# Cost to install woodstove or fireplace insert

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 6, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484 "2008-07-06T20:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484/1 "2008-07-06T20:08:07Z")

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I realize there are dozens of variables, but I’m just looking for a ballpark figure: roughly, what does it cost to have a woodstove or fireplace insert professionally installed, not including the unit itself? Is the cost generally the same for one versus the other?

I know I can contact installers directly to get information tailored to my situation, but I’m not ready to be marketed to. Plus it’s Sunday.

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**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484/2 "2008-07-06T20:15:18Z")

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The fireplace inserts I’ve helped install just slide into the fireplace. Most are a snug fit and require some manuevering/tilting but thar’s it.

Need more information about a woodstove, for instance do you have a wall that you can go straight through or do you want to go through the ceiling and roof? Also, will your floor support a woodstove? When I was a teenager Dad bought a huge Fisher stove that was lined with firebrick and weighed over a quarter of a ton.

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**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484/3 "2008-07-07T01:32:30Z")

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We have an existing fireplace we want to vent through, so no issues about going through walls etc. We don’t need anything huge or firebricked, stove-wise – only about 1000 square feet need heating. The existing hearth is on the shallow side, though, which makes me wonder if a stove would fit without widening it – which is why I’m curious about inserts.

It’s my understanding that the new efficient EPA approved stoves need something more than just being plunked in place – they need the equivalent of plumbing, is my impression. No?

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-to-install-woodstove-or-fireplace-insert/455484/4 "2008-07-07T13:54:09Z")

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Living in 1000 square feet ourselves, installed an EPA rated woodstove last year, just before Christmas, no plumbing was involved, I assure you.

All up, including a chimney (insulated stainless), the stove, plus the riser it stands on was just shy of 3,000 (Can). Your costs should be less as you already have a chimney stack. Though it may require a liner as many building codes have been changed over the last several years.

I’m loving ours.