Wood stove and kids

[Scott W]

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.

[EatenByLimestone]

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.

[Scott W]

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 .

[CLETUS]

My boy only touched the stove once.

[Curlycherry]

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.

[Scott W]

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...

[Scott W]

Curlycherry said:

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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.

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I was thinking of something like that. How close to the stove was it?

[Curlycherry]

Scott W said:

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[blockquote]Curlycherry said:

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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.

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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.

[daveferg]

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.

[DogwoodTales]

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.