Hello All.
I seek your wisdom/experience on chimney liners.
In preparation for getting the new Varm installed, I had a chimney sweep come out and take a look at both of my chimneys. (One is for oil boiler, the other is where I plan to put the new wood boiler). What he has told me is that both need new cleanout doors (not surprising), but that both need to have new liners installed (VERY surprising to me). I unfortunately wasnt there, but my wife was, and was able to see the bits and pieces of terra cotta that he was pulling out of the bottom. I dont necessarily have any reason to doubt that the liners are needed, other than I dont want to have to pay more $ for them.
Thats where I want some advice. The cost I am getting is that each new cleanout door will cost $75, along with $95 for the labor to do it. For the liner, he is wanting $111/foot, plus tax. The issue I have here is that one chimney is 33 feet, the other is 25 or so. So now Im up to at least $6500 that I really didnt plan on spending this season.
I know its important to have a good flue, but can anyone let me know their experience with putting in a new liner, and if these costs are in line?
In my digging around, I found this site: http://www.chimneylinerinc.com/ (I hope its OK to post this here, if not, sorry mods, and it can be removed). The cost to get two full kits with insulation and all of the other goodies was about 2k. So it seems like paying 4500 or so for labor is pretty darn steep. My only concern is that I dont know how the cleanouts would work with these liner kits.
Any help is much appreciated!
I seek your wisdom/experience on chimney liners.
In preparation for getting the new Varm installed, I had a chimney sweep come out and take a look at both of my chimneys. (One is for oil boiler, the other is where I plan to put the new wood boiler). What he has told me is that both need new cleanout doors (not surprising), but that both need to have new liners installed (VERY surprising to me). I unfortunately wasnt there, but my wife was, and was able to see the bits and pieces of terra cotta that he was pulling out of the bottom. I dont necessarily have any reason to doubt that the liners are needed, other than I dont want to have to pay more $ for them.
Thats where I want some advice. The cost I am getting is that each new cleanout door will cost $75, along with $95 for the labor to do it. For the liner, he is wanting $111/foot, plus tax. The issue I have here is that one chimney is 33 feet, the other is 25 or so. So now Im up to at least $6500 that I really didnt plan on spending this season.
I know its important to have a good flue, but can anyone let me know their experience with putting in a new liner, and if these costs are in line?
In my digging around, I found this site: http://www.chimneylinerinc.com/ (I hope its OK to post this here, if not, sorry mods, and it can be removed). The cost to get two full kits with insulation and all of the other goodies was about 2k. So it seems like paying 4500 or so for labor is pretty darn steep. My only concern is that I dont know how the cleanouts would work with these liner kits.
Any help is much appreciated!