My wife and I would like to add a small stove like a Jotul 602 into our living room area. We would need to add a chimney. I would like to do a steel insulated chimney situation. From what I understand it needs to be insulated all the way from when it first hits the ceiling to when it goes to the cap at the top of the chimney. To get the proper clearance (2' taller than anything within 10') it would need to be 15' of insulated chimney (this is from where the 1st floor ceiling starts to where the top of the chimney will be). It would be a straight up shot, pass through the 1st floor ceiling, into a small bedroom and then up through the asphalt shingled roof. In the small bedroom it would be in an area that has a really slanty section, so it is only 2' from the floor to the ceiling/roof where this would be.
Now, my stove shop said it would probably be $1200-1500 in labor alone to do it, plus 5 x $170 (per 3ft) for the insulated chimney and then add in the thimbles. All together you're looking at $2,500! Ouch! I can get the insulated chimney elsewhere (albeit a slightly lower grade, but still UL approved etc) for $100 per 3ft and do the install myself for less than $750.
Am I crazy to think I could do this install myself? Professionally I am an IT Manager, but I work on my own cars, snowmobiles and yard equipment as well as do electrical work on my own home and families houses. I've started to dabble in plumbing. I'm very much "to the book" when it comes to codes. Think I could do it, or should I really pay a professional to come and do it?
Now, my stove shop said it would probably be $1200-1500 in labor alone to do it, plus 5 x $170 (per 3ft) for the insulated chimney and then add in the thimbles. All together you're looking at $2,500! Ouch! I can get the insulated chimney elsewhere (albeit a slightly lower grade, but still UL approved etc) for $100 per 3ft and do the install myself for less than $750.
Am I crazy to think I could do this install myself? Professionally I am an IT Manager, but I work on my own cars, snowmobiles and yard equipment as well as do electrical work on my own home and families houses. I've started to dabble in plumbing. I'm very much "to the book" when it comes to codes. Think I could do it, or should I really pay a professional to come and do it?