Fitting/sealing surround, backing and hearth?

[cellardoor]

Hi,

Bought new gas fire + mdf surround, granite backing and hearth. Local Gas Safe guy has quoted £350 to take out old gas fire (B&Q jobby), replace the flue, put new gas fire in and bury a Gas pipe that is coming out of the side of the chimney.

Thought this was a fair price but not really sure. Sound OK?

Also, was going to fit the MDF surround, granite backing and hearth myself but have read contradictory advice on whether it's OK to lay a superimposed hearth over solid wood flooring for a Gas fire.

Building regs seem to say a constructional hearth is required for solid fuel only. If that's the case, how to seal the superimposed hearth to the solid wood flooring, silicon?

Thanks for reading,
Cellardoor

 

[gasbanni]

Sounds fair to me without seeing the job - about what I'd charge.

 

[homes]

Sounds fair to me without seeing the job - about what I'd charge.

Would you do the new liner in that price?

 

[cellardoor]

Thanks gasbanni,

What do you think I should do about the wood floor?

 

[expertgasman]

Bought new gas fire + mdf surround, granite backing and hearth. Local Gas Safe guy has quoted £350 to take out old gas fire (B&Q jobby), replace the flue, put new gas fire in and bury a Gas pipe that is coming out of the side of the chimney.

Thought this was a fair price but not really sure. Sound OK?

contradictory advice on whether it's OK to lay a superimposed hearth over solid wood flooring for a Gas fire.


i. Hearth plan is perfectly okay

ii. Why is he replacing the flue? Do you mean a liner? Is the chimney defective, you only need a new liner if the flue is defective, but you CANNOT use the existing liner.

iii. Why on earth is he not fitting the fireplace. Seems ridiculous to spread the job out over a few days, when he could do the whole thing in one visit. If he ISN'T relining, then it looks a tad expensive to me, especially if it doesn't include VAT

 

[gasbanni]

Sounds fair to me without seeing the job - about what I'd charge.

Would you do the new liner in that price?

Ooopppss missed that so its a very good price more than fair !