Is it OK to bring firewood in from another county or state?
In Swannanoa, the storm that came through the valley left downed hardwood everywhere and pushed a lot of homes into rebuilds — so local firewood is abundant, and importing any is the last thing you'd want to do. Wood trucked in from elsewhere can carry the emerald ash borer into stands the storm already stressed; buy local and season it well.
After the storm, wood is a local resource
Swannanoa took real storm damage, and the recovery has homes across Grovemont and the Bee Tree and Owen areas rebuilding and adding fireplaces and stoves for reliable heat. One upside of all that downed timber: seasoned local hardwood is close at hand, so there's no reason to import a load. Storm-felled wood does need time, though — split it, stack it in sun and wind, and give it a season or two before it burns clean.
Local wood keeps the valley's trees safe
Buying within Buncombe, ideally inside about fifty miles, means the firewood came off ground that already carries the same insects — you introduce nothing new. Hauling wood in from a distant county or another state is how borer and bark beetles jump into a healthy stand, hidden in the bark until they hatch.
If you're carrying wood to a campsite, make it certified kiln-dried and heat-treated — the only wood cleared to travel. And when a rebuilt home needs the gas side of a new hearth run, we permit and pressure-test it with Buncombe County's inspector, since running fuel is licensed work. Call (828) 545-0525 to talk sourcing or a new stove.
Fireplace help in Swannanoa
We install and service fireplaces throughout Swannanoa and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes east from our Asheville-area showroom.