How much does it cost to buy or lease a propane tank when adding a gas fireplace?
In Weaverville it depends on which house you're in. New Reems Creek construction is often stubbed for natural gas, in which case there's no tank at all — just a metered line. Older downtown homes and properties past the mains may be on propane, and that tank is leased or bought through your supplier while we handle the piping and connection.
New builds versus older homes
Weaverville's rapid Reems Creek growth means a lot of newer houses were plumbed for natural gas from the start, so adding a fireplace is a matter of connecting to an existing meter — no propane tank to lease or buy. It's worth confirming what your builder actually ran before assuming either way.
The older downtown homes, many with inefficient original masonry fireboxes, are a different story: some sit on the main, some on propane. Where it's propane, the tank comes from a fuel supplier and we connect to it.
If you're on propane: the lease-or-own call
Leasing keeps upfront cost low with a small or waived annual fee tied to buying propane from that supplier; owning the tank costs more at first but lets you shop per-gallon. Size follows total load — if a furnace or water heater already burns propane, the fireplace often shares that tank rather than needing a new one.
Turning a tired firebox into real heat
Those original downtown masonry fireplaces lose more heat than they make; a sealed gas insert on a clean line turns one into an actual heater. We pull the Buncombe County permit, pressure-test the gas, and connect the unit — fifteen minutes north of our showroom. Any leased tank stays with your propane company. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Weaverville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Weaverville and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.
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