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Courtown, Co. Wexford

Chimney lining in Courtown, Co. Wexford

Fitting a flexible or rigid liner to an existing chimney. Post your task free and professionals working in Courtown reply with their own price. You choose, and pay them directly.

County Wexford: 67.3% of homes here are heated by oil.

Chimney lining near Courtown

Chimney lining: what the job involves

Fitting a liner inside an existing chimney, usually a flexible stainless steel tube sized to the stove, or a cast or pumice liner, so smoke and gases go safely up and out. Most chimneys need lining before a stove is fitted, and old leaking flues need one to be safe.

How long it takes: Usually a day; longer for a tall or bent flue, a cast liner, or stack repairs found once the scaffolding is up.

The full guide to chimney lining — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.

What chimney lining in Courtown costs, and why

What jobs on Talqero came to

Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.

What affects the price

  • Height of the chimney and access to the stack
  • Liner type, grade and diameter
  • Scaffolding or a platform
  • Bends or offsets in the flue
  • Insulation and a new cowl
  • Stack repairs found during the work
  • VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.

County Wexford: what the figures say

  • 67.3% of homes in County Wexford are heated by oil — above the national figure of 38.9%, the 3rd highest of the 26 counties.

    In oil-heated homes a stove or open fire is often the second heat source; since 2022 only approved fuels may be sold, and from September 2026 wood must be below 20% moisture.

    Central Statistics Office, 2022

Rules and grants for chimney lining

The rules in Ireland

Installing a stove brings building-regulation requirements, including a carbon monoxide alarm, and only approved solid fuels may be sold.

  • Technical Guidance Document J: when a new or replacement open-flued appliance (other than one only for cooking) is installed, a carbon monoxide alarm to I.S. EN 50291 should be fitted in the room and in each bedroom or within 5 m of the bedroom door; a notice plate is required when a hearth, flue or chimney is provided.
  • Under the Solid Fuel Regulations 2022, smoky (bituminous) coal is banned nationwide and only approved fuels from registered producers may be sold. The selling of turf and the burning of waste timber are banned.
  • From 1 September 2026, wood logs and other 100% biomass fuel must have a moisture content of 20% or less.

What to ask before you choose

  • Will you survey and smoke-test the flue first?
  • Does the price include the liner, the hearth and a CO alarm?
  • Will you leave a notice plate and commissioning record?
  • Is VAT included?

What the work usually involves

  • Chimney sweeping
  • Chimney lining
  • Stove installation
  • Smoke and draught problems

What to put in your task

  • Open fire or stove, and what you burn
  • When it was last swept
  • For a stove: the room and the existing fireplace
  • Photos of the fireplace and the chimney from outside

County Wexford in figures

Active construction enterprises
2,800
Central Statistics Office, 2023
Homes built before 1981
34.1%
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by natural gas
1.2%
Central Statistics Office, 2022
Homes heated by oil
67.3%
Central Statistics Office, 2022

Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.

Chimney lining · Courtown

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