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Protective Screens Required for all Gas Fireplaces, Stoves and Inserts | December 31, 2014

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The following information has been provided by Regency Fireplace Products…

“Changes are coming as of January 1, 2015 for ALL hearth industry manufacturers to be required to provide a third party test laboratory approved safety barrier with all gas fireplaces/stoves/inserts. According to the standard, manufacturers can no longer manufacturer glass front fireplaces/stoves/inserts without the safety barrier as of December 31, 2014.”

View the video below for more information and to get a glimpse at what the protective screen is going to look like.

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What this means for our customers… if you like the clean face glass – you MUST order one before December 31st, 2014 otherwise after that you will have to have the protective screen. This is affecting all fireplace manufacturers and all gas (and propane) models.

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Give Mike a call at the office to discuss your options if you are interested in a Gas Fireplace.

TSSA – IMPORTANT NOTICE – Majestic, CFM, Instaflame and Northern Flame Fireplaces

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Please call our office to schedule an inspection of your Natural Gas or Propane Fired direct vent free standing fireplace if you see any of these names on your unit – Majestic, CFM, Instaflam and Northern Flame Fireplaces.

We just received notice last night from TSSA directly that a Safety Order has been issued FS-195-12.

Please click here to view the Director’s Order

As per the order effective September 14, 2012…

1. Director’s Safety Order, Reference No. FS-195-12, dated September **, 2012 prohibits the sale,

leasing, renting, installation or use of Natural Gas and Propane Fired Models: FSDV22, FSDV30

and FSDV32, Series manufactured by CFM Inc (Majestic Fireplace);

2. Any affected fireplaces currently in use shall have the fuel supply terminated immediately. Since

the manufacturer is no longer in business no retro fit kit is available; and

3. Distributors, certificate holders and fireplace owners shall consider operation of the affected

fireplaces to pose immediate hazards and shall follow the directions prescribed in section 13 of the

Ontario Regulation 212/01

If you have a free standing fireplace with either of these names on it – DO NOT USE THE FIREPLACE. Please call us to do a thorough inspection. If you have any of the above models your Fireplace will be red tagged and you will NOT be able to use it any longer.