Where does a propane tank go on a steep mountain lot, and can the delivery truck reach it?
Much of Swannanoa Village runs on the natural-gas main, so a lot of homes here never need a tank — but where a storm-rebuilt home sits past the main, it's propane, and a rebuild is the ideal time to plan it. The tank goes where it clears code setbacks and where the delivery truck can reach it, ideally trenched in before the yard's finished.
Build the gas plan into the rebuild
A lot of Swannanoa is being rebuilt and renovated after storm damage, and new fireplaces and stoves are going into those homes — the Grovemont-area houses in particular, with their original 1940s-to-'60s masonry. If your rebuild is on the natural-gas main we extend a permitted line and there's no tank at all. If you're past the main, it's propane, and setting the tank location and digging the trench while the ground is already open is far cheaper than reopening a finished lawn later.
Where the tank sits
Code clearances from the house and lot line come first, then a spot a bulk truck can reach with a hose from firm parking, then the run back to the appliance along the buried, outdoor-rated line we size and install. The Swannanoa River valley pools fog, damp, and cold air, so higher, well-drained, reachable ground beats the low spots — for the steel and for the driver.
One licensed company
Your propane supplier owns the tank and fills; we own the line from the regulator in, the Buncombe County permit, and the inspection — the record that protects the home and its insurance, which matters double on a rebuild. Fifteen minutes east of our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Swannanoa
We install and service fireplaces throughout Swannanoa and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes east from our Asheville-area showroom.
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