Should I get a natural gas or propane fire pit?

Low-Maintenance Is the Whole Point Here

Hendersonville leans toward homeowners who want dependable comfort with nothing to babysit, and a natural-gas pit off the main delivers exactly that. One buried line, and the flame is there at the turn of a key — no tank to watch, no gauge to read, no refill run when the entertaining season peaks and you're using it most.

The same instinct that makes quiet sealed gas fireplaces popular in the retirement community indoors carries straight out to the patio. A fire feature you never have to think about is the one you'll actually light on a cool valley evening, and Hendersonville's evenings are cool a lot of the year.

Clay Soil Changes How We Trench

Henderson County's clay-heavy soil is the local wrinkle. It's harder to dig, it holds water, and it shifts as it dries and settles — the same movement that stresses older masonry chimneys around here. So the buried gas line to your pit gets set at proper depth in outdoor-rated pipe and backfilled correctly, not dropped in a shallow trench. Done right, it's invisible and permanent.

For homes out past the mains toward the county's edges, propane is the fallback, and it's a fine one — a tank sized to the pit, or the home's existing tank feeding it, set up with LP-specific orifices so the flame burns clean instead of sooting.

Permitted With Henderson County

Running gas to an outdoor pit is licensed work in North Carolina, so we pull the Henderson County permit, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector — the paperwork that protects your homeowner's insurance and a future sale. We're 25 minutes south of the Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free in-home assessment.