Contractors in Mills River, NC
Mills River is farm country in Henderson County, west of Fletcher where the Mills River runs down to the French Broad. It’s a valley of open bottomland and working farms with mountains on either side, and it stayed rural longer than most places this close to Asheville.
What’s based here fits the land: roofing and exteriors, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and septic, land management, excavation and drainage, tree work, cabinetry, drywall, and painting. Several of these are companies that clear, grade, and drain property rather than finish it.
Two practical notes for anyone with acreage out here. Bottomland drains slowly, and a wet pasture or a soft driveway is usually a grading problem rather than a landscaping one — the companies on this list that pair excavation with drainage are the ones to call for it. And septic systems on older parcels can be a good deal older than the current house, which makes the last inspection date worth knowing before you plan an addition.
Mills River companies generally cover Fletcher, Hendersonville, Etowah, and out toward Brevard, so their range is wider than the town itself suggests.
All About Heat & Air
All About Heat & Air is the heating and cooling side of All About, a family business a father and his four sons started in 2011 around plumbing and septic. It now runs plumbing, HVAC, septic, and electrical from Mills River, with offices in Hendersonville and Asheville as well. The heating range is wide: gas, electric, and oil furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, ductless mini splits, gas lines, and duct cleaning. Their free HVAC service agreement includes spring and fall visits plus oil furnace and generator service. 24/7 emergency service, and they say they don't charge overtime, except on septic. HVAC license #6548. Coverage spans Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Transylvania, and Polk counties.
- Residential
- Commercial
- 24/7 Emergency
All About Plumbing & Septic
All About Plumbing is a reputable plumbing company based in Asheville, NC, specializing in a wide range of plumbing services for residential and commercial properties.
- Commercial
- Residential
- 24/7 Emergency
Appalachian Comfort Systems and Controls
Appalachian Comfort Systems and Controls is a locally owned, family-run heating and cooling company with roots in Pisgah Forest and an office in Mills River, started by Western North Carolina natives. Residential and commercial work: high-efficiency heat pumps and gas furnaces, ductless split systems, repairs, maintenance, and full changeouts. The commercial side includes variable refrigerant flow (VRF) design and installation, which is unusual for a shop this size. They hold both a North Carolina mechanical license (#L.34322) and an electrical license (#L.32149), and they publish both numbers on their site.
- Residential
- Commercial
Baker Home Exteriors
Baker Home Exteriors covers the Asheville and Hendersonville area from an office on Emma Sharp Road in Mills River. The family business traces back to 1915, which makes it one of the older roofing names working in Western North Carolina. The scope is the whole exterior — roofing, gutters, siding, windows, doors, and decks — with roof repair and full replacement as the core. They are a Ludowici Crown Roofer, a certification tied to clay tile work that very few contractors in this region hold. Residential focus, and the review volume backs up the tenure.
- Residential
DLV Roofing Systems, Inc.
DLV Roofing Systems runs its Western North Carolina operation from Brandy Branch Road in Mills River. President Pete De La Vega is a third-generation roofer and founded the company in 1999; the firm counts more than 200 years of combined experience across its crews. They are a **Certified CertainTeed Premier Installer** and a CertainTeed Select ShingleMaster, GAF certified, BBB accredited, and NAHB members — a stack of credentials that matters mostly because the top-tier manufacturer certifications unlock longer workmanship warranties than a standard installer can write. Residential work covers replacement, repair, and maintenance, plus siding, windows, doors, and skylights. They are a licensed general contractor and take commercial roofing as well. Additional offices in Charleston, SC and Indianapolis, IN.
- Residential
- Commercial
H&M Painting Services, LLC
H&M Painting Services is a small painting company based on Woodscape Drive in Mills River, covering Mills River and the surrounding Henderson County communities. They handle residential and commercial painting inside and out, plus staining work on decks and fences and floor coating. Staining is a real part of the business rather than an afterthought, which is worth knowing if you have a deck or a log exterior that needs more than paint. Long hours — eight to eight, seven days a week — and reviews that consistently mention fair pricing.
- Residential
- Commercial
Holbert's Tree Service
Holbert's Tree Service has been cutting trees in Henderson County since 1975 — a second-generation family business now run by Steve Holbert, with better than forty years of experience behind the name. Services are the straightforward ones done well: pruning, trimming, removal, ongoing maintenance, and 24-hour emergency work when a storm drops something across a driveway. They also sell mulch and firewood. Licensed and insured, residential and commercial. The owner attends most job sites himself, which on a removal near a house is the difference worth paying for. Based on Chastain Hill Road in Mills River, working Hendersonville and the surrounding area.
- Residential
- Commercial
- 24/7 Emergency
Mills River Mechanical
Open nowMills River Mechanical is a family-owned heating and cooling company in Mills River, in business since 2019. Installs, repairs, tune-ups, retrofits, and duct leak testing and sealing, for homes and businesses. Estimates are free. They are unusually plain about how they schedule. No heat is handled as soon as possible, usually the same day or the next. Routine calls can take one to two weeks. Emergency calls on weekends and holidays are taken at a premium rate. They don't sell maintenance contracts. Weekdays 8 to 6.
- Residential
- Commercial
Mountain Land Management
Mountain Land Management is a land clearing and grading outfit on Barnrock Drive in Mills River, with more than twenty years of experience taking overgrown lots down to build-ready ground. Their specialty is forestry mulching — grinding brush and small trees into mulch on site rather than hauling or burning it. On a wooded lot that means less truck traffic, no burn pile, and a layer of organic material left behind for erosion control. They also do stump grinding, grading and drainage, retaining walls, and storm debris removal. They are a member of the Carolina Loggers Association. Coverage spans Henderson, Buncombe, Haywood, Transylvania, and Rutherford counties, the Tryon area, and upstate South Carolina.
- Residential
- Commercial
- Green Building
Pisgah Land Solutions
Pisgah Land Solutions works out of Mills River across two trades that usually mean two contractors: tree work and land development. The tree side covers removal — including crane removals — stump grinding, pruning, view clearing, hazardous tree inspection, and storm cleanup. The land side covers clearing and lot prep, excavation, demolition, gravel road installation and repair, drainage and erosion control, and culvert installation. They also build sustainable trails and timber bridges, which is unusual and useful on larger mountain properties. That pairing is worth noting if you are prepping a building lot: the trees come down and the grading and drainage happen under one contract. Licensed and insured, 24/7 emergency service. Coverage runs through Henderson and Transylvania counties — Mills River, Hendersonville, Brevard, Etowah, Horse Shoe, Pisgah Forest, Rosman, Lake Toxaway, and Asheville.
- Residential
- Commercial
- 24/7 Emergency
