4 Safety
Precautions
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Installation Warnings
Read this entire manual before installing the fireplace.
Failure to install this fireplace in accordance with all local codes and the requirements listed in this
manual may result in property damage, bodily injury, or even death.
Notify your insurance company before installing this fireplace.
Contact your local building officials to obtain a permit and information on installation restrictions or
inspection requirements in your area.
Notify your insurance company of this fireplace.
The requirements listed below are divided into sections. All requirements must be met
simultaneously. The order of installation is not rigid – the qualified installer should follow the
procedure best suited for the installation.
Modifications of the fireplace (doors, air inlet systems, damper control, or any other component
supplied by Travis Industries) or use of any component part not approved by Travis Industries in
combination with this fireplace system will void the listing and warranty.
This fireplace is not approved for use in a mobile home.
Travis Industries, Inc. grants no warranty, implied or stated, for the installation or
maintenance of your heater, and assumes no responsibility of any consequential damage(s).
Operating Warnings
WARNING: FIREPLACE SHOULD BE OPERATED ONLY WITH DOORS FULLY OPEN OR DOORS
FULLY CLOSED. IF DOORS ARE LEFT PARTLY OPEN, GAS AND FLAME MAY BE DRAWN OUT
OF THE FIREPLACE OPENING, CREATING RISKS OF BOTH FIRE AND SMOKE.
Creosote – Formation and Need for Removal
When wood is burned slowly it produces tar and other organic vapors which combine with expelled
moisture to form creosote. The creosote vapors condense in the relatively cool chimney flue of a
slow-burning fire. As a result, creosote residue accumulates on the flue lining. When ignited this
creosote makes an extremely hot fire.
The chimney shall be inspected at least twice a year during the heating season to determine when a
creosote buildup has occurred.
When creosote has accumulated it shall be removed to reduce the risk of a chimney fire.
Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to
start or ‘freshen up’ a fire in this fireplace. Keep all such liquids well away from the fireplace while it is
in use.
Disposal of Ashes
Ashes should be placed in a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. These closed container of ashes
should be placed on a noncombustible floor or on the ground, well away from all combustible
materials, pending final disposal. If the ashes are disposed of by burial in soil or otherwise locally
dispersed, they should be retained in the closed container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled.
A fireplace insert shall not be installed in a factory-built fireplace unless tested with the fireplace.
Proposition 65 Warning: Fuels used in gas, woodburning or oil fired appliances, and the products of combustion of such fuels,
contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other reproductive harm.
California Health & Safety Code Sec. 25249.6
Travis Wood Burning Fireplaces, Stoves and Inserts are protected by one or more of the following patents; U.S. 9,170,025,
4,665,889 as well as other U.S. and Foreign Patents pending.
