In Black Mountain, Valor handles the Swannanoa Valley's cold mornings — inversions run this town 10 to 15 degrees colder than Asheville. Steady Flame carries Valor and installs it just 15 minutes from the showroom, tying into the natural-gas mains and permitting with Buncombe County. Call (828) 545-0525.
Valley inversions call for real modulating heat
Black Mountain sits in a bowl where cold air pools overnight, and the valley can read 10 to 15 degrees under Asheville on a clear morning, with frost hanging later into spring. A Valor H5 meets that with radiant heat it can dial from 9,000 up to 24,000 BTU, so you get a low, steady burn on a mild night and full output when the valley bottoms out. It's a heater, not a flicker.
Wooded Montreat lots and the moisture problem
Up toward Montreat the lots stay heavily shaded and damp, which is rough on masonry and keeps rooms cool. A sealed Valor doesn't lean on a chimney at all — it vents through its own direct-vent pipe out a sidewall — so shade and moisture stop being the appliance's problem. On the town's natural-gas service it connects to a line we run and pressure-test.
Fifteen minutes out, fully licensed
You're a short drive from the showroom, so it's easy to come see the H5 lit before you decide. We pull the Buncombe County permit and meet the inspector, and because a Valor runs without electricity, it keeps the room warm through the multi-day outages this side of the county knows all too well. Call (828) 545-0525 or visit 629 Emma Rd.
Fireplace help in Black Mountain
We install and service fireplaces throughout Black Mountain and the rest of Buncombe County — just 15 minutes east from our Asheville-area showroom.