Does Napoleon make wood-burning fireplaces or wood stoves?
Yes — Napoleon builds wood-burning stoves, fireplaces, and inserts in addition to its big gas lineup. That said, when a WNC customer comes to us wanting serious wood heat, we usually point them to Regency and Superior — the wood brands we've chosen to display — because they're purpose-built for EPA-certified, overnight, off-grid burns.
Yes, Napoleon does wood
Napoleon is a full-line hearth manufacturer, not just a gas brand — the lineup runs gas, electric, and wood side by side. On the wood side that means EPA-certified wood stoves, wood-burning fireplaces, and wood inserts that retrofit an existing masonry opening.
Their wood stoves come in the classic freestanding format for a cabin or great room, and their wood inserts turn an inefficient open masonry fireplace into a real heater. It's capable, well-built equipment, and because we carry Napoleon as an authorized dealer, we can order and install their wood product and stand behind it if that's specifically what you want.
What we actually reach for on wood
For the customer whose main goal is heat you own outright — grid-independent, overnight burns through a cold snap — our showroom wood picks are Regency and Superior, and there's a reason. Regency's Grandview G600C is a radiant wood fireplace that kept people warm through Helene. The Cascades F1500 wood stove is EPA-certified, around 78% efficient, and heats up to 1,500 square feet.
Superior's WRT4500 gives you a 36-inch EPA wood-burning fireplace without the premium price tag. These are the units we've vetted specifically for how people actually heat in the mountains.
Wood is the gold standard for outages
Here's the heart of it for WNC: wood is total grid independence — no electricity, no gas line, no ignition module to fail. In a region that lost power for days after Helene, that reliability is the whole point.
Wood asks more of you — hauling and storing seasoned wood, the cold-start smoke, and a chimney that needs sweeping plus a level-1 inspection every year — but nothing throws heat more dependably when everything else is dark. If you're torn, we'll help you weigh a wood fireplace or stove against a power-optional gas unit and pick the right one for your home. Call (828) 545-0525.
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