Should I get a natural gas or propane fire pit?

After the Flood, Gas Connections Get Verified

Canton's recent flooding water-damaged hearths and gas appliances across the Pigeon River valley, and it left a lesson that carries straight to outdoor work — a gas line and its fittings have to be sound, sealed, and proven, not assumed. Whether your pit runs on the main or a tank, we set it in outdoor-rated pipe, pressure-test it, and have the Haywood County inspector confirm it before it ever carries fuel.

Valley-floor fog and dampness are the everyday version of the same problem. That moist air rusts dampers and chimney caps here earlier than folks expect, so the pit's regulator, fittings, and tank hardware get placed and specced to shrug off standing damp rather than corrode in it over a few wet seasons.

Which Fuel at Your Address

Mill-town homes closer in may tap the natural-gas main, which is the lower-cost, no-refill route — one buried line and you're done. Farther out and up, propane on a tank is the norm, sized to the pit or fed from the house tank, with LP-specific orifices so the flame burns clean instead of sooting. We confirm which you've got at the address.

Permitted and Pressure-Tested

Every outdoor gas line we run gets a Haywood County permit and an inspection — the paperwork that protects your insurance and resale, and doubly worth it on rebuilt homes. We're 20 minutes west of the Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment.

If you're rebuilding after the water, that's the ideal moment to run the pit line — the yard's already open and the crews are already there.