HOW TO HIRE · PLUMBING & HEATING · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
How to hire a fireplace installer in Ireland
The checks, the questions and the paperwork.
A fireplace installation in Ireland costs €800–€3,500 per install, typically around €1,800. Here is how to check that in a minute, what to ask before you book, and what you must be handed when the job is done.
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THE 60-SECOND VERSION
Hiring a fireplace installer in five steps
- Are you a trader, and can I see that in writing?No register covers fireplace installer work, so trader status is what your consumer rights hang on — safety checks and — safety checks and compliance with regulations.
- How does factors that change the price?The quote moves with this more than with anything else listed. — ask before the quote rather than after.
- How does custom features change the price?Complicated work is priced with room for the unexpected. — ask before the quote rather than after.
- How does what does this service include? change the price?Providers price it in because it cannot be worked around. — ask before the quote rather than after.
- What is not included?Installation of fireplace — installation of fireplace and any necessary components — get the exclusions named in the quote, because a fireplace installer job is priced on what was agreed and not on what was assumed.
BEFORE YOU BOOK
Check before you book
No register applies
NO REGISTER APPLIES TO PLUMBING ITSELF. Anyone may trade as a plumber. The line that does exist is gas: any work on a gas appliance or gas pipework is restricted to the Registered Gas Installer scheme, and a plumber who is not on it may not touch the gas side of a boiler however competent they are at everything else. Ask which side of that line your job falls on before you book.
Look for the trader badge and the ID-checked badge on the Locufy profile — both are checked by us, not claimed by the provider.
What to check instead
Whether any part of the job touches gas — if it does, the gas register applies and a plumbing qualification is not a substitute; A trade qualification or apprenticeship, which is voluntary but checkable; Public liability insurance, and who the insurer is; Whether they carry the parts or price them separately; A written scope naming what is isolated, drained and reinstated; How a leak discovered mid-job changes the price, agreed in advance.
Ask for each of these before you agree a price, and get the answers in the same message as the quote.
Insurance
Expect public liability, and ask specifically about water-damage cover. From a company, ask for the insurer, the limit and the VAT number, and ask who actually attends: the team that turns up may be employed, subcontracted or both, and only one of those is supervised by the firm you are paying.
Ask to see the current certificate of insurance — the insurer's name, the limit and the date it runs to.
Trader or private seller
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a trader must tell you they are a trader, and your consumer rights — work carried out with reasonable skill and care, and a cooling-off period on a contract agreed in your home or online — apply to traders and not to private sellers. On Locufy the trader status is shown on the profile.
Look for the trader badge on the Locufy profile, and ask anyone else for it in writing before you agree a price.
VAT
VAT at 13.5%, the reduced rate Revenue publishes for this service. Ask whether the price you were given includes it. A trader under the €42,500 registration threshold does not charge it; one over it must, and must show it separately.
Ask whether the figure you were given includes it, and for the VAT number if they are registered — Revenue publishes the rate for this service. revenue.ie →
A good answer: No register covers fireplace installer work, so trader status is what your consumer rights hang on — safety checks and — safety checks and compliance with regulations.
A good answer: The quote moves with this more than with anything else listed. — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: Complicated work is priced with room for the unexpected. — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: Providers price it in because it cannot be worked around. — ask before the quote rather than after.
A good answer: Installation of fireplace — installation of fireplace and any necessary components — get the exclusions named in the quote, because a fireplace installer job is priced on what was agreed and not on what was assumed.
A good answer: Expect public liability, and ask specifically about water-damage cover — selection of fireplace — selection of fireplace type and design.
A good answer: A written scope and a price before the fireplace installer starts, and an itemised invoice after — what does this service include? — the service typically includes site assessment, fireplace selection, installation, and final safety checks.
Getting the quote right
- Factors that — the quote moves with this more than with anything else listed.
- Custom features — complicated work is priced with room for the unexpected.
- What does this service include? — providers price it in because it cannot be worked around.
