Does a built-in fire pit add value to my home?
Yes — in Leicester, a permanently plumbed gas fire pit fits the way people live: these are large rural properties, many on propane, where an outdoor fire feature on open land is a real draw. Professionally built and permitted, a plumbed pit reads to buyers as finished outdoor living, and the acreage out here gives it room to become the center of the yard.
Propane and big rural lots
Leicester is rural large-property country — Sandy Mush, Turkey Creek, the roads off Newfound — and many homes run on propane, with wood heat popular too. That combination suits an outdoor fire pit well: there's land to place it right and an LP system to fuel it. A buried, outdoor-rated propane line to the patio gives you flame at the flip of a switch, no hauling and no cold-start smoke, on a property where the outdoors is the whole point.
Getting propane right is the technical part — the regulator, piping, and orifices have to be sized for LP or the flame soots. Your propane company drops the tank; the connection is licensed work in North Carolina and our lane. We pull the Buncombe County permit and pressure-test the line.
Why it holds value out here
On rural acreage, buyers are picturing evenings outside, and cold-air drainage runs these valleys five to eight degrees colder than Asheville on clear winter nights — so a fire feature gets used. A permanent pit that anchors a big backyard reads as finished, usable living that helps the property show.
The version that keeps that value is the one built to last: a listed, dealer-grade burner in solid masonry, permitted and on the record, not a rusting big-box pit a buyer wants gone. Build it once. 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.