The standard demolition price includes opening up your fireplace to the original sizing, preparing the base and removal of all rubble. The majority of houses will only require a standard demolition however, some demolitions can be extremely large. In these rare cases, the price can go up to £400 or more.

Sometimes brick arches are damaged over the years and have to be replaced with a lintel to keep the chimney breast structure sound. Unfortunately we cannot gauge exactly what a demolition will entail until opening it up. In most cases widening will not be necessary and the original builders opening is normally always large enough to accommodate the majority of burners. If you do require a new lintel the cost is an exra £75.

If you prefer you can get the inital preparation of the fireplace done by a builder.

It is important to have the chimney swept before installation as any residual soot and creosote in your flue must be removed before installation of the new liner. We can sweep on the day or you can book a chimney sweep prior to our visit. I recommend Todd Williams: Tel: 07717873571.

Demolitions can be messy work and we take care to make sure we do not fill your house with dust. Using plastic sheeting to cover your furniture, ground sheets and a dust extraction hoover we aim to keep the mess to an absolute minimum. However, we always recommend clearing out the room as much as possible especially electronics such as TVs. There may still be dust in the air that hasn't settled after we leave.

After the demolition, rendering of the inside (if wanted) and re plastering of the chimney breast must be completed before installation of the stove. You can use any plasterer for this or we can recommend someone.

If your fireplace already has an adequately sized hearth that you are happy with then we can leave it as it is.

Our riven slate hearths are made from Brazilian slate which has a natural finish. Unlike honed slate, riven slate has natural colour and texture variations. Some small chips on the edges may be noticeable due to the machine cutting of the slate. Most fireplaces will not need a hearth deeper than 75cm. Some will require more depth so 2 pieces of slate will be necessary. There will be a visible join between the two pieces and because every piece of natural stone is slightly different, they may not match perfectly in terms of colour and texture. However, the join will be behind or under the burner so any difference will not really be noticeable. Our slate is max 120cm wide. If you require a wider hearth I can reccommend a good stonemasons. This will slightly delay things of course, and be more expensive than the hearths I offer.

The installation will take you from a prepared recess to a fully functioning wood burning stove to current building regulations.

Some flues may be narrow and cannot accommodate a flue pipe entering into them with the required manufacturer stated air gaps around the wood burning stove. In these cases an adjustable pipe or 45 degree bends may have to be used to conform with building regulations.

Our liners come with a bird and rain or anti-downdraft cowl as standard. If you would like other chimneys capped or a cowl added we can do this at the time of the installation.

5" liners can only be connected to DEFRA approved and Ecodesign stoves. We do not advise stoves that have 6" outlets. 6" liners can be problematic to install. Occasionally they get stuck on bends. If this occurs the only thing that can be done is to open up the flue to help the liner down. This may be in the same room, loft space or even in the bedroom above. This obviously incurs extra expense, not only for the destructive nature of knocking holes through your walls but also the replastering and redecoration needed afterwards. While it is unlikely to happen we still strongly recommend you only consider installing a stove that can take a 5" liner.

Most houses will not need a length of liner larger than 10 metres but as part of our preparation process we will measure the length of your flue to make sure that we have a liner of the required length for your installation.

A direct air feed is only possible with fireplaces on exterior walls (not possible in terraced housing.) It involves knocking a hole in the wall, connecting an air supply pipe to the stove and fitting a vent on the wall to cover the hole. It is only necessary for new build homes with low air permeability.