Can I build my own gas fire pit or should a professional install it?
In Leicester, the enclosure is a fine DIY or hardscaper job, but connecting the fuel is licensed work — and on these large rural properties it's usually propane, sometimes run a good distance across the lot. We connect the tank, run the outdoor-rated line, size and tune the burner for LP, pressure-test it, and permit the work with Buncombe County. You build the shell; we bring the fire.
Big lots, longer gas runs
Leicester is rural Buncombe — large properties out Sandy Mush, Turkey Creek, and Newfound Road, many on propane, with wood heat popular and some remote homes on limited electrical capacity. For a fire pit, the standout factor is distance.
The gas line from a propane tank to a backyard pit can run a long way across a big lot, and that's a real design and safety consideration: an outdoor-rated, buried line, sized correctly, pressure-tested end to end. That's exactly the licensed work a homeowner can't legally take on. The enclosure — block, pad, stone veneer — is yours or your hardscaper's to build. We handle the tank connection, the line, the burner sized for propane, and the pressure test that proves it's tight.
Cold hollows, careful build
Cold air drains hard down Leicester's rural valleys — clear winter nights run 5 to 8 degrees below Asheville — so an outdoor fire feature gets used across a long, chilly shoulder season, and the base has to handle freeze-thaw without shifting.
We spec that footing with your hardscaper, plan drainage that sheds water away from the burner, and rough in the propane line before the pad is poured. Then we pull the Buncombe County permit and meet the inspector, keeping the whole job to code and your insurance intact. We're about 15 minutes west of the showroom, so walking a spread-out lot before you build is easy. Call (828) 545-0525 to set it up.
Fireplace help in Leicester
We install and service fireplaces throughout Leicester and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.
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