Who installs the propane tank versus the fireplace — is it the same company?
Usually two coordinated parties. Your propane supplier provides, sets, and fills the tank — and owns it if you lease. Steady Flame installs the fireplace and handles the licensed gas piping, regulator, and appliance connection from the tank to the unit — permitted and pressure-tested. The tank itself is coordinated with your propane company.
The clean division of labor
On a propane fireplace job, the tank and the appliance are two different specialties. The propane supplier owns the tank side: they deliver and set the tank and keep it filled. Steady Flame owns everything from there to the flame — the fireplace, the venting, and the licensed gas piping and regulator that carry fuel from the tank to the unit. We size that line for the load, pull the permit with Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, or Transylvania County, and pressure-test it before the inspector signs off. Two companies, one coordinated result.
Why gas piping is our lane specifically
In North Carolina, running or extending a gas line is licensed work. A furniture showroom or a mason can sell you a beautiful firebox, but they legally can't connect it to fuel — and neither can a delivery crew beyond the tank the propane supplier owns. That connection, the line into your home and to the fireplace, is exactly what a licensed gas contractor exists to do. It's our lane and no one else's, and we permit and pressure-test every line we run.
We handle the coordination
You don't have to play middleman. We routinely talk directly with propane suppliers across the mountains about tank placement, capacity for the added load, and where our line ties in — so the tank side and the appliance side line up cleanly. You get one accountable licensed company for the fireplace, the venting, the gas line, the permit, and the inspection, instead of stitching a job across several trades. Call (828) 545-0525 for a free assessment.
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