Up in Waynesville, at nearly 2,650 feet, your heating season runs weeks longer than Asheville's — and Steady Flame Fireplaces is your authorized Regency dealer for it, about 35 minutes west of our 629 Emma Rd showroom. See Regency's wood and gas units burning before you commit, installed by a licensed gas and hearth contractor. Call (828) 545-0525.
Serious cold calls for serious wood heat
Waynesville runs 10 to 15 degrees colder than the lower WNC towns, and the older Hazelwood housing stock is full of drafty open fireplaces that lose more heat than they make. That's Regency's home turf. The brand is built around serious wood-burning — EPA-certified, long overnight burns, real off-grid heat — and the Cascades F1500 wood stove heats up to 1,500 square feet on its own. When the power drops, a wood hearth keeps throwing warmth with no electricity at all.
Gas or wood, and the Haywood permit
Waynesville's fuel is mixed — natural-gas service in parts of town, propane out toward the ridges — so we confirm what you've got before recommending a Regency gas unit or a wood appliance. Either way, one licensed crew handles the install: we run and pressure-test the gas line if there is one, pull the Haywood County permit, and meet the inspector. A mason can build you a beautiful firebox but legally can't connect the fuel in North Carolina. We can.
Fix the drafty Hazelwood firebox
Dropping a sealed Regency insert into one of those tired open masonry fireplaces — with a correctly sized liner — turns a heat-loser into a heater, and it does it without gutting the room's character. Book a free in-home assessment before the first hard snap; up here the season starts early and runs about three weeks longer than it does down in the valley. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Waynesville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Waynesville and the rest of Haywood County — just 35 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.