Thank you for the input and help finding a dealer in my previous thread:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...-to-install-a-stove-they-did-not-sell.129513/
I ended up finding a very highly rated dealer that will in fact offer factory prices on the BK units and installation and service. I decided to go with the BK Princess insert, because a) this blog reports so highly on the unit, b) the control over the temp output (Living room with stove in it is not huge and my wife is concerned we will be driven out by the stove), c) Pacific Energy Neo 2.5 was too hard to find in DC, I would have had to order (In fairness, PE wrote me back after being closed for a period of the summer and referred me to a dealer 30 miles away who would sell and support the stove. I had just already traveled so far down the BK road...)
Ok, so I am not sure what the forum rules are in terms of listing prices and things, but I offer this in terms of education as I have been so educated by this site and also because I have not mentioned that I am doing this entirely remotely while deployed in Afghanistan. So I need to establish my scope of work entirely up front as I will not be there to supervise or ask questions during the project. So I'd like to throw out a scope of work and ask if I should insist on certain things.
So this is what I am looking at now:
BK Princess Insert Stove Body: $2,617
Gold Door: $514 (I will redirect this to black, I have no idea why they are recommending gold)
Panel: $373
Standard Shroud Gold Trim: $65 (again, I will have this adjusted to black)
Liner Kit and Installation: $1,500
Tax: 6%
Total: $5,373.14
My questions basically refer to the scope of work: Will this installation as presented to me by the dealer and sweep include a block off plate? Should I insist on a particular type of chimney liner? I do know that the sweep has determined that my chimney is "filthy", though the cleaning of that will be included in the afformentioned price and be completed before the liner is installed.
Are there any glaring omissions here? Do I need to be particularly insistent on anything from 12000 miles away. I'd like to get off of the airplane in January and have everything working. Or is this too hard for a remote project and something that should wait for a January install? Wouldn't this all be more expensive in January???
I have included a general photo of living room with fireplace so that you can get an idea of existing fireplace. Dealer has said that both BK Princess Insert and PE NEO 2.5 will fit.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...-to-install-a-stove-they-did-not-sell.129513/
I ended up finding a very highly rated dealer that will in fact offer factory prices on the BK units and installation and service. I decided to go with the BK Princess insert, because a) this blog reports so highly on the unit, b) the control over the temp output (Living room with stove in it is not huge and my wife is concerned we will be driven out by the stove), c) Pacific Energy Neo 2.5 was too hard to find in DC, I would have had to order (In fairness, PE wrote me back after being closed for a period of the summer and referred me to a dealer 30 miles away who would sell and support the stove. I had just already traveled so far down the BK road...)
Ok, so I am not sure what the forum rules are in terms of listing prices and things, but I offer this in terms of education as I have been so educated by this site and also because I have not mentioned that I am doing this entirely remotely while deployed in Afghanistan. So I need to establish my scope of work entirely up front as I will not be there to supervise or ask questions during the project. So I'd like to throw out a scope of work and ask if I should insist on certain things.
So this is what I am looking at now:
BK Princess Insert Stove Body: $2,617
Gold Door: $514 (I will redirect this to black, I have no idea why they are recommending gold)
Panel: $373
Standard Shroud Gold Trim: $65 (again, I will have this adjusted to black)
Liner Kit and Installation: $1,500
Tax: 6%
Total: $5,373.14
My questions basically refer to the scope of work: Will this installation as presented to me by the dealer and sweep include a block off plate? Should I insist on a particular type of chimney liner? I do know that the sweep has determined that my chimney is "filthy", though the cleaning of that will be included in the afformentioned price and be completed before the liner is installed.
Are there any glaring omissions here? Do I need to be particularly insistent on anything from 12000 miles away. I'd like to get off of the airplane in January and have everything working. Or is this too hard for a remote project and something that should wait for a January install? Wouldn't this all be more expensive in January???
I have included a general photo of living room with fireplace so that you can get an idea of existing fireplace. Dealer has said that both BK Princess Insert and PE NEO 2.5 will fit.
![[Hearth.com] Pulling the trigger on on my insert (BK Princess)](/talk/data/attachments/137/137073-3288c0cefe3bbe6720f1d3d4d40caff1.jpg?hash=1-HfzABHuu)
