Why does my gas fireplace burn differently after being converted between natural gas and propane?
Hendersonville sits on the natural-gas main, and with so many downsizing retirees choosing quiet sealed gas units, the conversions we get called about are usually used fireplaces that came from a propane home and never got re-jetted for gas — so they burn thin and weak. The appliance is fine; the orifice and regulator are set for the wrong fuel.
Buying used on Main Street or out toward Etowah
Around Downtown, Laurel Park, and the growing Spartanburg Highway subdivisions, plenty of second-hand fireplaces change hands, and a unit that once heated a propane cabin will underperform badly once it's on the Hendersonville main. Natural gas needs a larger orifice and higher flow at lower pressure than propane; leave the small LP jet in place and the flame comes out short and starved, sometimes lifting off lazy and blue. A factory conversion kit resets the orifice, the pilot orifice, and the regulator — that's the difference between burning a little different and barely burning at all.
We verify, permit, and pressure-test in Henderson County
Henderson County's clay-heavy soil is hard on old masonry chimneys, but a mis-converted gas insert is its own problem — sooting fouls the glass and blackens the logs no matter how sound the flue is. Reconnecting or re-jetting the fuel is licensed work, so we pull the permit with Henderson County, install the correct kit, and confirm burner pressure on a manometer before we leave. If yours burns wrong, call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Hendersonville
We install and service fireplaces throughout Hendersonville and the rest of Henderson County — just 25 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.
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