Yes. Around Clyde, where fuel is mixed and rural homes past the mains run propane, a buried tank is a familiar choice. Many of the 1960s-to-80s ranches here are upgrading dated fireplaces to inserts, and a buried LP supply feeds one cleanly. The catch is Haywood's river humidity — the tank must be burial-rated and corrosion-protected, set by your supplier.
Upgrading a dated ranch fireplace
Clyde's housing leans toward 1960s-through-80s ranch-style homes, and a lot of those original fireplaces are ready for a sealed insert that actually produces heat rather than losing it up the flue. If the home is past the gas main, propane is the fuel, and burying the tank keeps a modest yard clean while feeding the new insert. The local wrinkle is moisture: Clyde shares the cold-air drainage and river humidity of the Pigeon valley that rusts dampers and degrades chimney flues faster than drier ground — and that same damp soil is what corrodes an unprotected buried tank. A burial-rated tank with a factory coating and sacrificial anodes is built to stand up to it.
Supplier's tank, our permitted gas
Setting the tank is specialized propane work and belongs to your supplier. Steady Flame runs the fuel line from the tank dome to the insert or fireplace, sized for the load, buried to depth outdoors, permitted with Haywood County, and pressure-tested before lighting — plus the correctly sized liner the insert needs. One licensed gas contractor owns the whole fuel side and the sign-off. Twenty-five minutes west of Emma Road. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment.
Fireplace help in Clyde
We install and service fireplaces throughout Clyde and the rest of Haywood County — just 25 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.
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