Can a gas fireplace be converted between natural gas and propane if my fuel source changes later?
Around Brevard, yes — and it comes up often, because downtown sees some natural gas while the cabins out toward Connestee Falls and Sherwood Forest run on propane. When your fuel changes, a convertible fireplace switches over with a manufacturer's kit and a licensed tech, not a new install. We check the model against the maker's instructions first.
Downtown gas, cabin propane
Transylvania County is propane country once you leave the town center — the mountain homes tucked into Sherwood Forest, Connestee Falls, and up the Pisgah Forest coves are almost all tanked. So the classic Brevard fuel change is moving from a downtown place with gas out to a cabin on propane, or the reverse. A fireplace designed to convert can make that move; the kit swaps the orifices and resets the regulator so the same unit runs clean on its new fuel.
The wet-climate reason to do it right
Brevard takes 80-plus inches of rain a year, and that moisture is hard on hearths — crowns crack, dampers rust, brick spalls. A poorly converted gas unit adds insult by sooting itself, since propane through a natural-gas orifice runs rich and dirty. Getting the conversion clean, with a licensed tech checking flame and pressure, keeps a sealed gas fireplace doing what it does best in a damp climate: burning cleanly behind glass with no open flue pulling weather into the room.
Model, tank, permit
Not every firebox converts, so we verify yours against the manufacturer's conversion kit before committing. Where a new propane tank or gas line is involved, we coordinate the tank with your supplier and pull the Transylvania County permit — 40 minutes southwest of our Asheville showroom, but our lane all the same. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Brevard
We install and service fireplaces throughout Brevard and the rest of Transylvania County — just 40 minutes southwest from our Asheville-area showroom.
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