Just bought new house. Late 1930's colonial outside Boston. 3 flues running through central chimney (basement fireplace, 1st floor fireplace, oil boiler/gas hot water). Got flues clean and diagnosis for 1st floor fireplace flue (the main one I plan on using) was creosote buildup throughout + gaps in mortar joints between flue tiles + exposed brick in smoke chamber + crack in top tile. Asked them for a quote on what it would take to replace clay flue with SS just for 1st floor fireplace flue. Chimney height from 1st floor to top is ~30 feet.
They quoted $8,000 for installation of SS liner including 1/2" foil faced insulation blanket + stainless armor mesh + an additional $1,600 for removal + disposal of clay flue tiles. They also mentioned the other two flues (basement fireplace + boiler/hot water) may be damaged during removal of clay flue tiles. This was on top of other charges ($700 top mount damper, $1,400 custom outside mount/cap, $1,800 smoke chamber repair, $200 removal of existing throat damper).
Other info: Hoping to install wood burning insert in 1st floor fireplace. Basement fireplace was in much worse shape (many offsets, appears undersized, heavy glazed creosote, spoked bricks in chamber, multiple cracks in flue tiles) and the oil flue was also in bad shape (had to sweep from roof, couldn't get camera access, piece of flue tile came down with large amount of ash while sweeping). Planning to vent oil boiler directly out of basement and not use that flue. Not sure on plan for basement fireplace - potentially gas.
1) Is this quote insanely high? I asked why quote was so high for SS liner and he basically said, "We have stainless steel hybrid smooth wall flex with a half inch insulation blanket."
2) Any general recommendations on next steps if my main goal here is wood burning insert on 1st floor, gas fireplace in basement, direct venting oil boiler + gas hot water?
They quoted $8,000 for installation of SS liner including 1/2" foil faced insulation blanket + stainless armor mesh + an additional $1,600 for removal + disposal of clay flue tiles. They also mentioned the other two flues (basement fireplace + boiler/hot water) may be damaged during removal of clay flue tiles. This was on top of other charges ($700 top mount damper, $1,400 custom outside mount/cap, $1,800 smoke chamber repair, $200 removal of existing throat damper).
Other info: Hoping to install wood burning insert in 1st floor fireplace. Basement fireplace was in much worse shape (many offsets, appears undersized, heavy glazed creosote, spoked bricks in chamber, multiple cracks in flue tiles) and the oil flue was also in bad shape (had to sweep from roof, couldn't get camera access, piece of flue tile came down with large amount of ash while sweeping). Planning to vent oil boiler directly out of basement and not use that flue. Not sure on plan for basement fireplace - potentially gas.
1) Is this quote insanely high? I asked why quote was so high for SS liner and he basically said, "We have stainless steel hybrid smooth wall flex with a half inch insulation blanket."
2) Any general recommendations on next steps if my main goal here is wood burning insert on 1st floor, gas fireplace in basement, direct venting oil boiler + gas hot water?
