multi fuel stove think it was £800 and all in all it was £1500 including slate stove and building regs. Defo wasn't more than 2k. On reflection I would have bought a Clearview (or something like that). I loved it and we generally spent £100 a winter on logs. It was so warm as the lounge wasn't huge. If I ever buy another I will defo get it plumbed into the hot water system and have one with a hot plate.

Flyingsouthwiththeswallows · 27/08/2018 22:28

Wow.

Thank you for this thread Allice

I have had three quotes, all coming in at £7k + for a Clearview Stove and stone surround.

This doesn't include a hearth as reusing existing granite and only one of the quotes includes a liner.

I had given up inthe face of those quotes, but having seen what others are paying, will now start lookingfor another supplier.

IStillDrinkCava · 27/08/2018 23:11

Goodness. Ours was an ex-display obscure brand, £500. Fitting, and changing the surround hearth and mantle took it up to £1500ish. Absolutely love it and use it way more than we'd ever intended.

Bluntness100 · 27/08/2018 23:19

Shouldn't they all be quoting to line the chimney? No qualified fitter should be fitting one without it surely?

IStillDrinkCava · 27/08/2018 23:28

Depends on your chimney surely Bluntness?

Our installer assessed and said it wasn't needed. Our sweeps have said the same since and said "don't let anyone tell you otherwise". But no one's ever tried!

BigBlueBubble · 27/08/2018 23:30

External flue is about £2k. Using an existing chimney is a bit cheaper. Plus the cost of the stove. So for a nice stove I’d say £4K is fairly accurate.

Bluntness100 · 27/08/2018 23:32

Maybe, ours was lined and insulated, I thought that was standard practice now for building regs.

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