Contractors in Black Mountain, NC
Black Mountain sits fifteen miles east of Asheville at the head of the Swannanoa Valley, a good deal higher than the city and colder for it. Ice arrives earlier here, sticks around longer, and the difference is enough to matter when you’re choosing a heating system or deciding how urgent a leaning tree really is.
The businesses based here skew toward building and land: custom home builders, remodelers, grading and septic, landscaping and drainage, roofing, HVAC, tree work, and restoration. That mix is not an accident. Much of the buildable ground around Black Mountain and Montreat is steep, wooded, and creek-adjacent, and the trades that thrive here are the ones comfortable working on a slope.
The valley took serious flood damage in 2024, and the grading, tree, and restoration outfits in this area have spent a long time on that work since. If your project involves a stream bank, a culvert, or a driveway that washed, ask specifically what a company has done in the valley since then — the ones with that experience will tell you plainly.
Worth knowing: drainage and grading are the same conversation here. Water that has nowhere to go finds your crawlspace, and the fix is almost always uphill of the wet spot.
Black Mountain Arborists
Black Mountain Arborists is a small, locally owned tree care company that has been working in the Swannanoa Valley since 2008. It sits at the intersection of arboriculture and ecology — the owner holds both an **ISA Board Certified Arborist** credential and an **ESA Certified Ecologist** credential, a combination almost nobody else in Western North Carolina carries. The practical difference shows up in what they recommend. Tree work covers health inspections, organic treatments, fine and clearance pruning, deadwood, and hazard removal, but the same crew also handles erosion control, water management, native planting, boulder and stonework, and invasive species management. If you have a big old tree you would rather keep than take down, or a slope that has been moving since the storms, this is the kind of company worth calling first.
- Residential
- Green Building
From The Ground Up Builders, Inc.
From The Ground Up Builders is a Black Mountain remodeling and custom home contractor covering Black Mountain, Asheville, and the surrounding Swannanoa Valley. Owner Kevin Fowler incorporated the business in 2010. Work runs from single-room remodels to additions, whole-home renovations, and ground-up custom builds. They start with a design consultation and a detailed estimate rather than a ballpark number, and lean toward premium and sustainable materials where the budget allows. The company holds North Carolina general contractor license **#78904**.
- Residential
- Green Building
Godfrey Grading, LLC
Godfrey Grading is a small excavating and grading company that has worked out of Black Mountain since 2009, run by Chase Godfrey. Two-person outfit, local jobs. Work covers excavating, grading, land and lot clearing, driveways, and hauling. They are also a Buncombe County **Level II Certified Septic Tank Cleaning Contractor**, certification **#3724**, which is a separate credential from the grading work and worth knowing if you need both on the same site. They are a member of the Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains. No website — call for an estimate.
- Residential
- Commercial
Greenspan Landscaping Company
Greenspan Landscaping Company is a family-owned, licensed and insured landscaping and hardscaping outfit based on Azalea Avenue in Black Mountain, working across the Swannanoa Valley and greater Asheville since 2015. The range is wider than most lawn-and-shrub companies. Alongside design, planting, and maintenance, they build pavers and patios, retaining walls, and stonework, and take on grading, hauling, and drainage systems — the last of which matters on WNC lots where the water has to go somewhere before it goes into the crawlspace. They also install water features and aquascapes, and handle tree work in-house. Residential and commercial both.
- Residential
- Commercial
Grove Stone & Sand Company
Grove Stone & Sand is the quarry just east of Asheville, on the Swannanoa–Black Mountain line, and it's where a large share of the crushed stone in local driveways, foundations, and road base comes from. The operation is one of nine mining sites run by Hedrick Industries, a family company more than a century old — its other Buncombe-area site is the North Buncombe Quarry. Products cover base and coarse aggregates, natural sand for concrete, asphalt, and mortar, rip rap and armor rock, landscape boulders, decorative gravel, stormwater products, and recycled asphalt and concrete. Homeowners can buy here, not just contractors. The quarry runs its own sales and dispatch line, and there are pickup truck loading hours set aside on weekday afternoons plus selected Saturday mornings — so a small load in a pickup is a normal transaction here, not a favor. Commercial quoting and account setup are the part that runs through Hedrick's Material Sales Company rather than the scale house. Open weekdays 7 to 5. Saturday hours are seasonal and posted on Hedrick's site, so confirm before making the trip. Worth asking about load minimums if you're ordering a delivery rather than hauling it yourself.
