Total cost for stove

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Wilbursan

Wilbursan

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I'm looking to have a stove installed and would like a general idea of how much this will cost. The stove is a Cumberland Gap which is priced at $2,399 on their web site. I've read here that a lot of dealers stick pretty close to full retail so lets just go with that. Another member here pointed me to a price for upgrading this stove to mahogany - $650. This is the only price I've found so far, not even the QF website shows it. Is this pretty typical or does it vary wildly?

As for installation - home is single story, chimney will be straight through the roof. Ceiling is 9' so I think about 6' of double wall stove pipe. The roof is pretty steep so maybe 12' or so of a good stainless, insulated chimney. What would an install like this typically cost? I know it can't be exact, but I need some kind of ballpark to start with.
 
Are you installing the chimney and stove yourself or paying to have it done?

If paying out, start looking for certified sweeps / installers in your area (CSIA) and get a few estimates. IMO, paying for an estimate would be a no-go.

Also, to get an idea of materials, there are lots of websites such as http://www.rockfordchimneysupply.com/ or others that sell class A chimney where you can mock up what you'd need.

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Get multiple estimates. Over the years, I've seen prices vary considerably for the same job that people have shared on here.

Educate yourself on what is needed for your install, and it will help you weed out the posers from the guy you want doing the job.
 
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Then we need to know more about the setup.

Where is it going to be installed in the house? Will it need wall protection? Floor protection? Double wall or single wall pipe (determined by how close things are to the wall / length of run) 9 foot ceiling with 12/12 pitch sounds like it's going through an attic? Or is this a cathedral type ceiling?

What sort of roof is it going through? Pics of the proposed location would also help.
 
Installation is the living room off the outside wall. It will not need wall protection, I have plenty of clearance, but I was planning on tiling it. It will have double wall pipe whether it needs it or not. Yes, it is going through the attic. No cathedral ceiling, just 9' regular ceiling. Roof is regular tile roof. I can't give you pics since it hasn't been built yet.
 
I've got 1100 in my 17vl with duraplus piping. Done it myself though. Pay no attention to the bare durock, I'm about to finish the hearth
 

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Figure at least a grand for the flue double wall inside transitioned to triple at ceiling on out If you buy one of those pre-made hearth pads they can run up to $600
Make your own about a 1/3
 
IMHO there is no such thing as a "total cost" it tends in my mind to be more of a running tally. Cost of wood, saws, splitter, mauls, tractors, fuel etc. etc. In addition to whatever you spent on your stove and setup!
 
KodiakII said:
IMHO there is no such thing as a "total cost" it tends in my mind to be more of a running tally. Cost of wood, saws, splitter, mauls, tractors, fuel etc. etc. In addition to whatever you spent on your stove and setup!
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Very true
 
Here is what I spent this past summer:

Progress Hybrid: $3,185
Stove Pipe, Chimney Pipe: $700
Installation: $600
Total: $4,485

We have a 8 foot ceiling in the room where the stove is located. I had 14.5 feet of stove pipe and chimney pipe from the top of the stove.

We also had to install a hearth but those costs are not included above.

Hope this helps!
 
KodiakII said:
IMHO there is no such thing as a "total cost" it tends in my mind to be more of a running tally. Cost of wood, saws, splitter, mauls, tractors, fuel etc. etc. In addition to whatever you spent on your stove and setup!
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SHHHH!!!!! My wife might here you :rolleyes:
 
Some more details: I'm having a house built which comes standard with a wood fireplace which they have given me credit for so they can install a stove. The credit was only $750 which is just about exactly what the pre-fab firebox sells for so I think that's all they credited me for and will use the fireplace chimney for the stove. That's fine, but it also means I don't know how much the chimney costs. So the quotes I got are as follows:

3100 Millennium - $2321
Cumberland Gap - $3375
Cumberland in red - $4814

This is the installed price. How good a deal these are depends somewhat on the price of the chimney, but I'd say the first was pretty good, the second a little bit high and the last way overpriced. The retail price difference between the first two is $650 but his markup is $1054. The retail price difference between the second two is again around $650 and his markup is $1439. I would think installation on all three of these are identical since they are all Quads with 6" pipe so I don't get the huge jump in prices.
 
Wilbursan said:
Some more details: I'm having a house built which comes standard with a wood fireplace which they have given me credit for so they can install a stove. The credit was only $750 which is just about exactly what the pre-fab firebox sells for so I think that's all they credited me for and will use the fireplace chimney for the stove. That's fine, but it also means I don't know how much the chimney costs. So the quotes I got are as follows:

3100 Millennium - $2321
Cumberland Gap - $3375
Cumberland in red - $4814

This is the installed price. How good a deal these are depends somewhat on the price of the chimney, but I'd say the first was pretty good, the second a little bit high and the last way overpriced. The retail price difference between the first two is $650 but his markup is $1054. The retail price difference between the second two is again around $650 and his markup is $1439. I would think installation on all three of these are identical since they are all Quads with 6" pipe so I don't get the huge jump in prices.
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That's why you should shop around, also the devil is in the details, make sure you go through everything to make sure you're comparing apples to apples and some are not leaving something out or different parts etc..
 
