Arden's 1980s-90s homes in Royal Pines and Skyland are full of open masonry fireplaces that pull heat out of the room. Steady Flame Fireplaces carries and installs Heatilator; for a room without a hearth the Novus nXt 36 direct-vent unit fits, and for those open boxes we talk inserts. The showroom's 15 minutes north. Call (828) 545-0525.
Those Royal Pines open fireboxes
A lot of Arden's established Royal Pines and Skyland homes were built with open masonry fireplaces, and the honest truth is they lose more heat than they make — an open firebox can run a net heat loss, pulling warm room air up the flue all night. If that's your situation, the real fix usually isn't the Novus nXt fireplace — it's a sealed gas insert dropped into the existing box, which turns a decorative firebox into a genuine heater without rebuilding the masonry.
When the Novus nXt is the right box
The Heatilator Novus nXt 36 shines in a different case: a room that never had a hearth, or a new build where you want to add a clean sealed fire. It vents direct out a sidewall — no chimney needed — runs 26,000 BTU on natural gas, which Arden has on the mains, and lights with IntelliFire. So the answer here is a fork: open masonry points to an insert, a fresh install points to the Novus nXt. We'll tell you which your house wants.
Buncombe County, permitted and inspected
Whichever path fits, connecting gas is licensed work in North Carolina — we run and pressure-test the line, pull the Buncombe County permit, and meet the inspector. One crew owns the appliance, venting, and gas, backed by the manufacturer's warranty and our own workmanship guarantee. You're close to our showroom — come see the Novus nXt and an insert side by side. Free in-home estimate. 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.