Will a gas insert seal off the drafts and old smoke odors coming from my open fireplace chimney?
Yes. Fletcher sits right on the natural-gas mains, and a gas insert uses that to seal your open or builder-grade firebox behind a stainless liner and surround panel. The flue that drafts your heated air out is capped, the draft stops, and the stale smoke smell clears — an easy, clean upgrade for the 1990s subdivisions along the I-26 corridor.
Builder-grade fireboxes, real fix
Fletcher's 1990s-era subdivisions came with builder-grade fireplaces, and the open masonry ones are textbook heat leaks: an unlit flue keeps siphoning warm air up and out all winter, and on humid days the creosote in it sends that campfire smell back into the room. Sitting on the gas mains, Fletcher homes are some of the most straightforward we convert — the fuel's already at the street. New construction keeps coming, but the older builder boxes are the ones we're called to seal.
How the insert seals it
A [gas insert](/services/gas-insert-installation) drops into the existing firebox, runs a stainless liner up the chimney to cap the draft, and seals the old face with a surround panel — leaving only the unit's direct-vented exhaust in the flue. The draft stops, the odor goes, and where the open fireplace ran a net heat loss, the insert commonly runs 70% efficient or better. A Napoleon Oakville X4 or Kozy Heat Chaska 25L insert fits these homes well.
Homes and commercial alike
The airport and I-26 corridor drive steady commercial demand here beyond the neighborhoods, and gas work is licensed either way — we pull the Henderson County permit, pressure-test the line, and meet the inspector. Whether it's a Cane Creek home or an Airport Road office, we [inspect the flue and size the liner](/services/fireplace-inspection) as part of the job. We're 20 minutes south of the Asheville showroom. Call (828) 545-0525.
Fireplace help in Fletcher
We install and service fireplaces throughout Fletcher and the rest of Henderson County — just 20 minutes south from our Asheville-area showroom.
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