Avalon Wood Stoves: Models, Parts and Modern Replacements

Avalon — sometimes badged Avalon Firestyles — was Travis Industries' second wood stove brand, built alongside Lopi in Mukilteo, Washington. Same factory, same engineering, different badge and dealer network. The stoves were good: non-catalytic, radiant plus convective, mobile-home and alcove approved, and easy to run on a single air control.

Travis has since retired the brand. The Pendleton, for example, ran from 1994 to 2012. If you own one, here's what you actually have, whether you can still get parts, and what replaces it.

The model range

Avalon used names for the retail line and three-digit numbers on the tags, which is why people struggle to identify their own stove. Both appear below.

There were matching inserts throughout — Pendleton Insert, Rainier Insert, Olympic Insert, plus Small and Large Flush Wood Inserts. Check the serial tag inside the door or on the back; the three-digit number is what parts suppliers actually need.

The Rainier specifically

It's the one most people have, and it was genuinely well designed. Radiant surfaces plus a convective heat exchanger, up to 1,800 sq ft, a firebox that swallowed 20-inch logs for overnight burns, a single air control, and an optional pedestal base with a large ashpan. Travis called it one of the most efficient medium stoves tested at the time, and that wasn't marketing nonsense.

If your Rainier is tight and drafting well, there's no urgent reason to replace it.

Parts — and the territory problem

Better than any discontinued brand on this site, with a catch.

Travis still supplies parts for Avalon models through its dealer network: firebrick, glass, gaskets, air tube kits, air control assemblies, outside air boots, convection blowers. Glass is cut to order by several suppliers. Compared to a Fisher or a Timberline, you're in good shape.

The catch is Travis's dealer policy. Dealers are contractually restricted from selling Travis-supplied parts outside their assigned territory. So a shop in New England genuinely cannot ship you a part in Ohio, even when they have it on the shelf. That's not obstruction — it's their agreement.

What it means practically: go through the Travis dealer locator for your area first, not through whatever parts site ranks highest. Generic items (firebrick, rope gasket, custom-cut glass) come from anywhere. Travis-specific castings and assemblies come from your local dealer or not at all.

This territory friction is the single most common reason Avalon owners give up and replace rather than repair.

What one is worth

More than the 1970s brands, because these are 1990s and 2000s stoves that are EPA certified and can be legally installed. A clean Rainier or Olympic with good glass and intact air tubes sells for several hundred dollars. One with a cracked baffle, burnt-out air tubes and pitted glass is worth considerably less, because the buyer is looking at a parts order they may not be able to place.

What replaces each one

One advantage over the vintage brands: your Avalon has a real EPA-certified coverage rating, so you can size the replacement against it directly rather than guessing at 1970s marketing claims.

Replacing a Rainier (945/990)

The Rainier's 1,800 sq ft and 20-inch logs line up almost exactly with the Drolet Escape 1800 ($1,549), which covers 500–2,100 sq ft and is our best seller. If the Rainier was slightly oversized for the house, the Drolet Escape 1500 ($1,349) covers 500–1,800 sq ft — a direct match on the rating. The Englander Blue Ridge 500 ($1,749) is the USA-made option.

Replacing a Pendleton (745/790) or Arbor

Small stoves for a room or a compact house. The Drolet Escape 1200 N ($1,129) covers 250–1,200 sq ft on 17" logs, and the Englander Blue Ridge 100 N ($1,099) is the Englander equivalent. Both are compared in our small wood stove guide.

Replacing an Olympic (1190) or Spokane 1750

The big ones. The Drolet HT-3000 ($1,899) runs a 3.5 cu ft firebox on 22" logs, 110,000 BTU/h and coverage to 2,700 sq ft with 10-hour burns — longer logs than the Olympic took. The Drolet Escape 2100 ($1,929) is the same class in a different footprint.

You do lose the Olympic's cook top. If cooking on the stove mattered, look at our wood cook stove guide instead.

Replacing an Avalon insert

The Drolet Escape 1800-I ($1,799) covers 500–2,100 sq ft and matches a Rainier or Olympic Insert. The Drolet Escape 1500-I ($1,729) suits a smaller opening, and the Englander Blue Ridge 150-I ($1,589) and 300-I ($1,799) are the USA-made alternatives.

Measure your fireplace opening before ordering — width, height, and depth at both front and back. See our insert sizing guide. If the old insert's liner is still in good condition you may be able to reuse it; our chimney liner guide covers how to judge that.

The honest comparison

This isn't a vintage-stove replacement where the new unit is dramatically better. An Avalon Rainier and a Drolet Escape 1800 are both EPA-certified non-catalytic stoves doing the same job by the same method. The Drolet has a slightly larger coverage range and takes longer logs; the Rainier had a nicer convective jacket.

The real argument for replacing is parts. A stove you can't source an air tube kit for is a stove on a clock, and the territory restriction makes that clock run faster than it should.

The real argument for keeping is that if yours is tight, drafting well, and your local Travis dealer answers the phone, you don't have a problem yet.

Before you swap

Avalon stoves vented at 6 inches, which matches everything modern — one less thing to redo. Still check the flue itself for condition and sizing. See our stovepipe guide.

Clearances come from the new stove's manual, not from where the Avalon sat — the convective jacket allowed tighter clearances than a plain radiant stove, so a like-for-like swap may not fit the same spot. Check the hearth pad guide and wall heat shield guide if the space is tight.

Bottom line

Keep it while parts are reachable. Replace it when your dealer says no, or when the air tubes and baffle go together and the parts order stalls.

Escape 1800 or Escape 1500 for a Rainier, Escape 1200 N for a Pendleton, HT-3000 for an Olympic, Escape 1800-I for the inserts. No Sales Tax in any state and free shipping over $250. Browse the wood stove lineup or call 1-888-914-0022 with your model number off the tag.

Cross-shopping the Travis family? See our Lopi comparison — same factory, same engineering, still in production.