Can I put gas logs in my existing outdoor wood-burning fireplace?
Yes — Arden's housing stock is full of good candidates. The 1980s and 90s homes in Royal Pines and Skyland came with open masonry fireplaces, and outdoors those tired, drafty fireboxes convert to gas logs beautifully. You keep the stone and gain instant flame off Arden's natural-gas mains. We're fifteen minutes south of Emma Road.
Those 80s and 90s fireboxes
A lot of Arden was built out in the 1980s and 90s — Royal Pines, Skyland, Glenn Bridge — and the open masonry fireplaces from that era are exactly what convert well. An open outdoor firebox that drafts up its flue is the natural home for a vented gas log set: you keep the masonry, and the tall, realistic yellow flame replaces the wood-hauling and cold-start smoke. Around Biltmore Park, we do the commercial version of the same job on restaurant and office patios.
Natural gas, simple run
Arden sits squarely on natural-gas mains, so conversions here usually tap existing service — no tank to set. We run a dedicated line from your meter, size it to the log set, and bury it outdoor-rated where it crosses the yard to the firebox. Before we spec the logs, we check the flue, cap, and spark arrestor, since that vented set drafts up the chimney just like a wood fire did.
The connection is licensed work
In North Carolina, running or extending that gas line is licensed work — a mason, hardscaper, or landscaper legally can't make the connection, no matter how good their stonework. We can, and we do: size the line, permit it with Buncombe County, meet the inspector, and pressure-test before the first flame. Fifteen minutes from our shop keeps it quick. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Arden
We install and service fireplaces throughout Arden and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.