Stove gate enclosure?

[Smith]

Hello all,
So I'm getting ready to install my first wood stove and I was talking to my insurance company about thier requirements and they said the stove has to be enclosed so nobody can walk up and touch the stove and burn themselves. Does anyone have any suggestions about this? I haven't seen any enclosures in any pictures I've looked at. Any advice on this would be great. I was going to put a railing around it to keep the kids back but I'm not sure if that counts.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Welcome to the forum Smith.

Seems to me that is what they would want; just some railing to keep people at arm's length from the stove. Else, why have a stove at all? You might also do some searching for a different insurance company.

 

[Smith]

I talked to the insurance people again. This time the lady was very helpful and directed me to the Kidco gates. Thanks

 

[ScotO]

When the inspector from my insurance company came to look at the install we did, he was impressed. I asked him "whats the craziest install you have ever inspected?" He said he went to a newer house that a couple had moved into, and the husband wanted a stove. The wife was DEAD-SET against the idea. She told him the only way he could have a stove was if he installed it in a closet so she didn't have to look at it. Well, the dumbass did just that.....he installed the thing in a coat closet!! And had the cordwood stacked right beside it in the closet! Needless to say, the inspector told him to extinguish the fire and remove it immediately or else they were gonna drop him from his insurance on the spot.......some people never cease to amaze...

 

[n3pro]

When the inspector from my insurance company came to look at the install we did, he was impressed. I asked him "whats the craziest install you have ever inspected?" He said he went to a newer house that a couple had moved into, and the husband wanted a stove. The wife was DEAD-SET against the idea. She told him the only way he could have a stove was if he installed it in a closet so she didn't have to look at it. Well, the dumbass did just that.....he installed the thing in a coat closet!! And had the cordwood stacked right beside it in the closet! Needless to say, the inspector told him to extinguish the fire and remove it immediately or else they were gonna drop him from his insurance on the spot.......some people never cease to amaze...

Being in property management sometimes the inspector is one of the least favorite people to see but I love to ask that question if I get an inspector with a decent personality. The one guy told me "Have you ever seen the site "there I fixed it", I said "of course" he said "I've failed that stuff, some people do believe duct tape and bailing wire will fix anything".

 

[n3pro]

Hello all,
So I'm getting ready to install my first wood stove and I was talking to my insurance company about thier requirements and they said the stove has to be enclosed so nobody can walk up and touch the stove and burn themselves. Does anyone have any suggestions about this? I haven't seen any enclosures in any pictures I've looked at. Any advice on this would be great. I was going to put a railing around it to keep the kids back but I'm not sure if that counts.

This may help

"The first time the mercury dropped, we stoked up the stove and stood contentedly in the glow of its radiating warmth. About this time our 16-month-old daughter came toddling across the floor toward us, grinning happily and — as youngsters will do — she tripped and fell headlong at our feet. She got up at once and giggled, but the terrifying thought hit both of us at the same time: What if...? We immediately began to explore our options. We could [a] not use the stove, guard it very carefully or [c] erect some sort of barrier around it. The third choice seemed to be the obvious answer, but a quick check through local home improvement stores revealed that very few ready-made items would meet our needs and that any of those would be pretty costly."

"There are two kinds of conventional wrought-iron porch railing: expensive and less expensive. The more costly line is really heavy-duty metal. You can sit or stand on it, and the twisted stiles are mounted in a variety of patterns. But, for our purpose, neither extra weight nor fanciful design was really necessary and we've found that the "bargain basement" railing was well worth the extra searching required to locate it.:"

Read more: (broken link removed to http://www.motherearthnews.com/article.aspx#ixzz27Fx1SnnJ)

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[rideau]

This may help

"The first time the mercury dropped, we stoked up the stove and stood contentedly in the glow of its radiating warmth. About this time our 16-month-old daughter came toddling across the floor toward us, grinning happily and — as youngsters will do — she tripped and fell headlong at our feet. She got up at once and giggled, but the terrifying thought hit both of us at the same time: What if...? We immediately began to explore our options. We could [a] not use the stove, guard it very carefully or [c] erect some sort of barrier around it. The third choice seemed to be the obvious answer, but a quick check through local home improvement stores revealed that very few ready-made items would meet our needs and that any of those would be pretty costly."

"There are two kinds of conventional wrought-iron porch railing: expensive and less expensive. The more costly line is really heavy-duty metal. You can sit or stand on it, and the twisted stiles are mounted in a variety of patterns. But, for our purpose, neither extra weight nor fanciful design was really necessary and we've found that the "bargain basement" railing was well worth the extra searching required to locate it.:"

Read more: (broken link removed to http://www.motherearthnews.com/article.aspx#ixzz27Fx1SnnJ)

(broken link removed to http://www.motherearthnews.com/article.aspx?id=68258)

My parents bought an 1894 Victorian in 1954. Had three fireplaces, three chimneys. They removed the fireplaces/chimneys in the kitchen and dining room. We never onceklit a fire in the living room fireplace, despite ardent requests from all 13 children. Not even on Christmas day. Dad insisted we'd lose more heat than we would gain.
The kicker is the living room fireplace had a massive cast iron surround...weighed hundreds of pounds, about 24 inches high, top about 8 inches wide, cast iron about 4 inches thick, covered with well padded cream colored leather..came out from the brick face about two feet, and was about 8 feet long, I guess. Area inside the surround had a tiled hearth. On the hearth were fireplace tools, and a copper curved wood holder. We played on and sat on the surround all the time. One day a small sibling fell off the surround , landed on his head on the edge of the copper log holder, and neeed numerous stitches. Next day the log holder went to the basement. Not too much later the surround followed it. Only uses we ever got out of that fireplace: Santa came down the chimney and filled our stockings; and when a very valuable oil painting fell off the wall in the middle of one night, it landed on the mantel, instead of crashing to the floor..pretty impressive as it is a massive painting.

 

[Swedishchef]

wow..I have never heard of an insurance company suggesting that...

Those Kidco gates are quite popular indeed!

This one seems to be a very popular model: (broken link removed)

Andrew

 

[Backwoods Savage]

When the inspector from my insurance company came to look at the install we did, he was impressed. I asked him "whats the craziest install you have ever inspected?" He said he went to a newer house that a couple had moved into, and the husband wanted a stove. The wife was DEAD-SET against the idea. She told him the only way he could have a stove was if he installed it in a closet so she didn't have to look at it. Well, the dumbass did just that.....he installed the thing in a coat closet!! And had the cordwood stacked right beside it in the closet! Needless to say, the inspector told him to extinguish the fire and remove it immediately or else they were gonna drop him from his insurance on the spot.......some people never cease to amaze...

Now that is a loser for sure!