Propane vs natural gas fire pit — which should I get?
In Flat Rock, natural gas is the better fuel — the village is on the mains — and the real question is how to add a modern fire feature to homes that date to the 1800s without spoiling their character. We plumb a clean gas line to a pit sited to suit historic grounds. Off-main homes go propane.
A modern fire on historic grounds
Flat Rock's housing stock is genuinely old — homes reaching back to the 1800s, with oversized open masonry fireplaces and aging clay flue liners inside. Outdoors, the goal is the same one these homeowners bring to everything here: add comfort without cheapening the character. A well-sited gas fire pit does that — a low, clean flame that becomes a gathering point on the grounds around Kanuga and Highland Lake, fueled by a buried line rather than a cylinder parked in view. There's no smoke, no ash to rake off the terrace, and no sparks near old timber.
On the mains, so the line's simple
The village sits on natural-gas mains, which makes the fuel choice easy — we branch a line off your meter, bury an outdoor-rated run to the pit, and size the burner for natural gas. A few outlying properties run on propane from a tank instead, and there the burner's jets are set for LP. The fuels burn at different pressures and aren't interchangeable, so matching the burner to the fuel is the part that keeps the flame clean. This is licensed gas-piping work — our lane, not a mason's or a landscaper's.
Henderson permit, done once and done right
On a historic property especially, you want permitted work on record — it protects the home's value and the owner's insurance, and unpermitted gas work is exactly the kind of thing that surfaces at resale. We pull the Henderson County permit, meet the inspector, and pressure-test the line before the first flame, with one company accountable for all of it. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free design consultation.
Fireplace help in Flat Rock
We install and service fireplaces throughout Flat Rock and the rest of Henderson County — just 30 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.
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