Can I plumb a natural gas patio heater into my outdoor gas line instead of using propane tanks?
In Mars Hill, most homes outside the university area run on propane or wood, so we typically hard-plumb the patio heater to your propane tank rather than a gas main. Out in the Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek valleys that means no more bottle runs. This is Madison County for permits, and the fuel connection is licensed, pressure-tested work.
Propane and wood country
Mars Hill splits between university-area rentals and rural valley homes up Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek, and out in those valleys the fuel is propane or wood — natural-gas mains don't reach. For a patio heater that means the permanent feed comes off your buried propane tank, not a house line, and the unit has to be an LP model or one we convert with the correct orifice. The payoff is the same either way: your big tank replaces the stack of little bottles that always empties at the wrong moment.
A colder spot, easy-to-use heat
Mars Hill is one of the colder places we serve, and the demand here — especially through the academic year — leans toward heat that's simply easy to use. A hard-plumbed outdoor heater fits that: flip it on over a covered porch, no lifting, no cold-start fuss, warmth that's always ready. When the heater sits away from the house we bury an outdoor-rated line at proper depth with a reachable shutoff and the pressure set for propane.
Madison County permit
Running or extending a propane line is licensed work in North Carolina, so we pull the Madison County permit, meet the inspector, and pressure-test. Mars Hill is about 30 minutes north of our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Mars Hill
We install and service fireplaces throughout Mars Hill and the rest of Madison County — just 30 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.
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