What time of year is best to have a chimney swept?
Fletcher is gas country, so for many homes the late-summer visit is an appliance service more than a chimney sweep — but the timing is the same, August into October. The 1990s subdivisions here came with builder-grade gas fireplaces that want a yearly tune-up; any prefab wood box or masonry flue still needs the brushing and inspection.
Builder-grade gas, a generation on
Fletcher's 1990s subdivisions were built with practical, builder-grade gas fireplaces, and a lot of them are now decades into service. Those sealed units don't collect creosote the way a wood chimney does, but they do want an annual appliance service — pilot, thermocouple, burner, venting — to keep lighting reliably. Late summer, before the season, is exactly when to do it.
If your Fletcher home instead has a prefab wood-burning box, that's a real sweep and a creosote inspection — and those factory units typically last 15 to 30 years, so age is worth checking.
Commercial and the I-26 corridor
Fletcher's growth along the airport and I-26 corridor means a lot of commercial gas fireplaces and outdoor features too, and those carry the same late-summer service logic — get them checked before the cold-weather use starts. We handle commercial and residential alike.
As a licensed gas contractor in Henderson County, we pull the permit and meet the inspector on any gas-line work. Fletcher is 20 minutes south of our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Spring works for wood flues
If you burn wood, sweeping right after the season clears acidic creosote before the humid summer corrodes tile, and pulls out nesting material before spring. For a gas unit, the same end-of-season timing catches a worn gasket or lazy pilot before it's forgotten all summer.
Fireplace help in Fletcher
We install and service fireplaces throughout Fletcher and the rest of Henderson County — just 20 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.