Sys,

Sounded steep to me too... Have had 4 guys come in now and the range has
been 2100 to 3400. Talked to all of them to get enough information to make
me realize that I'll be able to do this myself and get a contractor to sign
off on it afterwards.

Right now, I've got a 3/4 to 1/2 reducer just inside the house, going to
remove it, run 3/4 all the way to the heater, then reduce to 1/2 so as not
to lose gas pressure/BTUs. According to one guy, given the length of the
run I have/would have and the number of bends, it would reduce the output of
the heater down to about 20k btu (instead of 45K).

Maybe this will be a summer project. ;-)



"sysadmin" wrote in message
.. .
That sounds a bit steep.... My preliminary quote is $98 an hour for labor
and $15 a foot for the pipe. Considering the price of black pipe at Home
Depot or Lowes, I think I would have done it myself instead of that price.
The vent can be purchased all ready to go online for about $125.

"Joe C." wrote in message
m...
sysadmin,

I just had the installer stop by. Got quoted $2,500 for running the gas
pipe (35'), vent through a brick wall and full installation of the
heater
(Hot Dawg 45,000btu). By the way, he said that if _I_ had bought the
heater
instead of him/his company, they wouldn't install it due to liability
concerns. Something to think about.

Joe C.

"sysadmin" wrote in message
...
I ordered mine online for about $440. The shipping is like $50. I'm
not
sure what the final installation will cost since I have swallowed my
pride
and decided to have somebody else do the gas installation. There's
something about explosions that I don't like.


"Keith" wrote in message
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If you don't mind me asking, how much did it run you? I've been
looking at a Rianni direct-vent model for my unheated 2 car garage,
which is looking to cost me around $1000.

-Keith

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:10:02 -0500, "sysadmin"
wrote:

Ok, difficult question, I just ordered the Hot Dawg HD45 45,000
heater
for
my garage. It's an oversized two car garage, soon to be dream
workshop.
I
was planning on using a thermostat to keep the temp around 50 and
then
cranking it up when I'm in there. Can somebody tell me how they've
done
with fuel consumption? This is a LP type of heater and I'm concerned
about
the exorbitant prices of fuel and the nitwits I work with bragging
about
the
efficiency of their wood burning stoves.

-Chris