Arden's Royal Pines and Skyland homes and the Biltmore Park patios run on the natural-gas main, so a gas pit here is usually hard-plumbed. To winterize: shut off the fuel, let it cool, dry the burner and media, and cover it, closing the appliance valve for winter. Leave the gas line to us; store any portable propane cylinder upright outdoors.
Established neighborhoods, patio pits
Arden's 1980s and 90s homes around Royal Pines, Skyland and Glenn Bridge, along with the Biltmore Park retail and office spaces, sit on the gas mains, and the fire pits out on their patios are generally plumbed straight to natural gas.
That means no cylinder to haul off each winter — just the appliance shutoff to close — but the same discipline on keeping water out of the burner pan, because a hard-plumbed pit is exactly the kind people leave out and forget.
Don't let the burner pond
Whether it's a tired open fireplace inside pulling heat out of the room or a fire pit out back, Arden's issue is the same: things left to sit collect water and go to rust.
Clear the pan so it drains, brush the lava rock or glass media dry, and cover it breathable so condensation escapes rather than sweating against the metal through the cold months.
The line is licensed work
That natural-gas connection is ours to run, cap or rework — licensed work we permit with Buncombe County and pressure-test — so for winter you touch only the appliance valve. We're just 15 minutes south for a spring relight, and the Emma Road showroom is close by if you want to see how a permanent gas pit is built. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Arden
We install and service fireplaces throughout Arden and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.