Can I convert my wood-burning fire pit to gas?
Yes, and out in Leicester that usually means propane. These rural large-property homes around Sandy Mush and Turkey Creek mostly sit off the gas mains, so we feed a converted pit from a tank and jet the burner for LP. A key-valve or match-lit gas pit also needs no electricity — worth knowing where power capacity is limited.
Propane, no power required
Leicester runs on propane and wood more than gas mains, and some of the remoter properties out toward Sandy Mush have limited electrical capacity. That's actually a point in a gas pit's favor: a key-valve or match-lit burner draws no electricity at all, so it works regardless of what the panel can spare. We feed it from a properly sized tank and jet the burner for propane, which burns hotter than natural gas and needs its own orifice.
Wood heat's outdoor cousin
Wood heat is popular out here, and there's real value in it. But an outdoor wood pit throws embers — a genuine concern on wooded rural lots — and it's steady work to build and clean. Converting to gas keeps the fire and ends the ember worry and the ash-shoveling: flame at the turn of a key on cold nights, which come early and hard here, since cold-air drainage runs these valleys several degrees below Asheville.
Licensed and permitted in Buncombe County
Setting the propane appliance side and running the line is licensed work in North Carolina — the tank we coordinate with your supplier, but the connection is ours to permit and pressure-test. We pull it with Buncombe County and meet the inspector. Leicester's 15 minutes west of our Asheville shop. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home look.
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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