I posted a while back about my unfortunately poor experience with a stove installer. I just had a second company come and inspect the setup and clean the flue, I'm much happier with them so far, they seemed much more professional and knowledgeable than the first guy. They gave me a write of the work that needs to be done and I wanted to run it by all of you and check to make sure the price seems right and also ask you if you think I should have anything done, or request a different setup. I currently have an 8x8 outside masonry chimney 13 ft tall, and they found cracks in three sides running a good length of the chimney so we definitely had a chimney fire in there at some point and a liner is a must have item now.
They want to install a flex liner and replace the single-wall pipe inside with double wall to meet code clearances, and also will replace the stainless piece of class A pass through with an actual certified pass through. They would seal up the old cleanout at the bottom of the chimney (ground level) and install a new cleanout door higher up so the Tee can be accessed. They'd be using DVL duravent pipe for everything and would put a double wall extension at the top of the chimney, above the flex liner, to increase the total flue height and bring it up to code. Total for that would be about $1550, sound about right for that kind of work?
They also recommended a sealant for the outside of the chimney for $300. Is that something I could do, something easily found at Homedepot or the like that you paint or spray on?
We also have a separate flue for our oil burner, it's in good shape inside with no cracks, but the very top clay tile needs replacing and the top outer edges of the chimney are cracked and need some fixing, plus the flashing needs some work and it drips a little water into the attic. They gave a quote of $1080 to replace the tile, fix the cracks and the flashing, and put a cap on it. Again, sound about right price wise?
My biggest question is this: we don't have the money to do both right now, so I'm split about what choice to make. I don't think the oil burner flue is a safety issue and would like to be able to burn wood this winter, so I'm thinking I'll get the liner done now and fix the oil flue next summer. Thoughts and opinions are appreciated, thanks ahead of time.
Pictures of the current setup, basically unusable until the inside black singlewall is replaced and the whole deal has a proper liner:
They want to install a flex liner and replace the single-wall pipe inside with double wall to meet code clearances, and also will replace the stainless piece of class A pass through with an actual certified pass through. They would seal up the old cleanout at the bottom of the chimney (ground level) and install a new cleanout door higher up so the Tee can be accessed. They'd be using DVL duravent pipe for everything and would put a double wall extension at the top of the chimney, above the flex liner, to increase the total flue height and bring it up to code. Total for that would be about $1550, sound about right for that kind of work?
They also recommended a sealant for the outside of the chimney for $300. Is that something I could do, something easily found at Homedepot or the like that you paint or spray on?
We also have a separate flue for our oil burner, it's in good shape inside with no cracks, but the very top clay tile needs replacing and the top outer edges of the chimney are cracked and need some fixing, plus the flashing needs some work and it drips a little water into the attic. They gave a quote of $1080 to replace the tile, fix the cracks and the flashing, and put a cap on it. Again, sound about right price wise?
My biggest question is this: we don't have the money to do both right now, so I'm split about what choice to make. I don't think the oil burner flue is a safety issue and would like to be able to burn wood this winter, so I'm thinking I'll get the liner done now and fix the oil flue next summer. Thoughts and opinions are appreciated, thanks ahead of time.
Pictures of the current setup, basically unusable until the inside black singlewall is replaced and the whole deal has a proper liner: