Hi, hoping someone can help me understand, I have had two Hetas fitters come and give me quotes for fitting a wood burner (both approved fitters on the Hetas website)
My chimney is lined with clay pots at the moment (gas fire removed recently and I live in a bungalow if that helps)
I'm buying the fire and hearth-approx £750 for both so the prices below exclude that
First fitter has quoted me £1200, to include the extra fire fittings and flue liner, brickwork, plastering, hearth fitting etc (total cost about £1950). He says the liner is essential
Second fitter has quoted me £700 (total cost about £1450) to include the same work but says I don't need to line the chimney as the clay pots are in great condition and are sufficient
Can someone explain why the advice would differ like this, from a safety perspective I'm confused. Plus, isn't the other reason for the liner so that the fire works properly by reducing the diameter of the flue to that of the fire ie from the 9" current clay pots to 5"?
My chimney is lined with clay pots at the moment (gas fire removed recently and I live in a bungalow if that helps)
I'm buying the fire and hearth-approx £750 for both so the prices below exclude that
First fitter has quoted me £1200, to include the extra fire fittings and flue liner, brickwork, plastering, hearth fitting etc (total cost about £1950). He says the liner is essential
Second fitter has quoted me £700 (total cost about £1450) to include the same work but says I don't need to line the chimney as the clay pots are in great condition and are sufficient
Can someone explain why the advice would differ like this, from a safety perspective I'm confused. Plus, isn't the other reason for the liner so that the fire works properly by reducing the diameter of the flue to that of the fire ie from the 9" current clay pots to 5"?