What happens if a fireplace installation fails the inspection — who has to fix it?
The installer fixes it — and pays for it. When we pull the permit, we're responsible for the work passing inspection, so any correction the inspector flags is on us to remedy and re-inspect at no cost to you. That's the whole point of hiring a licensed contractor who permits the job: the accountability is ours, not the homeowner's.
The permit-holder owns the fix
Straightforward answer: the installer does. When we pull the permit on your fireplace, we're the party responsible for the work passing inspection. If the inspector flags something — a clearance, a termination location, a bonding detail — correcting it and scheduling the re-inspection is on us, at no cost to you. That accountability is exactly what you're paying a licensed contractor for. And with the job done to the manuals from the start, a failed inspection is uncommon in the first place.
Why permitting protects you
Pulling the permit isn't red tape — it's your protection. We pull it with your county (Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, or Transylvania) and meet the inspector on site. Permitted, inspected hearth work is what protects your home sale down the road and keeps your homeowner's insurance intact; unpermitted gas or fireplace work can void coverage and surface as a problem when you sell. The permit ties responsibility for correct work to the licensed company that signed for it.
The unpermitted trap
Here's the flip side. If a handyman does the work with no permit, or a homeowner pulls the permit themselves, the accountability shifts — corrections, liability, and cost land on you, not on some helper who's already moved on. That's the difference between hiring one accountable licensed company and stitching a job together and hoping it holds. We stand behind our installs with the manufacturer's warranty and our own workmanship guarantee. Call (828) 545-0525.
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