Fireplace & Stove Installation in Springfield, MO
Gas, wood, electric or pellet — installed to code, vented properly, and priced before we start. Our installation prices are published below; the appliance itself is priced separately.
Start with the room, not the catalogue
Most people arrive having already picked an appliance they like the look of. That's a fine place to start, but what you can actually install is decided by the space — and finding that out after you've bought is the expensive order to do it in.
Four things settle it, and we can tell you all four in one visit:
1. What you can vent, and where. An existing masonry flue, a wall you can go through, a clear run to the roof, or nothing at all. This is the single biggest driver of both what's possible and what it costs.
2. What fuel you have. A gas line already at the hearth is a very different project from running one. No gas and no flue narrows you to electric quickly.
3. Clearances and the hearth. Every appliance has required clearances to combustibles and a hearth protection spec. Older Springfield houses with timber mantels and shallow hearths are where this usually bites.
4. What you want it to do. Heating a room through a winter and looking good on a Saturday evening lead to different recommendations, and we'd rather ask than assume.
The assessment is free, and it ends with you knowing what fits before you've spent anything.
Gas, wood, electric or pellet
A short, honest version of the trade-offs. We sell and install all four, so there's no particular reason for us to steer you.
Gas
Instant, controllable, no fuel to handle and no ash. Direct vent units can go almost anywhere with an exterior wall. Needs a gas supply, and the appliance costs more up front than electric.
Wood
The most heat for the money if you have access to wood, and it works in a power cut. Needs a proper flue, regular sweeping, and somewhere to keep a season's wood dry.
Electric
No flue, no gas, no clearance headaches — it goes where nothing else will. Genuine supplemental heat rather than primary, and the flame is a convincing effect rather than a fire.
Pellet
Efficient, thermostatically controlled, and the fuel stores in bags rather than a stack. Needs electricity to run, and you need a pellet supplier you can rely on.
If you're weighing wood against pellet specifically, we've written that comparison out in full. For gas against wood in an existing masonry fireplace, converting is often simpler than people expect.
What installation costs
These are our set prices for the installation work. The appliance itself is priced separately — these cover fitting it, venting it and commissioning it.
Gas
Installation
PRICE
Standard direct vent fireplace
Sealed unit, coaxial vent through an exterior wall or up a chase
$2,070
Vent-free fireplace
No flue required. Room-size limits apply and we check them before recommending it
$1,380
Vent-free fireplace
No flue required. Room-size limits apply and we check them before recommending it
$1,380
Gas log set into an existing firebox
Set fitted, connected and commissioned
$469
Wood
Installation
PRICE
Freestanding wood stove
Standard install onto an existing usable flue
$2,200
Wood insert into an existing fireplace
$1,952
Through-wall installation
Where the venting goes out through the wall rather than up an existing flue
$3,000
Vaulted ceiling installation
$2,600
Additional story
Added where the venting runs up through another floor
$711
New Class-A chimney venting system
When there's no usable existing flue at all
$2,200
Stainless liner, 15 ft
Sizing the existing flue to the appliance. Longer runs priced by the foot
$1,035
Pellet and electric
Installation
PRICE
Pellet stove
$1,380
Pellet stove with venting and hearth pad
$1,777
Electric, into new framing
$690
Electric, into an existing remodel
$1,380
Site work, where it's needed
Work
PRICE
Removing the existing unit
$345
Demolition and fireplace modification
Opening up or altering the existing opening to take the new unit
$690
Venting run modifications
When the new unit's vent can't follow the old route
$390
Scaffolding, set up and tear down
$618
Roof protection and debris skid
$412
These add up into a project price, and you see it itemized before you commit. A wood stove going into a house with no flue is the $2,200 install plus the $2,200 Class-A system, not a surprise on the invoice. We'd rather you saw the whole shape of it at the estimate.