Does a built-in fire pit add value to my home?
Yes — around Brevard, a permanently plumbed gas fire pit adds to how a home shows, but the details matter more here than most places: this is propane country, and Transylvania's 80-plus inches of annual rain punishes anything built cheap. A properly installed pit with a stainless, listed burner in solid masonry reads as finished outdoor living; a rusting one becomes a liability.
Propane, done right, is the norm here
Brevard and its surrounding cabins — Connestee Falls, Sherwood Forest, the properties tucked toward Pisgah — mostly run on propane rather than a gas main. A fire pit plumbed into your LP system gives you flame at the flip of a switch without hauling wood, and propane burns hot, so the sizing, regulator, and orifices have to be right or it soots. That's licensed work in North Carolina: your propane supplier drops the tank, but connecting the piping and appliances is our lane.
We set the buried, outdoor-rated line, pressure-test it, and pull the Transylvania County permit with the inspector. Buyers of second homes and cabins around here notice when the gas work is documented — it tells them the feature is real, not a weekend project someone rigged up.
The rain is the resale test
Transylvania sees some of the heaviest rainfall in the region, and it cracks crowns, spalls brick, and rusts hardware. A fire pit built to survive that — a dealer-grade burner rated for the weather, set in masonry that sheds water — still looks like an asset years later.
A big-box pit in this climate is rusting before you've finished paying it off, and a buyer will read it as one more thing to tear out. Build it once, build it right, and it stays a feature rather than a chore. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free design consultation.
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.