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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
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?
