Well, I understand your husband and his friend the urge is almost unbearable!
Make sure you get a carbon monoxide detector, please. Monoxide is a heavy gas it likes to stay near the floor so a good place for the detector is maybe on the second shelf of a table in or near the room with the stove (but not too close). Also, any room people sleep in. If you paint, bag the monoxide detectors temporarily in an air tight container as the fumes can mess them up. I recommend several of them and a fire extinguisher at a midpoint between the stove, and your bedrooms. You don't want it right next to the stove, if there's a fire the area will be engulfed in flames and a fire extinguisher is very dangerous if heated to 200 degrees (or maybe it was 150). By the time you realize there's a fire near your stove you don't want to go charging into the flames to get the extinguisher, risk it exploding, nor want it too hot to use. So, the best place is between the stove, and the bedrooms, if only to try to hold off the flames for a few moments so you or other family members can escape. Someone mentioned that's the best place, made sense to me, wish I could give them credit but can't remember who.