How do you use a kettle on a wood burning stove insert?

[Krystal]

This is probably a silly question, but how do you keep moisture in the air with a wood burning stove insert? No place to put a kettle.

Thanks!

 

[Sprinter]

This is probably a silly question, but how do you keep moisture in the air with a wood burning stove insert? No place to put a kettle.

Thanks!

Not silly at all. The problem is that a kettle is inadequate to add any meaningful humidity to the air on any stove. If you really need to do that, you should look into a regular room humidifier anyway.

 

[Dix]

If your insert extends into the room, you should have a ledge. I put a trivet on mine, and a small cast iron/enamel steamer.

The trivet scratched to top of the ledge, now I gotta deal with that, and I never had enough humidity out of the stupid little thing any way.

Kept the trivet, threw out the steamer, watering my house plants more, and shopping for a humidifier for the whole house. In the interim, a vaporizer helps in the stove room. Which reminds me, I have to go dig that puppy out of the closet

 

[Oregon aloha]

My 55 gallon fish tank helps, but if you need more humidity then get it another way, as the kettle is for looks not real worth.

 

[Sprinter]

I do have a teakettle on my stove and it's nice for looks and even for tea (!). I don't know what you'd do on an insert, though. Sorry.

 

[Hogwildz]

They make a 1/2 kettle for inserts. from the front it looks like a full size kettle, from the rear or side it is flat, hence 1/2 a kettle.
Of course your insert has no ledge on it, so looks like a no go for your insert to rest anything on.
As others said, you will need much more than that to humidify the house.

 

[Firedancer]

Hi Krystal..I do have a slight ledge on my insert and currently have a 2 1/2 qt half steamer on there. The half steamers are made for the inserts so as long as you aren't flush you should be able to fit one on there.