- Residential
- Commercial
Jay's Roofing
Jay's Roofing has been roofing the Black Mountain and Swannanoa Valley area since 1993 — better than thirty years under owner Jay Gregory. The business address is in Black Mountain and the shop sits on US 70 in Swannanoa, a few minutes down the valley. They do replacements and new construction roofing, repairs, storm and hail damage assessment with insurance claim help, and gutter and siding installation. The pitch is a local one: mountain weather is hard on roofs, ice and wind included, and the owner is the person who looks at yours. Licensed, bonded, and insured in North Carolina, and a member of the Builders Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
- Residential
Nemec Construction, LLC
Nemec Construction is a locally owned design-build firm based in Black Mountain, run by Chris Nemec. The company works across the Swannanoa Valley and greater Asheville on new custom homes, whole-home remodels, additions, kitchens, baths, and custom cabinetry. Design-build means one contract covers both the drawings and the construction, which is a good fit for mountain lots where the site plan and the budget have to be worked out together rather than in sequence. They hold North Carolina general contractor license **#64576** and emphasize sustainable building methods and quality craftsmanship over volume.
- Residential
- Green Building
Perfect 72° Heating and Cooling
Perfect 72° is a family-owned heating and cooling company on Kitazuma Road in Black Mountain, built on about 15 years of industry experience. They handle furnaces, heat pumps, and ductless mini splits — repair, maintenance, and replacement — plus duct repair and custom ductwork, indoor air quality work, and hood vent installation. A Gold Plan maintenance program covers seasonal tune-ups for homeowners who would rather not think about it twice a year. Coverage extends from Black Mountain through Swannanoa, Asheville, Old Fort, Marion, Weaverville, Candler, Waynesville, Fletcher, Arden, Hendersonville, and Brevard. They are open seven days a week and offer military discounts and financing.
- Residential
- Green Building
Semper Fi Custom Remodeling
Semper Fi Custom Remodeling runs its Western North Carolina operation out of a shop on US 70 in Black Mountain, with a second office in Greenville, South Carolina. The name is what it sounds like — a veteran-owned remodeling company. Projects include kitchens and baths, basement finishing, whole-home renovations, additions, aging-in-place modifications, and green remodeling, plus commercial renovation work. A separate restoration division handles water, fire, and storm damage repair. Their NC coverage reaches Black Mountain, Montreat, Swannanoa, Old Fort, Asheville, Fairview, Weaverville, Hendersonville, and most of the surrounding mountain towns. Worth knowing before you call: they hold a **$40,000 project minimum**, so this is a fit for full remodels rather than small punch-list work.
- Residential
- Commercial
- Green Building
Timberline Lumber Company
Timberline Lumber is a finish lumber yard on Eastside Drive in Black Mountain, founded in 1998 by Matt Gryder and Russ Scruggs to bring better material to Western North Carolina than the framing yards carried. That's the distinction worth understanding. A general supply house sells you what holds the house up. Timberline sells what you see — hardwood decking in ipe, cumaru, and garapa, siding and paneling in Western Red Cedar and cypress, Eastern White Pine, Douglas fir, and domestic hardwoods like white oak, poplar, and walnut. Timbers and beams too, for the exposed work that shows up in a lot of mountain builds. If you're planning a deck and comparing a composite quote against real wood, this is where the wood side of that comparison comes from. Same for a porch ceiling, a board-and-batten exterior, or a mantel you want to match to something. Open weekdays, 8 to 4. They'll load you at the yard or deliver.
- Residential
- Commercial
TW & Company
TW & Company is a Black Mountain HVAC contractor that has been working the Swannanoa Valley and greater Asheville since 1997, with more than 60 years of combined experience across its staff. All technicians are licensed and certified. They cover heating and cooling repair, installation, and maintenance for both homes and commercial buildings, and are one of the few shops in the area doing geothermal heat pumps alongside conventional systems and Mitsubishi ductless mini splits. Service area runs from Black Mountain out to Asheville, Weaverville, Marion, Canton, Mills River, Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Arden, Fletcher, Etowah, and Brevard — same-day service inside a 30-mile radius of Asheville. Estimates are free, and 24-hour emergency service is available by phone after hours.
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- Commercial
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