Gas fire pit vs wood-burning fire pit — which is better?
In Waynesville, the cold actually tips the scale toward gas for most patios — at nearly 2,650 feet your fire-feature season runs weeks longer than Asheville's, and a gas pit is the one you'll light on all those extra chilly evenings without stacking wood first. Wood brings the ritual and raw BTUs. Fuel here is mixed — gas in town, propane out.
The season is longer up here
Waynesville sits high and runs 10 to 15 degrees colder than the lower WNC towns, with a heating season about three weeks longer. That's three extra weeks of evenings cool enough to want a fire — and the pit that pays off across a long season is the one that's effortless to light. A gas pit strikes instantly and shuts off clean; a wood pit means having seasoned, dry wood on hand every single night you want flame. Over a long Haywood County season, that convenience gap compounds fast.
Gas or propane depends on your address
Fuel here is genuinely mixed — natural gas along the in-town lines, propane out toward the ridges and coves. Both run a fire pit beautifully; the Napoleon Uptown pit we carry throws 60,000 BTU on propane, real warmth for a cold Hazelwood evening. We'll tell you honestly which fuel your property is set up for before we design anything.
Wood, and the licensed line
Wood still wins on crackle and campfire smell, costs less to build, and needs no fuel line — if that's your vision, we build it. If you go gas, the buried outdoor line is licensed work in NC: a landscaper can set the stone but can't connect the fuel. We can, we pull the Haywood County permit, and we pressure-test every line. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Waynesville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Waynesville and the rest of Haywood County — just 35 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.