Hi there, I've been reading about chimney liners on this forum, and looking at chimney liner web sites. We have a reportedly sound brick chimney (per sweep), unlined, 9" internal diameter, from basement to where it was taken down, just shy of the rafters in the attic. The attic is about 5-6 feet tall to the peak. The stove is to be located in the unfinished, uninsulated, clay block walled, concrete floored basement.
We have a Chimney Sweep estimate for a chimney liner that is insulated flexible 316TI at 18ft, through the old brick chimney, out the peak of the roof with a double walled SS 3-4' chimney and rain cap. The stove would be hooked up to the chimney with single wall stove pipe into a new thimble opening. The stove is a new, but not 2020, Jotul F 45 Greenville. The bid includes closure of the old thimble with screen and mortar. This bid would include sweeping the chimney prior to install. The bid is $2600.
I am asking for another 2 bids, but one hasn't got back to me yet...
...The other bid request is to our heating and cooling company that told my DH they could do it, so he arranged for them to write up a bid last month, before I got involved. I called today to get this project moving forward and the heating and cooling company suggests using an aluminum liner. That is wrong, correct??? Then I explained I wanted the liner to be SS 316TI, and he didn't know what I was talking about. He did a google search while he was on the phone, and then acknowledged he would need to look into this some more. He has been installing furnaces for over 30 years, and may have some expertise. I tried to explain that these wood burners are very efficient and need very good drafts to work right, along with high temps. When I told him I believed that my stove was 75-82% efficient, he said that's not efficient, then started to compare it to gas furnace efficiency. This conversation was going nowhere IMHO. I told him I had one bid from a sweep, and was looking to get more bids and information before DH and I made the move to install, and he rather abruptly said I should go with the sweep then. I did some more talking and the conversation softened a bit, after all we have a relationship with this company. He said he'd get back to me, and added a comment that went something like this: "I'll get back to you before we do anything rash". Well I have come away from this conversation thinking that I know more than him, and slightly patronized. They have been a very good heating and cooling company, but this stove project is in a different ballpark I believe.
DH wants someone to install the whole project, and not DIY. He is going to be busy in the field. Money is a concern as grain prices continue to tank. Blah Blah Blah.
We have a Chimney Sweep estimate for a chimney liner that is insulated flexible 316TI at 18ft, through the old brick chimney, out the peak of the roof with a double walled SS 3-4' chimney and rain cap. The stove would be hooked up to the chimney with single wall stove pipe into a new thimble opening. The stove is a new, but not 2020, Jotul F 45 Greenville. The bid includes closure of the old thimble with screen and mortar. This bid would include sweeping the chimney prior to install. The bid is $2600.
I am asking for another 2 bids, but one hasn't got back to me yet...
...The other bid request is to our heating and cooling company that told my DH they could do it, so he arranged for them to write up a bid last month, before I got involved. I called today to get this project moving forward and the heating and cooling company suggests using an aluminum liner. That is wrong, correct??? Then I explained I wanted the liner to be SS 316TI, and he didn't know what I was talking about. He did a google search while he was on the phone, and then acknowledged he would need to look into this some more. He has been installing furnaces for over 30 years, and may have some expertise. I tried to explain that these wood burners are very efficient and need very good drafts to work right, along with high temps. When I told him I believed that my stove was 75-82% efficient, he said that's not efficient, then started to compare it to gas furnace efficiency. This conversation was going nowhere IMHO. I told him I had one bid from a sweep, and was looking to get more bids and information before DH and I made the move to install, and he rather abruptly said I should go with the sweep then. I did some more talking and the conversation softened a bit, after all we have a relationship with this company. He said he'd get back to me, and added a comment that went something like this: "I'll get back to you before we do anything rash". Well I have come away from this conversation thinking that I know more than him, and slightly patronized. They have been a very good heating and cooling company, but this stove project is in a different ballpark I believe.
DH wants someone to install the whole project, and not DIY. He is going to be busy in the field. Money is a concern as grain prices continue to tank. Blah Blah Blah.