Wilbursan said:
Some more details: I'm having a house built which comes standard with a wood fireplace which they have given me credit for so they can install a stove. The credit was only $750 which is just about exactly what the pre-fab firebox sells for so I think that's all they credited me for and will use the fireplace chimney for the stove. That's fine, but it also means I don't know how much the chimney costs. So the quotes I got are as follows:

3100 Millennium - $2321
Cumberland Gap - $3375
Cumberland in red - $4814

This is the installed price. How good a deal these are depends somewhat on the price of the chimney, but I'd say the first was pretty good, the second a little bit high and the last way overpriced. The retail price difference between the first two is $650 but his markup is $1054. The retail price difference between the second two is again around $650 and his markup is $1439. I would think installation on all three of these are identical since they are all Quads with 6" pipe so I don't get the huge jump in prices.
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If the chimney and hearth is in place, it is not difficult the put the stove in yourself. Why not get two or three buddies to help you move the woodstove onto the hearth and then hook up the stove pipe. If your not comfortable hooking up the stovepipe, see what it would cost for your local chimney sweep to hook that up for you.
 
toddnic said:
If the chimney and hearth is in place, it is not difficult the put the stove in yourself. Why not get two or three buddies to help you move the woodstove onto the hearth and then hook up the stove pipe. If your not comfortable hooking up the stovepipe, see what it would cost for your local chimney sweep to hook that up for you.
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He said it wasn't built yet and if it was you cant just plug a stove into a chimney meant for a builders box zc fireplace it is not he right temp rating or size.
 
I could ask them to credit the chimney too and do the entire install myself, but I really like the idea of this being taken care of while the house is being built. It means the roofers and interior guys are still there to fix any problems that come up plus the stove and installation are covered under the full 1 year house warranty. I think my best bet is to just get the cheaper stove. It was my first choice anyway, and with the $2,500 difference in price I could buy a replacement for it if I decide I want something else. I wonder what it would cost to put a 2100 in the shop? :)
 
KodiakII said:
IMHO there is no such thing as a "total cost" it tends in my mind to be more of a running tally. Cost of wood, saws, splitter, mauls, tractors, fuel etc. etc. In addition to whatever you spent on your stove and setup!
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In our case, add to the above, knocking out a huge portion of a wall in the stove room and refinish properly ($750), take down the transom on a door and widen whole thing in the same room and refinish properly ($250), purchase and install 2 ceiling fans to move the heat around the home nicely ($450), purchase and install insulated duct and duct fan for the attic duct running from over the stove to the back of the house - it dumps hot air back there but just as importantly keeps the stove room from over heating and being miserably hot. Also, put a tiny fan on the floor in the back of the house to act as the cold air return (free).

This week, we are building a wood shed which should be around $500 (includes lumber).

I may soon buy a Fiskars X27 splitting axe ($45)

I do love my wood stove and the fires and I wouldn't go back and change anything :)
 
mellery. For more even heating you might try reversing the duct fan so that it blows the cooler air into the stove room. Warm air from the stove room will be pulled toward the cool rooms. This is also safer in case of fire, CO leak, etc..
 
Thank you very much begreen (again) :) I knew this fact and never thought to reverse it - we were just talking last night about moving the fan in the duct closer to the back but I know you're right. Moving cold air into warm works better than the opposite.
 
I would do all of the install as the house is built. But, if not all, design and install the chimney. You can do the hearth and stove later. I think you said you were doing a straight up and through the roof chimney. To do that you need to locate the stove and then the chase through the rafters needs to be built in the right place.
 
My stove 2400$, 28 feet of chimney 850$, stove and chimney install charge 700$ = 4k.

Seems about where it should be. I could have probably save 1000 dollars installing it myself but my insurance company wasn't down with it, I didn't want to have to find a new insurance company, and frankly I just felt more comfortable having someone who has been installing chimneys for the same small downtown local business for 15+ years do it anyway than try and shop around.
 
Charles1981 said:
My stove 2400$, 28 feet of chimney 850$, stove and chimney install charge 700$ = 4k.

Seems about where it should be. I could have probably save 1000 dollars installing it myself but my insurance company wasn't down with it, I didn't want to have to find a new insurance company, and frankly I just felt more comfortable having someone who has been installing chimneys for the same small downtown local business for 15+ years do it anyway than try and shop around.
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The chimney price is not listed in my quotes above. Yours sounds like a 2 story house? Mine is not so hopefully won't be the pricey, but you can probably add $1,000 to my quotes above for the chimney.
 
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