Can a gas line be added to an existing wood-burning fireplace for gas logs?
Yes, and around Mars Hill it usually runs on propane or ties into what you already heat with. The rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek valley homes here lean on propane or wood, so we set the log burner for LP, run the licensed line from your tank into the existing firebox, and coordinate the tank with your supplier.
Propane and wood country
Mars Hill's rural valleys sit off the gas mains, so a wood-to-gas conversion here almost always means propane. Propane burns hotter per unit than natural gas and needs its own orifices and pressures, so the log set has to be built or converted for LP to burn clean instead of sooting up the firebox and the logs. If you are heating with wood now and just want the convenience of gas without hauling, stacking, and cold-start smoke, this is the upgrade that gets you there, and we handle the whole fuel side from the tank to the burner so it is done once and done right.
Easy-use gas near the university
Closer to Mars Hill University, the rental and academic-year housing tends to want simple, reliable gas that anyone can run with a switch or remote and that does not need tending. At one of the colder spots we serve, at 2,350 feet, a ventless set adds real supplemental heat within its room-size limits, while a sealed insert gives more heat and keeps working in an outage when the electric options quit. We will match the unit to how the home actually gets used, and we will not push a bigger appliance than the room needs.
Licensed line, permitted job
Propane piping is licensed work, the supplier sets the tank, connecting it to the fireplace is ours and no one else's legally. We run and pressure-test the line, permit it with the county, and meet the inspector before anything is lit. Mars Hill is 30 minutes north of the showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Mars Hill
We install and service fireplaces throughout Mars Hill and the rest of Madison County — just 30 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.