I have a VC Encore (the Everburn, not catalytic) in my living room, which has a cathedral ceiling. Current pipe is single wall all the way up through a pair of 45 degree offsets (to allow for ceiling fan - stupid design). The box (I forget the correct term) at the top and through the ceiling/attic/roof is fine. I now(!) understand that any pipe over 8 feet above the stove should be double wall - I always do my research AFTER I develop a problem - and I need to replace the upper two straight segments because they're beginning to separate at the seams.
I received an estimate from a stove/incendiary device guy as follows:
"Furnish and install (1) 8” close clearance chimney system from existing wood stove to ceiling support with (1) set of 45 degree offsets. Price includes install, tax and labor.
"TOTAL………$1695.00"
That seemed high to me, so I asked him to break down materials and labor, and what the cost would be without new offsets (which aren't splitting, although they are still just single wall, I think), and he said:
"$1240 without the offsets, $400.00 labor"
I take this to mean that the straight sections cost $840, the labor is $400 and the offsets would be $55 (if I get them). Mr. Verbose didn't say, of course, whether the first 8 feet would be single wall - which they should be.
Does this seem reasonable to you all? Am I just in denial? (These are also the people who told me it would be $920 to repair my old VC Encore, and I suspected they just didn't want the job, but I could have been in denial, there, too.)
Thanks!
Louise-Annette
I received an estimate from a stove/incendiary device guy as follows:
"Furnish and install (1) 8” close clearance chimney system from existing wood stove to ceiling support with (1) set of 45 degree offsets. Price includes install, tax and labor.
"TOTAL………$1695.00"
That seemed high to me, so I asked him to break down materials and labor, and what the cost would be without new offsets (which aren't splitting, although they are still just single wall, I think), and he said:
"$1240 without the offsets, $400.00 labor"
I take this to mean that the straight sections cost $840, the labor is $400 and the offsets would be $55 (if I get them). Mr. Verbose didn't say, of course, whether the first 8 feet would be single wall - which they should be.
Does this seem reasonable to you all? Am I just in denial? (These are also the people who told me it would be $920 to repair my old VC Encore, and I suspected they just didn't want the job, but I could have been in denial, there, too.)
Thanks!
Louise-Annette