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Wood stove and kids - Scott W - 10-19-2015
Wood burning season is here and this year of girl is mobile. I need to make a fence or guard..I could buy one but they are pretty pricey and not custom to our needs. Curious what anyone else may have done.
I was thinking of some sort of porch railing type barrier. It doesn't need to be tall all.
Re: Wood stove and kids - EatenByLimestone - 10-19-2015
We just yelled, um spoke firmly, to the kid when she looked at it. Kids aren't stupid, they feel the heat coming off it.
Re: Wood stove and kids - Scott W - 10-19-2015
We did that with "thing 1" but that was in a different house with a hearth and more clearly delineated danger zone. This house, the stove is kinda sticking out with a lot of exposed hot pipe .
Re: Wood stove and kids - CLETUS - 10-19-2015
My boy only touched the stove once.
Re: Wood stove and kids - Curlycherry - 10-19-2015
My first kid was kept from the stove by a custom made 2' high cherry fence made out of 1" spindles all sanded and finished to perfection.
Second kid - "hey you, stay away from the hot stove!"
Dead serious, by the time the second kid came along we took down the fence. We are such first kid/second kid parents.
Re: Wood stove and kids - Scott W - 10-19-2015
Yeah...kid number 1 got a red finger once and learned. This stove arrangement is quite a bit different. Kid 2 is still learning to walk etc...
Re: Wood stove and kids - Scott W - 10-19-2015
Curlycherry said:
My first kid was kept from the stove by a custom made 2' high cherry fence made out of 1" spindles all sanded and finished to perfection.
Second kid - "hey you, stay away from the hot stove!"
Dead serious, by the time the second kid came along we took down the fence. We are such first kid/second kid parents.
I was thinking of something like that. How close to the stove was it?
Re: Wood stove and kids - DogwoodTales - 10-19-2015
Just rope it off with an electric fence.
Are you wondering if I'm serious? I'm not really sure myself.
Think about it. A low voltage electric fence would cause much less physical harm than getting burned.
Eh - better put something else up. Fewer questions that way and less emotional trauma.
Re: Wood stove and kids - Curlycherry - 10-19-2015
Scott W said:
[blockquote]Curlycherry said:
My first kid was kept from the stove by a custom made 2' high cherry fence made out of 1" spindles all sanded and finished to perfection.
Second kid - "hey you, stay away from the hot stove!"
Dead serious, by the time the second kid came along we took down the fence. We are such first kid/second kid parents.
I was thinking of something like that. How close to the stove was it?
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About 5-6' I think. Our stove is up on a step so that raises it up 9". The fence was 2' high and so being back that distance it was cool as a cucumber. My dogs were pizzed they could not get close to the stove and bake like they did before the fence.
Re: Wood stove and kids - daveferg - 10-19-2015
I think, as was said, a kid will quickly learn not to touch it. I think the bigger hazard is running around and falling into it by accident. A barrier of some kind is a good idea, but you'll have to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of types of material.