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Adobelite invented the Prefabricated Kiva Fireplace System.
While our competitors manufacture a copy of our product
from 15+ years ago, we continue to innovate and continually
improve our products; as well as offer the highest quality
products and support to our customers.
Our newest processes and designs are patented, perfected,
and result in the most technologically advanced and safest
kiva fireplace avalable. We take great pride in manufacturing
our high quality products that are sure to warm your mood
on cold winter nights!
Our fireplaces are fully UL tested and listed for use
nationally. Our products undergo constant quality control
checks, and factory inspections to ensure we are
manufacturing our products to the highest standards and
compliance with our UL listing.
Our competitors offer products which may have been UL
tested, but they do not carry a current UL listing. There is no
guarantee that the product you are purchasing is the same
product that was tested. Both the International Mechanical
Code and the International Residential Code currently
prohibit the use of any factory built fireplace which does not
carry an affixed UL label and a valid UL listing.
If you are unsure you are buying a UL listed product,
contact the testing agency that tested the fireplace and
verify the product compliance!
Adobelite offers the only Kiva Fireplace with a masonry
front arch that forms the fireplace opening. Other systems
require a high temperature mortar to be filled in and formed
on site. This critical area receives a large amount of heat
when the fireplace is being used, so it is very important that
the mortar be installed correctly. Many times this area is
filled in with plaster or stucco, which is not capable of
handeling high temperatures, and will crack and fall out
after a short amount of time creating a serious fire hazard.
Our kivas also exclusively feature an all concave firebrick
interior and refractory. Competitors kiva’s upper smoke
chambers are constructed with flat surfaces, whereas
Adobelite is completely circular throughout the smoke
chamber, which not only looks better, but draws better.
Hi-Temp
mortar must
be filled in on
site to form
kiva arch.
Patented
Masonry
Safety Arch.
No on-site
forming
necessary.
3 Piece design
offered by our
competitors.
Our fireboxes are constructed with durable K26
insulating firebrick. K26 firebrick are 86% stronger and
47% denser than K23 bricks found in other kiva
fireplace kits. It is unavoidable when burning wood that
logs will scrape and hit the back of the firebox, so
having strong durable brick that will last you years
should be a requirement.
5 Piece design
offered only by
Adobelite
Adobelite offers fireboxes in sizes of 18”, 24”, and 30” - so
you’ll be able to match the perfect size fireplace to your
space. Our 18” and 30” sizes are exclusive to Adobelite.
Our 24” firebox is now available in a Mayan arch
(instead of the traditional round Kiva arch), if you prefer
a more contemporary version of the southwest!
Traditionally, wood fires have always been constructed
in a kiva fireplace in a teepee layout, with the logs
arranged in a circular base and stacked vertically. This
arrangement maximizes the logs that can fit into a
circular fireplace, therefore maximizing the size of the
fire. Shouldn’t a ceramic gas log set in a kiva fireplace
mirror this arrangement, so it looks realistic?
Our competitors use straight pipe burners and
horizontal logsets designed for rectangular fireplaces
and retrofit it into their fireplaces - resulting in a small,
unnatural looking gas fire.
We truly have thought of every detail, and with our
team of engineers, we designed a gas log system from
the ground up, for a Kiva Fireplace - not for a
rectangular fireplace.
Adobelite’s patented round kiva gas burner system is
the only system available that features a round gas
burner and ceramic logs that are designed to be
stacked vertically, for an authentic kiva fire look.
Our burner systems also feature an electronic ignition
safety valve control, which is operated by a wall switch
(or optional remote control) and shuts off completely
when you are not using it (including the pilot light).
Safety pilot valve systems found in most other systems
rely on a pilot light to continually be burning and
wasting gas, in order for the fireplace to operate.
On our competitors kiva fireplaces, the gas controls
are placed inside the firebox, next to or behind the
logset. Not only is this an eyesore, but requires
reaching into the fireplace to operate the fireplace.
Also, due to the high heat in the firebox, the gas
control valve can overheat or malfunction.
Adobelite’s Gas Burning Kiva models feature an
exclusive external control manifold, which places the
gas valve and controls safely outside of the firebox,
and hidden from view. This external manifold also
supplies the firebox with cool, outside combustion air,
so the valve will operate cool, safe, and reliable for
years.
Why choose Adobelite?