Arden, North Carolina

What does a natural gas to propane conversion kit actually change?

Arden's 1980s and 90s homes in Royal Pines and Skyland were built with open masonry fireplaces that pull heat out of the room — which is why conversions here usually ride along with a sealed insert. Arden is a natural-gas area, so a natural-gas-to-propane kit applies when the appliance runs on an LP tank instead; it re-jets orifices, fits a propane regulator, and resets the air shutter.

From drafty box to real heater

The tired open fireplaces in Skyland and Royal Pines don't heat — they siphon warm air up the flue. Dropping a sealed gas insert into one turns it into a genuine heater, and if that home is on propane, the appliance has to be jetted for it. The conversion and the insert install go hand in hand: correct orifices, correct pressure, correct air balance, all set for the fuel actually feeding the unit.

What the kit changes and what it doesn't

A conversion only touches the fuel train — the orifices, the regulator or valve spring, an air-shutter setting. It doesn't change the insert's size, its glass, its heat output, or how it looks in the old masonry opening. What you get is the same efficient sealed unit, burning clean on the propane your home runs, instead of sooting on jets meant for a different gas.

Permitted and quick to reach

We permit conversions and insert installs with Buncombe County where required and meet the inspector, then pressure-test and flame-check before handing it back. Arden is about 15 minutes south of our Asheville showroom, so confirming your kit from a model number is quick. Call (828) 545-0525 with the model and your fuel type.

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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