Does adding a fireplace or fire pit increase income for an Airbnb or vacation rental?
For a Canton rental, yes — but the first move here is a safety check, not a shopping list. Recent Pigeon River flooding water-damaged hearths and gas appliances across the valley, and a fireplace that took on water is not something to hand a guest until a licensed tech has inspected and pressure-tested the gas connections.
After the flood, inspect before you rent
Canton learned the hard way what water does to a hearth. Floodwater in a firebox or up against a gas valve can corrode connections, foul burners, and leave a unit that lights but isn't safe — exactly the kind of thing you don't want discovered by a guest. Before a flood-affected rental goes back on the calendar, we inspect the appliance, pressure-test the gas line, and either return it to service or tell you honestly it needs replacing. That's the licensed side of this work, and it's the part a mill-town rebuild can't skip.
The amenity that also survives the next outage
Once it's safe, a fire feature does real work for a Canton listing. Valley evenings run cold and the fog off the Pigeon River rusts dampers early, so guests genuinely use the fire — and a millivolt or battery-backup gas unit keeps throwing heat when a storm drops the power, while central heat quits. In a town that remembers what days without power feel like, 'stays warm in an outage' is a line worth having in your listing. Electric can't do it, and we'll tell you so.
Permitted work, honest advice
Everything runs through a Haywood County permit, a pressure test, and an inspection — the paperwork your rental insurance leans on if a claim ever comes. Canton is mixed-fuel country, natural gas closer in and propane out toward Bethel, and we set either one up to burn clean. We're 20 minutes west of our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
Fireplace help in Canton
We install and service fireplaces throughout Canton and the rest of Haywood County — just 20 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.