Yes, but in Brevard — propane country, where most rural hearths and cabins run on LP — a wood stove is the one heat source that sidesteps fuel entirely, and it still has to be a model listed for manufactured homes. That listing, plus an outside-air kit, a floor anchor, and a listed Class A chimney, is what makes it legal in a mobile home.
Wood over propane in a manufactured home
Out here in Transylvania County, natural-gas mains give way to propane, so a manufactured home's heat usually depends on a tank and a delivery truck. A wood stove trades that for total fuel independence — split it, stack it, and you own the heat outright when a storm takes the power. We're the licensed gas and propane contractor for the LP side of these homes, and we install the wood side too, so the whole job stays with one accountable shop instead of being stitched across trades.
Moisture is the local enemy
Brevard sees 80-plus inches of rain a year, and the wet season from March into June rusts dampers, spalls brick, and eats at chimney caps. On a mobile-home wood stove the flue is a listed Class A stainless chimney rather than masonry, but the spark arrestor and cap still need to be the right, corrosion-resistant listed parts, terminated at the proper height for a manufactured roof. The stove's data plate must carry the manufactured-home listing, and clearances to the home's thin walls are held with listed heat shields.
Transylvania permit, next step
We pull the Transylvania County permit and meet the inspector, roughly 40 minutes southwest of our Asheville showroom. Figure two to three days for a proper install. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
Fireplace help in Brevard
We install and service fireplaces throughout Brevard and the rest of Transylvania County — just 40 minutes southwest from our Asheville-area showroom.