How do I winterize my gas fire pit at the end of the season?
In Candler, fuel depends on where you are — the newer Enka-Candler subdivisions are reaching natural-gas service, while plenty of Hominy Valley and Pisgah Highway properties still run on propane. Know which you've got: shut a natural-gas pit off at its valve, or close and store a propane tank upright outside. Then clear and dry the burner and cover it before the first hard freeze.
A town split between two fuels
Candler is fast-growing and in transition. The new subdivisions going up have basic decorative builder-grade fireboxes and, increasingly, natural-gas service — for a pit tied to the main, winterizing the fuel is just closing the pit's shutoff valve for the season. Out on the larger and more rural lots up Pisgah Highway and through Hominy Valley, propane is still the reality, so the tank comes first: close the valve, disconnect, and store the cylinder upright outdoors, never inside.
Whichever you have, owners of those builder-grade fireboxes tend to want real heat-producing upgrades within a few years — but that's a spring conversation, not a winter one.
The Hominy Valley bowl and clean air
Hominy Valley's natural bowl holds still air, which is part of why clean-burning sealed appliances are attractive here for air quality. A neglected outdoor burner clogged with debris burns dirty when you finally relight it, so clearing the ports and pan before winter helps it fire clean next spring.
Dry the burner and igniter, cover the pit so water sheds off, and you're set. We're 15 minutes west in Buncombe County — for line work or a burner that quit, call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Candler
We install and service fireplaces throughout Candler and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.
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