Should I buy a fireplace from a specialty showroom or a big-box store?

New construction usually comes with the wrong fireplace

Weaverville's rapid growth in Reems Creek means a lot of homes came with a builder-grade firebox — decorative, thin on heat, chosen to hit a price. If you want a fireplace that actually warms the room, that's a different unit entirely, sized to your space. A big-box store would just sell you another box.

In our showroom you can compare a real heat-producing gas unit against the decorative one and decide with lit displays in front of you, not a spec sheet.

Older downtown fireboxes are leaking heat

The original masonry fireplaces in Weaverville's older downtown homes are often inefficient — an open firebox can run a net heat loss on a cold night. A sealed gas insert, commonly 70% efficient or better, turns that draft into real warmth while keeping the look of the room. Which insert, and how it vents, depends on your chimney, so we inspect first.

This north-facing valley warms up slowly in spring, so the heating season is long enough to make that efficiency matter.

Fifteen minutes north, permit and all

We're a short drive north of the showroom, and we pull the Buncombe County permit and meet the inspector on every gas job. That keeps the work documented and your home's insurance intact. Call (828) 545-0525 or request a free quote.