The housing association I live in has received a ban on open fires until we renovate our chimneys. We have obtained a few quotes, but we think they are high in price. The chimneys are 22m high, and the work includes connecting any stoves. The house has 8 chimneys and, as it stands now, we are looking at doing something about 5 of them.
One of the quotes I can use as an example is 60,000 per chimney, which includes both material and work. Is this a market-priced quote?
Of the 60,000, about 15,000 is labor cost and the rest is material. One of the material items I reacted to is the flexible acid-resistant pipe (180mm) which costs 20,000 per chimney, i.e., about 1,000 per meter.
Are these normal material costs, or are they making a significant profit there?
Edit: Do we actually need 180mm pipes, by the way? I see the cost drops quite a bit if we go down in dimension (quite naturally). There are a maximum of 4 connections to the same pipe.
One of the quotes I can use as an example is 60,000 per chimney, which includes both material and work. Is this a market-priced quote?
Of the 60,000, about 15,000 is labor cost and the rest is material. One of the material items I reacted to is the flexible acid-resistant pipe (180mm) which costs 20,000 per chimney, i.e., about 1,000 per meter.
Are these normal material costs, or are they making a significant profit there?
Edit: Do we actually need 180mm pipes, by the way? I see the cost drops quite a bit if we go down in dimension (quite naturally). There are a maximum of 4 connections to the same pipe.
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Sounds fairly reasonable. We paid 20,000 for slip casting of two flues in our chimney, which goes from the basement and through the ground floor and upper floor, two years ago.
That sounds reasonable, in the housing association (BRF) I used to live in, the members who wanted to use the tiled stove paid 1000 SEK per meter of chimney, we had 16 meters to the roof, meaning 16,000 - cheaper for those who lived on the top floor.