How long does it take to install a gas fire pit or outdoor fireplace?
In Asheville, a gas fire pit usually goes in within a single working day once your patio enclosure is built and we've tapped the natural-gas main — and since our showroom sits right here at 629 Emma Rd, scheduling and the Buncombe County inspection move quickly. A full masonry outdoor fireplace is a longer haul, often several days while a mason stacks stone.
Why an Asheville address speeds things up
Most Asheville patios that already have natural gas at the house are among the fastest outdoor jobs we do — the main runs along the Asheville corridor, so the trench from your meter to the patio is often short, and a licensed gas contractor can tap it, permit it, and pressure-test it without hunting for fuel. We pull the Buncombe County permit and meet the inspector, and because we're headquartered a few minutes away on Emma Road, we're not driving in from another county to do it.
In older North Asheville and Montford homes we sometimes extend an existing interior line out to the patio; in newer South Asheville builds the yard is often open enough to trench cleanly. Being based in town also tends to shorten the permit-and-inspection window, since coordinating a Buncombe inspection is a short hop rather than an hour's drive each way — so the paperwork is usually the least of it, not the fuel.
Where the days actually go
A fire pit or fire table is the quick end of the spectrum. Once the block or paver enclosure is set and cured and the gas line is in, dropping in the burner, making the connection, pressure-testing, and setting the glass or lava media is typically a single day of our work.
An outdoor fireplace stretches out because the fire side waits on masonry — a prefab firebox we can set and vent in short order, but a stone-stacked chimney is several days of a mason's footing, block, stone, and cure before we connect fuel and light it. A wood-burning outdoor fireplace with a true chimney lands at the far end, since the flue height and clearances get done by the book rather than hurried. Book the walk-through early so the permit window is already open. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free on-site assessment and a day-by-day plan.
Fireplace help in Asheville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Asheville and the rest of Buncombe County — we're headquartered right here.