Out in Brevard you're mostly in propane country, and that shapes the Heatilator answer. Steady Flame Fireplaces carries and installs the brand — the showroom Novus nXt 36 runs on natural gas, so for a propane property we sort the fuel side first. See it 40 minutes northeast at our Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Propane country changes the Heatilator answer
Downtown Brevard has some gas, but the cabins and outlying homes toward Connestee Falls and Sherwood Forest run on propane. The Novus nXt 36 we display is plumbed for natural gas, so the honest first step is your fuel: we handle the propane connection — regulator, piping, and appliance setup coordinated with your tank supplier — and if a propane-built line like Kozy Heat's Springfield 36 is genuinely the better cold-weather box for a cabin, we'll tell you. We'd rather get the fuel right than sell you a headache.
Eighty inches of rain and your venting
Transylvania County catches 80-plus inches of rain a year, and it shows up in cracked crowns, spalled brick, and rusted dampers on open masonry chimneys, especially where crawl spaces and chimney chases stay damp. A sealed direct-vent Heatilator dodges that failure mode — it vents out a sidewall and never relies on a wet, aging flue. Through the wet season from March into June, that sealed pipe is one less thing the weather can get into.
Transylvania permit and pressure test
Connecting gas is licensed work in North Carolina — a showroom or a hardscaper legally can't. We're a licensed gas contractor: we run and pressure-test the line, pull the Transylvania County permit, and meet the inspector, so the work holds up for your insurance and any future sale. Come see the Novus nXt burning in Asheville and we'll talk fuel and fit. The estimate at your house is free — call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Brevard
We install and service fireplaces throughout Brevard and the rest of Transylvania County — just 40 minutes southwest from our Asheville-area showroom.