Do fireplace dealers offer annual maintenance plans I can sign up for?
Yes — and Mars Hill runs two fireplace worlds: the university-area rentals on easy-use gas, and the rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek homes on propane or wood. Steady Flame services all of them from $189, once a year, no contract. Book late summer — this is one of the colder spots we cover, and the cold doesn't wait for the academic calendar.
Rentals want reliable, hands-off gas
Around Mars Hill University, the fireplaces that make sense are the ones a rotating set of tenants can't get wrong — sealed gas units that light at the switch. Keeping them that way is the annual's job: pilot and burner cleaned, ignition tested, glass gasket, venting, and connections checked by an NFI-certified tech. Non-electric ignition matters here too — a millivolt or battery-backup system keeps a rental warm when the power drops, and the yearly service keeps that safety net working. For a landlord, the between-semester lull is the natural window to get every unit serviced before the next lease and the next cold snap land together.
Rural propane and wood, out the creeks
Head out Spring Creek or Gabriels Creek and the picture changes — propane appliances with their own regulators and LP pressures, and plenty of wood stoves and fireboxes doing the real heating. Wood-burning setups make the annual a chimney sweep and creosote inspection to CSIA and NFPA standards, and propane units get the LP-specific tuning that keeps the flame clean instead of sooty. We're a licensed gas contractor, so the propane connections are pressure-tested and leak-checked while your supplier keeps the tank filled.
When to book
Mars Hill sits colder than the valley towns, so the heating season starts early and the annual should beat it. We're about 30 minutes north of the Emma Road showroom in Madison County. Call (828) 545-0525 or request a free quote in late summer.
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.