Can I put gas logs in my existing outdoor wood-burning fireplace?
Yes — and at nearly 2,650 feet, a Waynesville outdoor fireplace earns its keep more months of the year than most, so converting it to gas logs pays off. You keep the masonry and get instant flame for the long, cool Haywood evenings. Fuel here is mixed, so we confirm whether you're on the natural-gas main or propane first.
The longest outdoor-fire season we serve
Waynesville sits high and cold — routinely ten to fifteen degrees below the lower WNC towns, with a heating season that runs about three weeks longer than Asheville's. That means the cool evenings that send people to an outdoor fire start earlier in fall and linger later into spring. Gas logs turn that firebox from a once-in-a-while project into something you actually light on a Tuesday, because there's no cold-start smoke and no wood to haul across the yard in the cold.
Natural gas or propane — we check
Waynesville's fuel picture is mixed. Homes closer to downtown and Hazelwood may sit on a natural-gas main, while places up the ridges run on propane. It matters for the conversion, because propane burns hotter per unit and needs the right orifices and pressure — a set-up for the wrong fuel soots and underperforms. We confirm your fuel, size the line, and run it out to the firebox from the meter or the tank.
Licensed, permitted, pressure-tested
Running that line is licensed gas work in North Carolina. A mason can rebuild your stone, and a landscaper can lay the patio, but neither can legally connect the fuel — we do, we pull the permit with Haywood County and meet the inspector, and we pressure-test before the first flame. Those older Hazelwood fireboxes also want a flue and spark-arrestor check, which we roll into the same visit. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Waynesville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Waynesville and the rest of Haywood County — just 35 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.