Who should I call about a suspected gas leak — the gas company or a fireplace technician?
In Clyde, a gas smell goes to your fuel supplier first — the natural-gas utility or your propane company, or 911 — called from outside, and they shut it off free. Then finding and repairing the leak in your ranch home's aging gas hardware is licensed gas-contractor work, and that's us, 25 minutes east in Asheville.
Ranch homes and hardware past its prime
Clyde is largely 1960s-through-'80s ranch-style homes with dated fireplaces, and gas hardware from that era — old valves, tired log-set connectors — is prone to developing leaks as it ages. When one does, treat the smell as an emergency: everyone out without touching a switch or lighting anything, then from outside call whoever owns your fuel — the natural-gas utility or your propane supplier, both 24/7 — or 911. They sweep the area and shut the gas off at the meter or tank at no charge.
River humidity, and the licensed repair
Clyde shares the cold-air drainage and river humidity of the lower Pigeon valley, and that damp rusts dampers and corrodes fittings faster than you'd expect. Once the supply is safe, the leak on your side is licensed gas-contractor work under North Carolina law — not a job for a handyman. We trace it with an electronic detector, pressure-test the run with a manometer, replace the corroded part, retest, and pull the Haywood County permit when the scope calls for it.
An upgrade often makes sense here
Many of these ranch fireboxes are ready for a sealed insert, and if we find one behind a leak we'll give you an honest read on repair versus replacement. Either way, save our 24/7 line, (828) 545-0525, next to the utility or propane emergency number — fuel company first, us second.
Fireplace help in Clyde
We install and service fireplaces throughout Clyde and the rest of Haywood County — just 25 minutes west from our Asheville-area showroom.