Chimney lining

[nutgoneflake]

How much would it cost to have a chimney lined and what would it involve?? We have a cottage, two storeys and an attic room - not unusually tall or anything. It's just for an open coal/log fire, not a woodburner. At the moment, smoke leaks out into the attic room so we don't light it any more.

Any help or even just a ball-park figure would be great, thanks brainy bunch xx

[Lil O'lady]

I think this will depend on where you live and the prices charged by local workmen. You're looking at a simple job, but messy: someone would need to check if there is an existing lining (like a metal version of a tumble dryer hose), and remove it, then insert and fix the new one.
The materials themselves aren't dear;
http://www.fluesupplies.com/index.php?cPath=22

But you're talking about someone having to get up on your roof. Also, it needs to be someone you trust on your roof, not to crack slates by walking on them.

I had a similar relining job done about three years ago, including installation of 'hole in the wall' gas fire and all replastering / removal of waste, and in came in at under �1000, about a third to a half being the cost of the fire and its surround / installation. In mid lancashire.

[jake-the-peg]

Had this done a few years back and it came to a couple of grand I think but that included the fire.

There are a few points here.

Firstly if it's a large fireplace there is a ratio of the opening to the flue diameter that you need to have for the building regs. So if it's a larger fire place like ours was you need quite a wide diameter lining.

The twited nature of ours (the cottage is about 300 years old) meant that a rigid lining couldn't be used and the construction of the house meant that they couldn't use a cement lining system so we had to have a flexible lining. That limited the opening so we had to have a stove but there are some by Dovre which are basically like an enclosed fireplace that you can open up.

The working at heights directive means that you need scaffolding up to do the job so that has to be budgeted for - no more dangling off of ladders!

And you need sufficient ventillation so you might need an air brick - a reputable chimney company are likely to insist on this if they are doing any work for you.


All the details on sizes etc are in here:http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR _PDF_ADJ_2002.pdf

Looks a bit scarey at first but most of it won't apply to you

[nutgoneflake]

Thanks all - that's given me loads to go on xx