Clyde is mostly 1960s-to-80s ranch homes with dated fireplaces — not craftsman houses, but a craftsman remodel is one of the best ways to update a ranch hearth. Reface that tired brick with honest Arts-and-Crafts materials — a low oak mantel, earthy tile, stacked stone — and set a sealed insert behind it, and a plain ranch fireplace becomes a warm centerpiece.
A craftsman face-lift for a ranch hearth
The typical Clyde fireplace is a 1960s-to-80s ranch box — often a plain painted-brick surround and a dated firebox that doesn't give back much heat. A craftsman remodel transforms it: we reface with clinker brick or stacked river stone, handmade tile in warm earth tones, and a wide, low quarter-sawn oak mantel with honest joinery, and we can add built-ins beside the chimney. Behind the new surround goes a sealed insert — gas or EPA wood — so the ranch fireplace finally heats the room instead of just filling a wall.
Damp valley air, mixed fuel
Clyde shares Canton and Waynesville's cold-air drainage, and river humidity rusts dampers and degrades masonry chimneys, so we check the flue before setting an insert and add a correctly sized liner. Haywood County is mixed-fuel: on natural gas a direct-vent unit with a split-oak log set holds the traditional flame, and on propane a Kozy Heat Springfield 36 handles the cold at 2,612 feet. A sealed unit also sidesteps a damp, marginal chimney.
Haywood permit, 25 minutes west
Any gas line for the new insert is licensed work — a handyman or mason legally can't connect the fuel in North Carolina, but we can, and we permit and pressure-test it with Haywood County. Twenty-five minutes west of the Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free quote.
Fireplace help in Clyde
We install and service fireplaces throughout Clyde and the rest of Haywood County — just 25 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.