Should I get a natural gas or propane fire pit?

Tank Country, Set Up for LP

With no mains reaching most of Transylvania County, a propane pit is the norm in Brevard. LP burns hotter per unit and runs at a different pressure than natural gas, so the burner needs propane-specific orifices and a proper regulator to burn clean. Napoleon's Uptown square pit, for one, ships as an LP unit — the setup is fuel-specific by design.

Your existing house tank can often feed the pit, which saves a second tank in the yard; if it can't, we size a dedicated one to the burner. Either way, refills become part of the rhythm — worth knowing before you fall for a design, so you're not surprised in January.

Brevard's Rain Is the Real Design Constraint

Brevard sees 80-plus inches of rain a year, with a long wet season from March into June, and that water is hard on outdoor gas work. The buried line runs in outdoor-rated pipe at proper depth, fittings are corrosion-minded, and the tank and regulator get placed where standing water and runoff won't sit on them. The same moisture that spalls brick and rusts dampers around here doesn't get a shot at a properly built pit.

Permitted With Transylvania County

Running the gas line to an outdoor pit is licensed work, and we pull the Transylvania County permit, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector. We're 40 minutes southwest of the Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment of the fuel and layout at your place.

Permitted work also protects your homeowner's insurance and a future sale — unpermitted gas can quietly void both, which is a poor trade for saving a little paperwork.