Is a gas fire pit worth the extra cost over a wood-burning fire pit?
For Black Mountain, yes — mostly because of the smoke. Montreat's heavily wooded lots and the Swannanoa Valley's shifting, inversion-prone air push wood smoke straight back at whoever's sitting closest. A gas pit has none of that: clean flame, no drifting haze through the trees. On the natural-gas mains here it ties right into your home's line.
Wooded lots and swirling air favor a clean flame
Black Mountain and Montreat are shaded, tree-tight, and prone to the valley inversions that trap cold air on the ground of a morning — the same still, heavy air that hangs wood smoke around a fire circle and sends everyone shifting seats. A gas pit sidesteps it entirely. There's no smoke column, no spark drift onto a dry, needle-covered lot, and no embers to douse before you go in. Downtown Black Mountain sits on the natural-gas mains, so we branch off your existing service rather than setting a tank — and convert the Napoleon Uptown, which ships for propane, to run on natural gas.
One licensed crew, permit and all
Extending that gas line to the patio is licensed work in North Carolina, and it's the piece a landscaper or mason legally can't finish. We pull the Buncombe County permit, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector, so the whole feature is signed off and protected. Black Mountain is only about 15 minutes east of our Asheville showroom on Emma Road, so it's an easy trip to measure and quote your patio free. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Black Mountain
We install and service fireplaces throughout Black Mountain and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes east from our Asheville-area showroom.
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