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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.
Adobelite Invented the Kiva Fireplace Kit
UL Tested and Listed
3 Firebox Sizes to Choose From
Patented Masonry Safety Arch
K26 Firebrick
Patented Round Gas Burner System
External Gas Controls / Manifold
Why choose Adobelite?
