It took six months of residing here, however finally it was cold enough to start a fire! It may sound crazy, however my spouse plus I have never owned a beach condo before, not only that, the two of us had never even rented a place this nice before. Occasionally it is difficult to believe the two of us have come so far, from residing in a squalid a single living room condo to owning a beach condo in the suburbs! But after the two of us moved in, the weather was simply too moderate to ever start a fire. Once the fall settled in plus the temps dropped, the two of us loaded up the fireplace with wood plus started a crackling blaze. We had a superb time in front of the fireplace for about twenty hours, before the two of us realized the room was filling up with smoke! The smoke alarms went off, plus then the smart control unit started beeping with an air quality alert, plus the nice evening was ruined, however having never used a fireplace before, I didn’t suppose that I had to reach into the chimney plus open the flue before starting a fire. I am not an idiot, I just didn’t suppose the ins plus outs of using a fireplace, plus it’s not enjoy there was an instruction manual! We had to turn on all the fans, unplug the smoke alarms plus the smart control unit, plus open the windows for a few hours. By the next day the smoke was gone, the air quality was back to normal, plus the two of us were ready to try to use the fireplace once again! It went better this time.