Do fireplace installers run the gas line, or do I need a separate plumber?
Around Brevard, the fireplace installer runs the gas line — you don't hire a plumber separately. Steady Flame is a licensed gas contractor, and out here that usually means propane: we set the regulator, run and pressure-test the LP piping, pull the Transylvania County permit, and coordinate the tank with your supplier. One licensed crew, fuel to firebox.
Propane country, done right
Brevard is propane country — natural-gas mains reach only part of town, and most cabins and Connestee Falls or Sherwood Forest homes burn LP. Propane isn't just 'gas with a tank'; it burns hotter per unit and needs different orifices and pressures, so a wrong-fuel setup soots the glass and underperforms. As a gas-licensed contractor we size the line, set the regulator and piping, and configure the appliance for LP — the tank we leave to your propane supplier and coordinate the connection. A showroom legally can't do any of that; it's exactly our lane.
Wet-climate chimneys and the case for sealed
Transylvania catches 80-plus inches of rain a year, and it shows — cracked crowns, spalled brick, rusted dampers, especially through the March-to-June wet season, and crawl spaces and chimney chases that stay damp. That's why a lot of Brevard conversions move away from a leaky open masonry flue to a sealed direct-vent gas unit that vents out a sidewall and never depends on the chimney. Every conversion still needs the licensed gas line, and we run it, permit it, and pressure-test it as one job.
Why single-source matters here
Forty minutes southwest of our Asheville showroom, the last thing you want is three trades on three schedules with a long drive between them. With us it's one company for the appliance, the venting, the propane connection, the Transylvania permit, and the inspection — one number if anything ever needs attention, and it's (828) 545-0525.
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.
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