Today we went to our local County Fair. Mostly to look at chickens and tractors, depending on which one of us you're talking about (I do love those old tractors and implements), but it turns out that all three local stove dealers were there which saved me a lot of time. It was interesting to be able to go from one to the other with the same requirements and get their recommendations. Maybe in another thread I'll talk about the models proposed and my impressions, but what I wanted to ask about was regarding installation.
I asked each of the dealers to give me am itemized "out the door" price quote for each proposed model including installation price assuming certain things like double wall, chimney length, OAK, etc. Total installation prices varied from about $1500 to about $1800 for similar stoves, as apples and apples as I could get, with chimney cost being the only major difference. One quote was $600 for chimney, another for $925. The third one didn't itemize.
Is there a substantial difference in pipe quality and price to account for this, or could there be another reason for the difference? In all cases, the stoves were steel, about 2 cf, mobile home requirements (meaning OAK, bolted down, grounded). I probably will make another trip down in a few days and nail down a few details and I'll ask more about this then, but I wanted to get your take. Thanks.
I asked each of the dealers to give me am itemized "out the door" price quote for each proposed model including installation price assuming certain things like double wall, chimney length, OAK, etc. Total installation prices varied from about $1500 to about $1800 for similar stoves, as apples and apples as I could get, with chimney cost being the only major difference. One quote was $600 for chimney, another for $925. The third one didn't itemize.
Is there a substantial difference in pipe quality and price to account for this, or could there be another reason for the difference? In all cases, the stoves were steel, about 2 cf, mobile home requirements (meaning OAK, bolted down, grounded). I probably will make another trip down in a few days and nail down a few details and I'll ask more about this then, but I wanted to get your take. Thanks.