Out in the Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek valleys around Mars Hill, plenty of gas pits run on propane, so winterizing starts at the tank: disconnect a portable cylinder and stand it upright outside, or close the shutoff on a buried system. Then shut the fuel, cool the pit, dry the burner and media, and cover it before the early cold.
Propane and wood in the valleys
Mars Hill's rural Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek homes lean on propane and wood, so most fire pits here run off a cylinder or a buried tank rather than a gas main. A portable tank comes off, gets capped, and stands upright outdoors, never inside.
A buried-tank pit just needs its appliance shutoff closed, with the regulator and piping left to us as licensed work in North Carolina, permitted and pressure-tested.
One of the colder spots we serve
Mars Hill sits high and cold, and the early, hard freezes give any water trapped in a burner pan more of the season to rust the metal and corrode the igniter contacts.
Get the pit clean, drained and bone-dry before that first cold snap, and shield the ignition module — the part that most often refuses to spark when you try to relight in spring.
Around the university, keep it simple
The rentals near Mars Hill University favor easy, no-fuss gas appliances, and winterizing one is genuinely a single dry afternoon: clean, dry, disconnect or shut off the fuel, cover. We're about 30 minutes north for a spring relight. Use a fitted breathable cover so condensation escapes, and call (828) 545-0525 if you're unsure how yours is fueled.
Fireplace help in Mars Hill
We install and service fireplaces throughout Mars Hill and the rest of Madison County — just 30 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.