Gas fireplace installation

[Anonymous]

I'm researching prices to have gas fireplace inserts installed in my home. One company quoted just about $1,0000 per fireplace, just for the installation of the insert. Does this seem excessive, or average for DC?? Anyone have similar work done recently; if so what was your average cost? Thx!

[Anonymous]

It is easily possible to pay a lot more than that, depending on the kind of fireplace you want and the difficulty of the install. Our quote was $3250 for the install PLUS $3000 for the fireplace itself.

[Anonymous]

We just had this done - though we also needed the gas run to the house. $1k seems low to me, but it depends on what they need to do, how far they need to run the gas pipe, etc. We were installing the unit in an existing brick fireplace and we also needed to do some brick work to make it fit. I think we paid $2300 for the brickwork and install. The unit was an additional cost.

[Anonymous]

$1K or $10K, OP?

[Anonymous]

OP here- $1,000.00

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just had this done - though we also needed the gas run to the house. $1k seems low to me, but it depends on what they need to do, how far they need to run the gas pipe, etc. We were installing the unit in an existing brick fireplace and we also needed to do some brick work to make it fit. I think we paid $2300 for the brickwork and install. The unit was an additional cost.

Thanks for the reply! My quote was $1900 for 2 installed, plus $3600 by a gas fitter to run the 2 gas lines, plus the cost of each unit is separate from all that. Looking at around $12k for all this. I'm also installing into 2 existing brick fireplaces.

[Anonymous]

Are you talking about putting a gas insert into an existing wood burning fireplace or a brand new installation. If it is the latter your costs will be MUCH higher than $1000. You will need a contractor to build the framing for the insert, a gas contractor to run the gas line to the fireplace, the fireplace and install itself, and then the finish work to make it look decent. Figure $10,000 at least.

[Anonymous]

It also varies depending on the type of insert. If you are getting a ventless gas fireplace installed in a wood fireplace, the installation in easy because no change is needed to the flue (just running a gas line to the fireplace). If you are getting a vented fireplace (see if you are getting a system with a glass cover and a fan that blows out heat into the room for more efficiency), installation is complex because the installer needs to install a series of baffles and significantly modify the flue.

[Anonymous]

$1k seems pretty reasonable. You'll need to run gas and electric to the opening. The installation includes dropping exhaust and combustion air from the chimney to the unit. Plus, it's a couple of hours to assemble and complete the installation...yeah that's pretty darn reasonable. We paid about $4k for the insert and installation a year or so ago.

We also did a new construction model - that was closer to $7k but it was part of a larger framing job so alone it would have been more.

[Anonymous]

$1K seems very reasonable. We paid more than that for our direct vent installation, and all they really had to do was punch a hole in the exterior masonry wall for the intake/exhaust (we had the gas line run and framing complete before they came on site)

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone for the responses! I feel much better about my quotes now!

[Anonymous]

Anyone use a company for install that you would recommend?