Howdy boys and girls! There are 8 fireplaces in my place, with a whopping 1 that is lined- the finished suite over the garage. The house is 1800's so they had coal fireplaces in the upstairs bedrooms but those haven't been used in umpteen years and I'm not going to burn in them. Had a chimney company come out and inspect, and the good news is that the chimneys are in great shape. I did get one cool piece of news, that in the garage there is a "port-hole" pre done for hooking a wood stove up to the brick chimney outside that services the finished upstairs space. Can you say, warm workshop for the winter!!! The bad news is the quote to put liners in the other 3 downstairs chimneys....$4,000 Each! Is that in the right ballpark, or is the guy trying to hit a homer using my wallet as the ball? I researched a little and seems the parts retail at just under $1,000 each. If there are any chimney guys on the forum I'd love to hear your thoughts. And, if there are any knowledgeable folks nearby that install I'd love their contact info! The chimneys are all brick, and 2 story. Straight vertical. All have dampers except one, which would get a top-seal damper.
My insulated SS liner cost me $1000 installed. Two snouts. one for stove connection. One for clean out. IIRC it was 27 feet of 6" ridgid pipe and he put a cap over the flue block at the top. And set the stove in place and connected it and put a damper in the pipe above the stove.
I paid $400 for an 20' insulated liner kit, complete, delivered...then self installed...(that part was "free" ) Sounds like this dood is just trying to get you to buy him a new truck...unless these are gonna be some kind of a difficult install or something?
My 25 foot liner was under $1000. He's bending you over and giving it to you hard and dry. That's the "I don't wanna do it, but if he takes it, I will" price.
I was quoted $1800 just for the labor for my install, it still isn't installed and I'll do it myself.
If you feel you can self install check out Chimney liner depot and Woodland direct. For everything you need complete kits or just bulk liner.
Just stay away from any 2 ply liners...waste of money, a standard liner with insulation (or pre-insulated is good too) works just fine. If you feel the need to go HD, then stay with a HD single ply liner...if you do a little research you will find the 2 plys have issues...
Sounds overpriced to me aswell. I had 2 separate chimneys lined last year. One was from the basement all the way up and out above the seond floor - $1,100 including the nice stainless chimney cap and recrown of the chimney. The second was from the first floor up and out above 2nd floor and it was around $800 with cap and crown. Guy did a very nice and professional job, and it's the guy that Brunc's recommends. I had quote to get the flue that serves a fireplace redone and it was $2,200. Much more expensive due to needing masonry work, a new damper, and whatever else goes along with that. I did not have this one completed but hope to some day.
