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• Keep a 3-foot radius from fireplace opening clear.
• Check to ensure the fireplace flue is open and create an updraft by lighting up some
rolled-up paper and pointing upward into the chimney box. If there is any smoke back
up, then the flue is NOT open. When you see the smoke being pulled up the chimney,
you have an updraft and may light the fire.
• Start with a small fire and slowly add wood. Place 2-3 logs in a staggered or crossed
formation on metal grate, then place fire starter material or a small amount of crumpled
paper on bottom beneath grate. If available, add some kindling on top, then light fire from
the bottom.
• Keep screens completely closed while the fire is burning.
• Generally speaking, these fire boxes burn most efficiently with the glass doors left open
only slightly.
• Stop adding more wood long before you are retiring for the evening, and close glass doors
completely.
• When fire is completely out the next morning, close flue to prevent heat loss.
• Completely extinguished ashes must be placed in a metal container and emptied into the
provided metal ASH BINS in front of each building. NEVER put them in the dumpsters.
• NEVER place partially burned logs or ashes on the back decks or covered front entryways.
• If you are a short-term renter DO NOT remove ashes from a fireplace anytime.

• During very windy or foggy days, it is best NOT to have a fire as “downdrafts” are more
likely to occur.

PLEASE NOTE:
• NO PORTABLE FIRE PITS or other heat generating objects or appliances allowed on decks
or ground floor patios -- this is a serious offense and subject to a fine.
• The ONLY grills allowed on a deck or ground floor patio are the newer UL rated electric models