What's the best replacement for an old, outdated gas fireplace?
Mars Hill has two right answers: near the university, replace a tired gas unit with a simple sealed direct-vent that tenants can run from one switch; out Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek, where homes run propane or wood, the move is a propane-configured unit like Kozy Heat's Springfield 36 — or a wood alternative if you want heat you own outright.
Campus side and creek side want different fires
Around the university, the winning replacement is the simplest one — a sealed direct-vent a tenant or visiting family can run from a single switch, in a market where academic-year demand concentrates on easy-use gas. Out Spring Creek and Gabriels Creek, homes run propane or wood, and the honest pick is a propane-configured unit like Kozy Heat's Springfield 36 — or, if you'd rather own your heat outright, a Regency EPA wood unit that owes nothing to a tank or a power line.
Either way, size for the setting: Mars Hill sits among the colder spots we serve, and undersizing is the regret you can't fix cheaply later. The rule of thumb — around 20 Btu per square foot in a moderate climate — gets pushed up here.
One licensed crew, thirty minutes out
Whether the job is a gas line in town or a regulator-and-piping propane setup coordinated with your supplier up a valley road, the fuel side is licensed work in North Carolina and we do it in-house — permitted with your county, inspector met, line pressure-tested. Mars Hill is 30 minutes north of our Asheville showroom at 629 Emma Rd, and the in-home assessment is free. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Mars Hill
We install and service fireplaces throughout Mars Hill and the rest of Madison County — just 30 minutes north from our Asheville-area showroom.