How much does a gas fire pit cost?

City mains, city lots

Much of Asheville sits on natural-gas mains — through Montford, North Asheville, West Asheville, and Biltmore Village — so a built-in can often tie straight into your meter with no propane tank in the picture. What moves the number is how far the patio sits from that meter. A short run across a flat South Asheville yard is a quick afternoon; threading outdoor-rated pipe around a tight, tree-shaded Montford lot with old stonework in the way is another thing entirely.

Our elevation keeps early-spring nights in the 20s, so a pit here earns real use before patios in warmer places have thawed out.

Three ways to do it

At the simplest, a freestanding table like Napoleon's Uptown sets on the patio and connects to a tank — no digging. A drop-in burner pan built into hardscape you already own is the middle path. A full custom built-in — stone or block, a burner sized to the design, and a buried line — is the permanent version, and it commits both the pit and its plumbing to that spot for good.

The part only a licensed contractor can do

A landscaper can lay a beautiful stone ring in an afternoon, but in North Carolina they legally can't connect it to fuel — that's licensed work. We pull the Buncombe County permit, run buried outdoor-rated pipe, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector. That paperwork protects your homeowner's insurance and keeps a future sale clean. Being based on Emma Rd, we're rarely more than a few minutes out for the install or a service call. Call (828) 545-0525.