My street is getting natural gas service — what do I need to do with my propane fireplace?
In Swannanoa, so many homes are being rebuilt or renovated after the storm that the smart move is to build the natural-gas decision in now — if a main is reaching your street, run the line and set the fireplace during the work, not after. You can convert an existing unit, stay on propane, or install fresh. We do the licensed gas work under a Buncombe County permit.
Do it during the rebuild
Grovemont's 1940s-to-'60s homes and the broader Swannanoa Village area took storm damage, and demand for new fireplaces and stoves in rebuilt houses has climbed since. If your walls are already open and a natural-gas main is reaching the street, that's the ideal moment to run the line and set a sealed unit — cleaner, less disruptive, and cheaper than retrofitting later. Homeowners who lived through multi-day outages are also choosing hearths that keep working when the power doesn't, and a gas fireplace with millivolt or battery-backup ignition does exactly that.
Convert or install, done right
If you're keeping a propane fireplace that survived, converting it means swapping the orifices and regulator to the natural-gas kit for your model — licensed work, not a fuel line you can just re-hook. If you're starting fresh, a factory direct-vent unit set for natural gas comes with a clean warranty. Either way we pull the Buncombe County permit, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector, which matters doubly on a rebuild you'll want documented for insurance and resale.
One crew, close by
Swannanoa is 15 minutes east of our Asheville showroom, and we handle the appliance, venting, gas line, permit, and inspection ourselves — one accountable company during a rebuild that already has too many moving parts. River-valley fog and damp here are hard on masonry, so we check the chimney too. Call (828) 545-0525.
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.
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