What size propane tank do I need to run a gas fireplace?
In Arden, the tank usually isn't the issue — Royal Pines, Skyland, and most of the area run on a natural-gas main, so a fireplace ties into the utility with no propane to size. The common project here is converting a tired open masonry fireplace to a sealed gas insert, which is a gas-line-and-flue job, not a tank job.
From heat-loser to heater
Those 1980s and '90s open masonry fireplaces all over Arden pull warm air up the chimney and let cold air back down — an open hearth can actually run a net heat loss. A sealed gas insert with the right liner turns it into a real heater, commonly 70 percent efficient or better, and on the natural-gas main it feeds straight from the utility. No tank enters the conversation.
If you're on propane
A few homes off the main run propane, and there a fireplace on its own fits a 120-gallon stationary tank — bigger than a cylinder so it vaporizes steadily and needs fewer fills. Share it with a furnace and water heater and you're already at 250 gallons or more. Your propane supplier sizes the tank; we size the line.
Permitted with Buncombe
Whether we tap the main or run from a tank, the licensed line is sized, permitted with Buncombe County, inspected, and pressure-tested. We're 15 minutes south of the showroom, right past Biltmore Park. Call (828) 545-0525.
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.