Does a built-in fire pit add value to my home?
Yes — around Mars Hill, a permanently plumbed gas fire pit adds to how a home shows, though fuel shapes the plan: the university-area homes may reach natural gas, while the rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek valleys run on propane or wood. Either way, a professionally built, permitted gas pit reads as finished, easy-to-use outdoor living in a cold corner of Madison County.
Fuel depends on where you are
Mars Hill splits between the college-town core and the rural valleys around it. Nearer the university, some homes can tie a fire pit into a gas main; out toward Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek, properties run on propane or heat with wood. We build for both — a main tie-in where it's available, or a buried, outdoor-rated LP line with the regulator and orifices sized for propane so the flame burns clean instead of sooty.
This is one of the colder spots we serve, and that works in a fire feature's favor: the evenings stay cool enough that an outdoor pit gets real use across a long season, which is what buyers read as genuine, usable outdoor living rather than a summer-only novelty.
Licensed work and the Madison County permit
Whichever fuel, running the line is licensed work in North Carolina — a landscaper can set the stone but legally can't connect it. We can, we pull the Madison County permit, and we meet the inspector, pressure-testing every line we run. In the academic-year rental market especially, low-maintenance, on-demand flame is the kind of feature that keeps a property easy to show and easy to use.
That documented install is also what protects resale value: permitted gas work holds up at closing and on an insurance claim, while a rusting big-box pit works against you. Build it once. Call (828) 545-0525.
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.