- Wood-Burning Stove Installation — it is the reason two providers can quote very differently.
- In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts
- What is NOT included, named
- Who actually attends, and whether they are employed or subcontracted
- The VAT number, and whether it checks out on the Revenue register
Walk away if
- They will not talk about it: factors that — the quote moves with this more than with anything else listed
- They will not talk about it: custom features — complicated work is priced with room for the unexpected
- They will not talk about it: what does this service include? — providers price it in because it cannot be worked around
- A price for the fireplace installer before anyone has asked the size, the access or the condition of what they are working on
- Cash only, or a large deposit before anything at all has started
- No written quote, or one that moves once the fireplace installer has begun
What a fireplace installer costs: €800–€3,500 per install
The figures are for the job, per install, and a quote for your own is the only number that binds anyone. Wood-burning stove installation and Gas fireplace installation each carry their own band. Fireplace Installation price guide →
Guide prices compiled by the Locufy team from published Irish and UK provider price lists and 2026/27 cost guides. Updated 2026.
KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR? NOW FIND ONE
Fireplace installers near you, with the badges that matter shown
ID checked, trader status and one score from every review — on the card, before you message anyone. Nearest first. No account needed to look.
Or post the job free and let them come to you.
- Look firstFactors that — the quote moves with this more than with anything else listed — that is what the fireplace installer is judging on the first visit, and a price given without it is a guess.
- Agree what is being doneCustom features — complicated work is priced with room for the unexpected — put in writing before anyone starts, because it is the document you both read back at the end.
- The work itselfWhat does this service include? — providers price it in because it cannot be worked around — and anything found on the day that was not in that is priced before it is started.
- Check it togetherWood-Burning Stove Installation — it is the reason two providers can quote very differently — walked against the written scope rather than against the feeling of it, while the fireplace installer is still there.
- What you are handedThe itemised invoice and any guarantee on the workmanship and the parts, chimney Lining — it is the reason two providers can quote very differently.
- What does this service include?
- The service typically includes site assessment, fireplace selection, installation, and final safety checks.
- Selection of fireplace
- Selection of fireplace type and design.
- Installation of fireplace
- Installation of fireplace and any necessary components.
- Safety checks and
- Safety checks and compliance with regulations.
- Wood-Burning Stove Installation
- This involves fitting a wood-burning stove, including the necessary flue and ventilation systems.
- Mantel and Surround Installation
- This job involves fitting decorative mantels and surrounds to enhance the fireplace's appearance.
AFTER
When the job is done
Hiring a fireplace installer: questions people ask
A fireplace can enhance home comfort and aesthetics, potentially increasing property value. Think about maintenance requirements for different fireplace types.
Various types can be installed, including wood-burning, gas, and electric fireplaces, each with unique benefits. A clear idea of the desired fireplace type.
NO REGISTER APPLIES TO PLUMBING ITSELF. Anyone may trade as a plumber. The line that does exist is gas: any work on a gas appliance or gas pipework is restricted to the Registered Gas Installer scheme, and a plumber who is not on it may not touch the gas side of a boiler however competent they are at everything else. Ask which side of that line your job falls on before you book.
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 the work must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and put right if it is not. Say what is wrong in writing first.
Two or three, each for the same written scope. Quotes for different scopes are not comparable, which is how the cheapest one wins and then grows.
Expect public liability, and ask specifically about water-damage cover. Ask who the insurer is, not just whether they have it.
MORE GUIDES
More hiring guides in plumbing & heating
Fireplace installers near you
Sources — checked October 2026
- CRU — RGI and Safe Electric schemes
- CCPC — your rights when you buy a service
- Consumer Rights Act 2022
- Courts Service — small claims
- Revenue — PLUMBING SERVICES (Private dwellings/Non-residential immovable goods) — Reduced rate
- Revenue — current VAT rates (effective 1 January 2026)
- Revenue — VAT thresholds: €42,500 for a person supplying services only