Can I convert my wood-burning fire pit to gas?
Yes. In Brevard the smart move is to convert before the wet season — this is 80-plus-inch rain country, and moisture is hard on masonry crowns, brick, and metal. A wood pit converts to gas with a sized burner pan and a licensed line, and out here in Transylvania County that fuel is usually propane.
Build for the rain
Brevard's wet March-through-June stretch and heavy year-round rainfall spall brick and rust metal, so a good conversion accounts for it. We look at whether your pit's shell sheds water, that the burner pan drains rather than holds standing rain, and that the components we set can take the weather. It's the same reason downtown chimney chases and crawl spaces here take moisture damage — water finds anything that isn't built to handle it.
Propane out at the cabins
Much of Brevard and the cabins tucked up toward Pisgah and Connestee Falls sit off the natural-gas mains, so conversions here run on propane. We feed it from a hidden tank in the base or a larger buried tank, and jet the burner specifically for LP — it burns hotter per unit and needs a different orifice than natural gas, or the flame soots the fire glass.
The gas line is our lane
A mason can rebuild your stone pit, but North Carolina law says only a licensed gas contractor can connect it to fuel. We permit the line through Transylvania County, meet the inspector, and pressure-test before first flame — one accountable job rather than a stone crew and a separate hunt for someone licensed to make it burn. We're 40 minutes southwest; 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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