Do fireplace stores install what they sell, or do I have to find my own installer?
In Leicester, where rural properties run on propane and wood and some remote homes have limited electrical capacity, who installs the fireplace matters as much as the fireplace. Steady Flame sells and installs, propane and wood alike, with a licensed crew. A big-box store sells the box and leaves the licensed fuel connection — the hard part in NC — to you.
Propane, wood, and power you may not have
Out toward Sandy Mush and Turkey Creek, many Leicester homes are on propane rather than a gas main, and wood heat stays popular. Where electrical capacity is limited, a Valor unit that runs on zero electricity, or a wood stove, keeps throwing heat with no circuit board to fail. Cold-air drainage runs these valleys five to eight degrees colder than Asheville on clear nights, so that reliability counts.
A showroom can sell a propane or wood appliance. Connecting the propane, lining a chimney, and permitting it is licensed work — ours, not a handyman's.
One licensed company, one permit
A propane connection means matching orifices and pressures and setting the regulator and piping correctly, coordinated with your supplier for the tank. A wood install needs a proper Class A chimney and liner. Both are permitted through Buncombe County and inspected — a single accountable company beats stitching the job across a seller and a separate installer.
When it needs service later, there's one number, not a finger-pointing loop.
Fifteen minutes out, one crew
Leicester is about fifteen minutes west of our Asheville showroom, so the crew that sells your stove or fireplace installs it and stands behind it.
Call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
Fireplace help in Leicester
We install and service fireplaces throughout Leicester and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.
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