Do fireplace brands make high-altitude kits, and do I need one for a mountain home?
Around Mars Hill, it splits by where you are: university-area homes near town versus rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek properties on propane or wood. At 2,350 feet, some gas brands call for a high-altitude kit and some don't — and propane homes carry their own orifice needs on top. We match the setup to your fuel and your model.
Two very different setups
Mars Hill runs from tidy university-area rentals that want an easy-use, sealed gas fireplace to rural valley homes up Spring Creek that lean on propane or wood. Those aren't the same install. A natural-gas unit near town gets a straightforward elevation check; a propane appliance out in the valleys needs LP orifices first, then a high-altitude kit layered on if the manual calls for one at 2,350 feet. Knowing which situation you're in is the first thing we sort.
One of the colder spots we serve
Mars Hill sits among the colder towns on our map, so a fireplace here does real work through a long heating season. A unit running rich because nobody leaned its orifices for elevation gives you a weak, sooty flame right when the cold settles in. That's the case for spending the extra few minutes at install matching the orifices — including any de-rate kit — to where the house actually sits, not where the factory tested it.
Madison County, licensed and permitted
Whether it's natural gas near campus or propane up a valley road, connecting the fuel is licensed work — a showroom or mason legally can't. We pull the Madison County permit, set the orifices and any high-altitude kit, and pressure-test. Whichever setup your home calls for, it's one licensed crew from appliance to permit, thirty minutes north of Asheville. 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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