Cost of brick fireplace and chimney?

sunnyflies

14 years ago

Anyone know the cost for a traditional brick fireplace and chimney? On an outside wall?

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christopherh
14 years ago
First, what are your reasons for the fireplace? Are you looking for a heat source, or a mantle for your flat screen TV? Are you looking for wood, or gas?

Fireplaces are actually heat losers, so if you're looking for heat, forget it. However, there are some excellent manufactured fireplaces that are actually heaters too. They're airtight and very efficient. And clean burning. They meet EPA standards for emissions.

So tell us what you're looking for and we can help.
Susan
14 years ago
i want to know too! i'm planning a traditional looking kitchen fireplace but with efficient heating design and a cooking oven above. i have been researching rumford ovens and will be discussing my project with a man in southern vermont who builds them. i'll let you know when i have more details...
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I live in the Ohio Valley which is probably less expensive than your area. I know you are trying to get an estimate...but a firplace is nothing to go cheap on. I would go to the nearest masonry supply store and ask them for recommendations for a "good mason." You could end up spending thousands of dollars on your dream fireplace / chimney and if it isn't built correctly...you won't be a ble to get a chemical log to burn in it. I built a house 3+ years ago with solid masonry fireplace / chimney. My mason came highly recommended and actually did an awesome job; all the way up until he quit showing up! He basically completed everything except my stone face on exterior of chimney. I finally said, "what the hell...I can do this." So I did...and it looks great! My fireplace is roughly 9' wide and my chimney is 22' high. My mason was going to charge me $5,000 labor and I was to supply all materials. I pulled all the stone out of my own creek. I ended up paying him roughly $2,500 and another $4,000 for cmu, sand, flues, cement etc, etc. So if he would have completed it...I would have had $9,000 +/- in it. Good luck...
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christopherh
14 years ago
Just out of curiosity, I live in Southern Vermont. Who is the guy who is building them?
sunnyflies
Original Author
14 years ago
Wow! That's expensive. But, maybe that's for a huge fireplace.

I want a traditional colonial looking fireplace for its looks, not heating. My house is 170 years old and has 7 fireplaces in it, but not one I trust because we moved the house and I know the chimnies both have cracks in them. Not big enough to be stuctual problems, but enough that I don't want to build a fire in any of the fireplaces. I am adding on to the house and want to put a fireplace I can use in the new living room.

I read in another thread that a chimney built from block and covered with brick around the firebox and above the roof line ran about $8000 a few years ago.
fandlil
14 years ago
I think you can only get a very general idea of pricing in the abstract. You do need to get a dealer/installer to size up your particular situation. Make sure you get someone with a good track record on this, because it is a speciality that can give you a lot of buyer's remorse if it's not done right.

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