How much does it cost to reface or update the look of an existing fireplace?
In Arden, the classic reface is a tired, drafty open masonry fireplace in a Royal Pines or Skyland home from the '80s or '90s — and the smartest version turns it into a real heater at the same time. Materials and demolition set the price; it's cosmetic work priced well under replacement, and you're on the natural-gas mains.
Stop the heat from leaving
Those 1980s-90s open masonry fireboxes all over Skyland, Royal Pines, and Glenn Bridge look fine and quietly work against you — pulling warm room air up the chimney all evening. A reface is the moment to fix that: set a sealed gas insert into the existing opening so it throws heat instead of stealing it, then finish the new stone or tile around it once. A Napoleon Oakville X4 or Kozy Heat Chaska 25L drops right in and actually warms the room. Do the insert first, the beauty second — cutting into finished stonework later is the expensive mistake.
Gas mains, done right — then the finish
Arden sits on the natural-gas mains, which keeps a conversion straightforward, but running or extending that line is still licensed work — a showroom or a mason can sell you a beautiful firebox and legally can't connect it, while we can, pulling the Buncombe County permit and pressure-testing the line. With battery-backup or millivolt ignition, your updated hearth also keeps heat in the house when the power drops, the backup so many Arden homes wanted after Helene. Because the insert changes the opening, choose the surround around the finished unit: come to 629 Emma Road, 15 minutes south, to see stone, tile, and mantels, then we'll bring the finalists to a free in-home look. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Arden
We install and service fireplaces throughout Arden and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.
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