Yes, and in Swannanoa many of these installs are part of rebuilding after the storm. Homes across the valley are being renovated and rebuilt, and a rebuild is the ideal moment to add a properly built basement wood stove — framing is open, and the flue can be routed cleanly. It needs a full Class A chimney, clearances, an outside-air source, and a rated hearth.
Building it right into the rebuild
When a home is already being repaired or reframed, adding a wood stove is far simpler than retrofitting one later — we can plan the Class A chimney's path through open floors, position the hearth, and set clearances before the walls close up. In the Grovemont and Bee Tree homes from the 1940s through the '60s, that also means we're not fighting an old, undersized masonry flue; we build the venting to modern spec from the start. It's the cleanest way to get grid-independent heat into a rebuilt house.
Why the valley wants wood now
Swannanoa learned the hard way what days without power feel like, and a wood stove is the answer that owes nothing to the grid or a gas line. Heat rises from the basement through the floors above, carrying a house through an outage. The valley's fog and cold-air pooling keep things damp and hard on masonry, so we spec stainless Class A pipe and a solid cap to keep the new flue sound for the long haul.
Permitted, inspected, minutes away
We pull the Buncombe County permit and meet the inspector — permitted work protects your insurance and the home's value as you rebuild, which matters most on a house that's already been through a claim. We're just 15 minutes east of the Emma Road showroom; call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
Fireplace help in Swannanoa
We install and service fireplaces throughout Swannanoa and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes east from our Asheville-area showroom.