Child proofing your stove

MacP said:

I have a 8 month old baby and he's getting close to moving himself around. I was just curious what other people use to protect kids from getting too close a pellet stove located in a corner.

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One of these made from mild steal used to cage dogs in.


The cage can be dismantled (pins that hold each section) and put where you want to cage off an area with the ends fixed to the wall(s).

I just put a cheapo $20 fireplace screen in front of it. My stove does not get that hot though except the glass.

Some fireplace screens are not big enough to go round the hearth pad and leave gaps at the side.

You need to have at least 2 feet of space between the screen and the stove so that you can move around in that space when cleaning or adding fuel.

I use a Kidco hearth gate.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...ptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=m&ref=pd_sl_11kxka56od_b

Nice !

moey said:

I just put a cheapo $20 fireplace screen in front of it. My stove does not get that hot though except the glass.

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I have a kiddco gate around both stoves

CladMaster said:

Some fireplace screens are not big enough to go round the hearth pad and leave gaps at the side.

You need to have at least 2 feet of space between the screen and the stove so that you can move around in that space when cleaning or adding fuel.

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You pick the screen up and move it to clean or add pellets

Jack Morrissey said:

You pick the screen up and move it to clean or add pellets

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A child can pull a screen over if it's not fixed down in some way.

Jack Morrissey said:

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X3. Worst case my stove isn't hot except glass. Either way I grew up with wood stoves with no gates and good parenting. never had issues.

I got my stove just before my daughter was born. No gate needed. A few stern don't go near it and I think she understood the dangers.

I have a wood burning insert located in a very high traffic area so we felt we needed to have protection that is mounted to the wall. We have the Kidco Hearthgate. It's pretty invasive into the room, and I like it much better without it, but it gives us peace of mind. We need to have the ability to leave our kids in our living room with a 600* stove top. It's not for everyone, but it has worked out really well for us.

We got the Kidco guard after our granddaughter slipped and put her hand on the glass to stop her banging her head.
We still use it all the time when she visits. We also use it sometimes to dry out clothes in front of the stove.

CladMaster said:

A child can pull a screen over if it's not fixed down in some way.

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Yea, I know that. Its there to prevent a child from directly walking into reaching distance of the stove, not going to leave a child there alone, even if we had a fence up

Never put a gate around our woodstove, now pellet. We simply told the kids they we not allowed to step on the tile under the stove, and let them know it if the did.... to this day even as 11 and 9 year olds the still don't step on the tiles and keep their hands away from the stove.

bdud said:

We got the Kidco guard after our granddaughter slipped and put her hand on the glass to stop her banging her head.
We still use it all the time when she visits. We also use it sometimes to dry out clothes in front of the stove.

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This has always been my concern. Although we are constantly saying, "HOT. NO TOUCH." If the kids get curious they can reach out and touch the stove, burn their finger and never do it again. But if they're running around like lunatics (which is a norm around here), trip and fall into a blazing hot stove, that can result in a serious injury. I'm pretty sure the glass can be 1000*. So the Hearthgate is a welcome compromise. As I said, it looks better without it, but we live better with it.

*We also love to hang our wet clothes on it after coming in from the snow. That is an added bonus.

CladMaster said:

A child can pull a screen over if it's not fixed down in some way.

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A child can do just about anything left unattended long enough.

TheMightyMoe said:

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The best way to keep your kid safe is to lock 'em in one of these. Great suggestion.

My granddaughter is 9 months old, she never crawls around not being un- supervised. When she tried to get close to the stove in the past a few corrective words did the trick, she does not go any closer than 5' to the stove now, when she looks at it all she says is HOT HOT HOT and goes about her day. If I had to my "fire room" could be closed off with dog/kiddie gates.

When I was a kid 5 or 6 my grampy had a old potbelly stove that I swear glowed cheery red and made noises, he told me the boogie man lived in it, and guess what? I never went near it!....I'm pushing 50 now and I don't think I would go near it.

Justin M said:

I use a Kidco hearth gate.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&k...ptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=m&ref=pd_sl_11kxka56od_b

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Even without kids in the house that is a beautiful setup!

or what about electric fencing?

http://www.farmsupplystore.com/gallagher-kid-1-5-joule-energizer.html

just erect a little enclosure, put the kid in, and all your troubles with them getting into stuff are solved! We put our cows in electric enclosures, and generally speaking, they only touched em once....me, more than that....but I'd wager the electric fence would keep em in line....

I never thought of that, I have an old 110v cattle charger in the barn with 1,000 ft of wire, who needs child gates? I have an old cattle prod too, just can't find batteries for it "that might be wrong" lol.. I took a pee on a charged fence in my drunken teens, I never did it again.

As you can tell I never wore a helmet either.