Does remodeling a fireplace add value to my home?
Yes, and in Asheville it pays off in a market where buyers shop on character. A revived Montford masonry hearth or a clean-face gas fireplace in a newer South Asheville build reads as a finished, move-in-ready room. Our showroom sits right here at 629 Emma Rd, so planning the update is a short conversation, not a road trip.
Two Asheville housing stories, two upgrades
The city really runs on two kinds of fireplace. In Montford and North Asheville, original masonry fireboxes carry the period character buyers pay for, but many are smoky, inefficient, or simply never lit. Refacing the surround or setting a sealed gas insert into the old opening keeps the historic look while making the hearth something a family actually uses.
Newer South and West Asheville construction has the opposite problem: a plain builder firebox in a room begging for a focal point. A linear clean-face unit like the Napoleon Vector 50, or a Heat & Glo 6000CLX great-room anchor, turns that wall into the reason the room photographs well.
Where the money actually lands
Cosmetic refacing lifts the whole room for a modest spend, but the bigger value lever is function. At 2,134 feet, Asheville nights sink into the 20s well into early spring, so a working hearth is used gear, not decoration, and buyers feel the difference between a dead box and real everyday heat.
There is a local premium layered on top. People here remember the days without power after Helene, and a gas or wood fireplace that keeps throwing heat with the grid down is a genuine selling point rather than a nice-to-have.
Permitted, and pulled with Buncombe County
Here is what quietly protects your sale: the permit. When we install or convert a gas appliance, we pull it with Buncombe County, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector, which is the paper trail a home inspection looks for. Unpermitted gas work is exactly what stalls a closing.
Being headquartered on Emma Rd means one licensed local crew owns the appliance, the gas line, the permit, and the inspection from start to finish. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment.
Fireplace help in Asheville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Asheville and the rest of Buncombe County — we're headquartered right here.