I have had a customer ring me today and ask how much they should pay for a fireplace to be installed and whether we could fit the fireplace for her.
I asked where abouts she was and Plymouth came the reply, now thats a little far for our local fitter to travel too we do operate within a 100 mile radius of us in Ripley Derbyshire and any further afield we use a good network of fitters we have approved to make sure the job gets done correctly.
Now there is no set standard price for fitting a new fireplace or stove as it depends on how much work has to be done to your chimney breast to fit the new fireplace.
The more work you do yourself including removing the original the cheaper it will become and we always say to our customers to expect to pay around £250 to £400 for a typical fireplace fitting charge.
Now some people will gasp at that price and say is he there all week but with courses for gas safe and Hetas costing 100s of pounds each year its pretty reasonable i think.
What you can be assured of when using a registered fireplace fitter is that it will be installed correctly and you will be given the correct compliance certificate.
So please avoid the DIY masters and the local builder who says i can install that for you it really is not worth the risk, so if you are within our fitting radius give us a call if not we can give you a nuymber for someone who will fit it for you
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How much should i pay for fireplace installation
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Rogue Fireplace Fitter is Discovered again don’t let it be you
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Rogue fireplace fitters have surfaced again today and one of our customers let her builder talk her into fitting a Henley and Brompton Limestone Package for her after we had delivered it and she has rung me today for some advice.
Now let me tell you I am not qualified to fit fireplaces for gas or solid fuel but I have so much experience in supplying fireplaces I can offer fitting advice with my eyes shut.
1st Bit of advice GET A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL TO DO IT
2nd bit of advice SEE 1ST BIT
There advice dispensed do not under any circumstances let a none qualified fitter touch your fireplace please use Gas safe registered fitter for gas use and Hetas registered fitter for solid fuel.
The builder had fitted wooden battens behind the fireplace to hold it off the wall to meet the limestone surround. Wood I heard myself cry it is for solid fuel use (real fire) is he an idiot I replied not only had it not backfilled it he had bodged it.
Anyway problem is now solved we have sorted her out a proper fitter whose work we have seen and is someone we know we can trust.
Luckily our customer had not paid the builder for this work yet as he was due back to start something else in her house now that is a stroke of luck I have told her to report him to Trading Standards its not the 1st time we have heard of rogue traders even we have had fitters ring us offering to fit our fireplaces who are not qualified to do so these are told instantly no we don’t want our good name putting to their work.
We offer a great service and expect fitters we recommend to do the same so if you do have a fireplace supplied by us ask us if we have any fitters details for the area you live in we normally do and don’t forget always please use our 1st bit of advice for fireplace fitting