We're building a new home — what should we rough in now for a future outdoor fire feature?
Weaverville is one of the fastest-growing spots we serve — new homes are going up all over Reems Creek — which makes this exactly the right question to ask now. On these natural-gas lots, rough in an over-sized gas line to the future patio, cap it, and have the utility set a meter big enough for a fire feature plus a grill later.
The advantage new construction hands you
In a brand-new Reems Creek build, the excavator is already on your lot and the yard is still dirt — so a gas stub to the backyard is a small, cheap add now versus a disruptive trench through a finished driveway and lawn in a few years. This is the window.
Decide roughly where the fire pit, outdoor fireplace, or kitchen will sit, run one adequately sized line with branches to each, and sleeve it under any slab or drive crossing. Weaverville's north-facing valley is slow to warm in spring, so the patio-hearth season here runs long.
Size for the future, not just today
On Weaverville's natural-gas mains the meter is the ceiling. Total up the combined BTU load of everything you might eventually run outside and make sure the meter covers it — that one number quietly decides whether you can add a patio heater down the road.
Your builder frames the house, but in North Carolina the gas tie-in is licensed work he legally can't do. As a licensed gas contractor we run the buried line, pull the Buncombe County permit, and pressure-test what the inspector checks.
Fifteen minutes from Emma Rd
Weaverville is fifteen minutes north of our showroom, so slotting us into your builder's rough-in schedule is easy — loop us in before the concrete pours. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free planning assessment.
Fireplace help in Weaverville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Weaverville and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.