How do I choose the best fireplace installer or gas piping contractor?
In Asheville, start by asking whether the installer holds a North Carolina gas-piping license and will pull the Buncombe County permit — city gas mains make gas the default here, and the fuel connection is licensed work. Then match the installer to your house: a Montford masonry chimney and a new South Asheville build need different skills. We're headquartered on Emma Road, so vet us in person.
Match the installer to the house, not the ad
Asheville's housing stock splits in two. Montford and North Asheville hold historic homes with original masonry fireplaces — chimneys that predate modern codes, flues that may need relining, and mantels worth preserving — while newer South Asheville construction is built for clean-face gas units and modern wood designs. Ask any installer which of those two jobs they actually do week in and week out. A crew that's comfortable dropping a sealed insert into a 1920s Montford chimney with a properly sized liner is solving a different problem than one framing a linear gas unit into new drywall near Biltmore Village. We do both, and we'll tell you plainly which approach fits your house before we talk models.
Gas mains change the shortlist
Much of Asheville sits on natural-gas mains, which makes a gas fireplace the path of least resistance — and makes the license question the one that matters most. Connecting any appliance to that main is licensed gas-piping work in North Carolina. Whoever you hire should pull the Buncombe County permit themselves, pressure-test the line, and be standing there when the inspector signs off. If a bid is vague about who runs the line, the low price is hiding the most important trade on the job.
Use the showroom against us
We're headquartered at 629 Emma Rd, which gives Asheville homeowners a vetting tool most contractors can't offer: walk in. See units burning on display, meet the people who'd be in your home, and ask hard questions face to face — about NFI certification, about our workmanship guarantee, about the 10,247+ WNC homes we've served since 2005. Even Asheville's elevation is an argument for getting the choice right — nights stay in the 20s well into early spring here, so the fireplace you pick will run more evenings than you think. Call (828) 545-0525 or come see us.
Fireplace help in Asheville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Asheville and the rest of Buncombe County — we're headquartered right here.
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