Arden, North Carolina

Should I heat with my gas fireplace instead of the furnace to save money on the room I'm in?

In Arden, the fireplace you likely have is the reason to think twice — the open masonry fireboxes in Royal Pines and Skyland actively pull heat out of the room. Run one for zone heat and it costs you. Drop in a sealed insert, though, and warming that room while the furnace idles finally saves.

A Tired Open Fireplace Works Against You

Those 1980s-and-90s open masonry fireplaces around Skyland and Royal Pines feel cozy while they're burning, but the physics aren't on your side: an open damper draws heated room air up the chimney the whole time, so the house can end up cooler overall. Leaning on one to zone-heat a room is paying to lose warmth. It's the single most common reason a homeowner tells us their fireplace doesn't really heat.

The Insert Turns It Into a Real Heater

Sliding a sealed gas insert into that existing masonry opening changes everything — it stops the draft, seals the combustion, and runs 70 percent efficient or better, so now the room you're warming actually holds its heat while the furnace sits at a lower setting. That's the retrofit that flips zone heating from a money-loser into a money-saver, and it fits the tract homes here cleanly.

Natural Gas, Fifteen Minutes South

Arden's on the gas mains and only fifteen minutes from our showroom, so seeing lit inserts and booking an in-home assessment is easy — Biltmore Park's nearby if you're combining errands. We pull the Buncombe County permit and pressure-test the line, because connecting gas is licensed work a mason legally can't finish. Call (828) 545-0525.

Fireplace help in Arden

We install and service fireplaces throughout Arden and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.

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