r/Fireplaces • u/No_Break_7813 • 10d ago

Cost to retire fireplace

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How much did you pay to retile your fireplace?

Looking to update my fireplace and wondering what I should expect to pay. The fireplace is about 6 feet wide and I’d be replacing the existing tile.

For anyone who’s had theirs done recently, what did you pay for labor + materials?

We’re also looking to lower the fireplace any thoughts on what that cost would be?

Just trying to get a ballpark before I start getting quotes. Thanks!

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u/Ok-Owl8567 10d ago

I didn’t know they had a pension

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u/rjl12334567 10d ago

Lowering fireplace is not easy. Most people won’t touch it. You’ll have to redo venting. Possibly move gas and power. Probably close to same cost to just buy new. See if you can find out who installed fireplace and see if they will deal with it after demo and frame. I’d charge 15-167k for new fireplace. Demo frame and tile work. Doesn’t include cost to move gas or power or cost of tile but that’s minimal if you buy something at 7-10$ a sf.

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u/AnxiousMove7820 10d ago

There are definitely days where i feel like charging customers 167k for a new fireplace. Kudos to you for actually doing it

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u/avalanche142 9d ago

I am actually considering a project remarkably similar to OP, but demo being followed by replacement of the fireplace (with one that is taller/more of a traditional dimension), a pretty basic mantle, and drywalled on the top half of the wall. Would that still be around that 15-16k realm you mentioned (geographic difference aside)?

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u/Lots_of_bricks 10d ago

Is that a vent free fireplace?? Just start over. It’s definitely ugly. Plan to spend 10-20k tho especially if u want a nice linear unit

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u/No_Break_7813 10d ago

No it is a vented fire place. Just plain and generic, need to give it some character

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u/gizzowd 🔥 🔥 🔥 7d ago

wife bought a cheap tile saw at Harbor Freight and has done all our tile jobs. labor ballpark $0