We're building a new home — what should we rough in now for a future outdoor fire feature?

Rebuilding is a chance to plan it right

If your Swannanoa home is going up on a cleared or rebuilt lot, the ground is open and the excavator is already working — the cheapest possible moment to run a buried gas stub to the backyard. Doing it later means trenching a finished driveway and lawn, exactly the disruption you'd want to avoid the second time around.

Point the line toward wherever the fire pit or outdoor fireplace will sit, branch it for a grill and patio heater, and sleeve any slab crossing. While you're planning gas, consider an indoor hearth with backup-capable ignition on the same service — heat that holds when the grid doesn't.

River-valley damp, and the meter number

Swannanoa's river-valley setting brings fog, cold-air pooling, and damp air that's hard on outdoor metal — a sealed gas fire feature and outdoor-rated buried pipe hold up better than untreated hardware. On the natural-gas mains, size the meter for the combined outdoor BTU load so a future addition doesn't force an upgrade.

The gas tie-in is licensed work in North Carolina; your builder legally can't make it. We run and pressure-test the line and pull the Buncombe County permit.

Fifteen minutes east of the showroom

Swannanoa is fifteen minutes east of Emma Rd, so we can coordinate tightly with your builder and hardscaper on rough-in timing. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free planning assessment.