Log burner installation cost: published package prices

The installed examples currently published by Carl Finnell run from £2,450 for a stove package to £3,150 for a cassette stove and natural limestone fireplace package. The full package values are £3,780 and £4,425 before the current subsidies.

Those figures are useful because they include the work that often gets left out of cheaper quotes: the flue or liner, hearth, chamber or making good, installation consumables, commissioning and HETAS registration.

For what drives the price up or down, and typical budget ranges before you choose a package, see our full wood burning stove installation cost guide.

A straightforward log burner installation into a sound, usable chimney is a different job from opening a blocked fireplace, building a new chamber and lining a difficult flue. If there is no chimney, a twin-wall insulated flue can add more components, more labour and sometimes roof or external wall access.

Hearth material changes the cost too. Standard slate is simpler than honed black granite or Antique Leather granite, and a shaped or made-to-measure hearth takes more work than a plain rectangle. A beam, surround, chamber lining or full chimney-breast plastering should be priced clearly, not discovered after the quote.

Access matters. Tall stacks, awkward rooflines and exposed terminals may need scaffolding, specialist access or a different cowl. Where an old appliance has a supply that must be disconnected, the published offers include a Gas Safe engineer cap-and-seal option at £125.