Can I heat my home with my wood stove or wood insert when the power is out?
Yes — a Candler wood stove or wood insert heats your home through a power outage, burning firewood with no electricity required. Many of the fast-growing subdivisions here came with a decorative builder-grade firebox, and homeowners keep asking for the same upgrade: a wood appliance that actually produces heat and holds it when the grid fails.
From Decorative to Dependable — Cleanly
Candler's new construction is quick and plentiful, and a lot of it includes a basic firebox meant for looks, not warmth. Owners here typically want more within a few years: real heat-producing output plus the outage insurance a wood appliance brings. A modern EPA wood insert answers both, running 70 percent efficient or better in the same opening.
The Hominy Valley setting matters here, too. The valley sits in a natural bowl that can trap air, so a clean-burning, EPA-certified sealed appliance isn't just efficient — it's the neighborly choice, holding combustion tight and smoke low. An older open fireplace or a smoldering, oversized stove does the opposite.
Sized, Permitted, and Local
Getting the size right keeps a stove burning clean and hot rather than choked down and dirty — the guide is around 20 BTU per square foot in a moderate climate, nudged up for WNC's cold. We match output to the space instead of overselling stove you don't need.
Wood work is permitted in Buncombe County: we pull the permit, set the Class A chimney or liner to clearance, and meet the inspector, so the job protects your resale and insurance. We're 15 minutes west of the Asheville showroom and install and service Regency, Lopi, Jotul, and HearthStone.
Before You Count On It
A wood stove that sat unused through the warm months can hide a creosote-glazed flue, which is a fire risk right when you'd be relying on it most. A late-summer sweep and inspection is cheap peace of mind.
Have an idle stove checked before the first cold snap, and call (828) 545-0525 to book a walk-through or visit the showroom on Emma Road.
Fireplace help in Candler
We install and service fireplaces throughout Candler and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.