Multifuel stove installation

[richardwale]

Followed the arrows on the liner.

[mixedangased]

If you go down the route of fitting yourself, you will have to get it signed of by a building inspector cost £300, otherwise it will invalidate your insurance if you have a chimney fire or worse somebody dies carbon monoxide poisoning.

 

Further if you come to sell your house and don't have certificate of installation its a no go!

 

So really that's your options done by Hetas or the later and as above.

 

Crap £187 is the building regs fee,just done mine

[Bearded Munch]

I have installed three now, my old house, current house and a neighbours, it's not rocket science and the last one Building regs was under a £100.

[devon TWiG]

It amazes me that these days that virtually everything , even relatively simple, needs expensive "expert " advise and regulation, but anyone can just work on their own vehicle .. brakes , steering or whatever ! ( I would like to point out that I am not a mechanic trying to protect my own trade ) and how many people fell trees without the relevant tickets ? etc ... seems life is becoming overfull of such nonsense now , soon we will be banned from cleaning our own teeth unless we are qualified Dentists ! ( rant over !! )

[Paulholness]

Just had one fitted myself up in Doncaster mate. £250 for 2 mens labour including certification.Who says it grim up north!.

[mixedangased]

It amazes me that these days that virtually everything , even relatively simple, needs expensive "expert " advise and regulation, but anyone can just work on their own vehicle .. brakes , steering or whatever ! ( I would like to point out that I am not a mechanic trying to protect my own trade ) and how many people fell trees without the relevant tickets ? etc ... seems life is becoming overfull of such nonsense now , soon we will be banned from cleaning our own teeth unless we are qualified Dentists ! ( rant over !! )

 

[Mr Oz]

im same I got quoted silly prices so I got stuck in and did it all by myself.do your research and let council know so you get building regs to visit.only if you are confident and competent enough to do it though...

[ArthurPhil]

Thanks for all the advice lads (and lasses?) - I'm grateful. Thinking about it I was probably just looking for a shove to crack on with it.

 

The wife has arranged for 3 more Hetas companies to come over this week, so I'll get those quotes and go from there.

 

Interestingly, her sister had a full multifuel boiler system installed to run rads and hot water and it cost €350.00 plus parts through the books - only in Ireland!

 

Thank you...

[Ashes_Firewood]

You are not being a skinflint at all. I got fed up with the silly quotes and advice from hetas big heads, so I did it myself. I had to put a whole chimney in, and it took a day and a half with two of us. I will in fact be posting pictures in the firewood forum.

its easy if you have an exisiting chimney. You just drop a liner down, attach to the stove, seal the gap, add a cowl, test then get it signed off. I have done three like that for other people.

 

I'd be interested in seeing the pictures of your installation. Thanks

[wrsni]

We had a wrap around back boiler to remove, widen the firebreast, fit a new lintel, take an air supply for the stove through the firebreast and through an outside wall, then plaster and re-instate the whole thing.

 

I done a fair bit of the donkey work with the kango but labour for everything else including plumbing out the back boiler was £440. Can't remember parts prices exactly as the missus paid it but for everything, even including the hardwall, was slightly less than £100.

 

We had been given ridiculous quotes as well, frequently the lining of the chimney was mentioned as a factor. In the end we fitted the stove first to see how it would work with the standard chimney knowing that a flexible liner could be fitted retrospectively if required. We're in our second winter with it now and no hitches so far whatsoever but even at that a flexible flue liner kit was being quoted at around £200 with all necessary fittings so still wouldn't have taken the price up to the levels we were being quoted for a complete install.