How long does it take to install a gas fire pit or outdoor fireplace?
In Leicester, a gas fire pit is about a day of install once the enclosure is set and the fuel line is run — but on these big rural properties the line often has a long way to travel from a propane tank to the patio, and that trench is what stretches the schedule. A masonry outdoor fireplace takes several days.
Big lots, long fuel runs
Leicester is rural large-property country, and that geography is the timeline. Many homes here run on propane, and on a big lot the run from the tank to a patio out back can be a long trench — which matters more to your schedule than the burner drop-in, since the burner itself is about a day of work once the enclosure is cured and the line reaches it.
If there's no propane tank yet, the supplier's tank set is the first lead item. As a licensed gas contractor we run the outdoor-rated, buried line, pull the Buncombe County permit, pressure-test, and meet the inspector — the fuel-side work no landscaper can legally do, and on the Sandy Mush and Turkey Creek properties we measure the real distance so the trench estimate is honest.
Wood option, cold hollows, and the permit
Wood heat is popular in Leicester, and if you want a wood-burning outdoor fireplace rather than gas, plan on the longer end of the range — a real chimney's height and clearances have to be built by the book, not hurried, so those jobs run toward the multi-day side. On remote properties with limited electrical capacity, gas and wood also have the advantage of not leaning on the grid.
The rural hollows here drain cold air and sit 5 to 8 degrees colder than Asheville on clear nights, so masonry cure gets scheduled for cooperative weather. On these long rural runs, the trench distance is the number worth pinning down first, since it's the part of the job most likely to move your finish date. We're about 15 minutes west of the showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 and we'll give you an honest plan.
Fireplace help in Leicester
We install and service fireplaces throughout Leicester and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.