Clyde shares Canton and Waynesville's cold-air drainage and river humidity, so a gas pit here fights damp as much as cold — winterizing is a drying job. Shut off the fuel, let it cool, dry the burner and media, and cover it tight. Disconnect a portable propane cylinder and stand it upright outside; on a hard-plumbed line, close the appliance valve.
River humidity rusts things fast
Clyde sits in the Pigeon River valley alongside Canton and Waynesville, and it shares their cold-air drainage and river humidity — the kind of damp that rusts dampers and degrades masonry chimneys, and corrodes a fire-pit burner left uncovered just as quickly.
Winterizing here is less about the temperature and more about keeping water off the metal: clear the pan so it drains, brush the media dry, and cover it before the valley damp settles in.
Ranch homes, upgrade-ready
Clyde's older 1960s-to-80s ranch builds are full of dated fireplaces ready for insert upgrades, and the same practical owners tend to run straightforward gas pits out back.
Whatever the age, the winter routine holds: a clean, dry, draining pit comes out in spring ready to light, while one put away wet spends the cold season rusting its burner and corroding its igniter.
Mixed fuel in Haywood County
Clyde runs both gas lines and propane, so a portable cylinder gets disconnected and stood upright outdoors while a hard-plumbed or buried-tank pit just needs its shutoff closed. The gas connection is licensed work we permit with Haywood County and pressure-test. We're about 25 minutes west for a spring relight. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Clyde
We install and service fireplaces throughout Clyde and the rest of Haywood County — just 25 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.