Is a gas fire pit worth the extra cost over a wood-burning fire pit?
For an Asheville patio, yes — and being on the natural-gas mains is a big part of why. A gas pit here can tie straight into the line already feeding your home, so there's no tank to watch and no wood to haul, just flame in seconds when a North Asheville evening drops into the 20s. Wood costs less to build but gets lit far less often.
Tapping the line you already have
Much of Asheville — Montford, West Asheville, Biltmore Village, the newer South Asheville builds — sits on a natural-gas main, which changes the math on a fire pit. Instead of coordinating a propane tank, we extend a branch off your existing service out to the patio, bury it to code, pressure-test it, and set the pit. The Napoleon Uptown ships configured for propane, so for a natural-gas hookup we convert the orifices and pressure before it ever lights — the kind of fuel-side detail a furniture showroom selling you the same box can't legally touch. In North Carolina, connecting that fuel is licensed gas work, and it's the one part of an outdoor project no landscaper or mason can sign off on.
Why the switch beats the stack here
Asheville's elevation keeps nights cool deep into spring — those 20-degree nights linger past the last frost — so a fire feature earns a long season if it's easy to use. A wood pit downtown means storing a dry cord somewhere, and West Asheville's tight infill lots rarely have the room. A gas pit skips all of it: on, off, done, no smoke drifting over the neighbor's fence. Since we're headquartered right here at 629 Emma Rd, you can see a lit unit in the showroom before we ever break ground on your patio. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free quote, or read [choosing a fire pit](/guides/choosing-a-fire-pit) first.
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