My kid decided to test out the glass on our stove last night. Fortunately it was near a reload and the glass he touched with both hands was only 260F compared to the 800F or so I have measured it at when it's at full chooch. He'll be fine thankfully. And I am confident he'll never test it again. But I'm concerned about the possibility of him (or anyone!) tripping and faceplanting into the glass. The stove body itself never really gets beyond 300F or so, but 800F on the glass seems like lifelong injury territory. I think my Clydesdale is one of the largest glass fronts on the market and there is a lot of real estate for that glass that gets absolutely ripping hot. Any thoughts on things I can do to prevent the possibility of someone accidentally tripping and making contact? My living room is on the small side so there will always be kids and adults and dogs walking nearby all winter long. I can get one of those 3-panel guards and that will probably work but it's a gigantic eyesore and also inconvenient. Wondering what others have done in this situation.
I use the fireplace screen. My son has a pellet stove insert and he uses the kiddie fences? These are similar only not made out of plastic Amazon.com : Baby Playards
I'm _specifically_ worried about the 800F glass face. I am not ideally looking to babyproof the stove body itself, just the glass alone due to the insane temperatures it reaches. My IR gun goes to 850 and I've had it do "--" a couple times. It probably gets into the Leidenfrost effect at those temps and you would just bounce off it, but there is obviously some range where it's truly dangerous for anyone that would trip into it. I'm surprised there isn't some sort of double-glazing on these things that ties into the blower to channel air up and out...
I didn't risk it, previous home had a custom wood enclosure with door. Here, only 2 woodstoves for heat, both of them got plastic panels around them. Since then we used them camping to contain the two dogs and more recently for blocking chickens lol. Only issue we had, but smelled it quickly, was when she tossing her security blanket in the air and it landed on a stove. Looked like a burn from a clothes iron forgot on shirt lol.
Same idea //www.amazon.com/North-States-Superyard-Indoor-Outdoor-6-Panel/dp/B00KU11008/ref=sr_1_4?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cuUTBr5lv7A5wlysORYTYP7BfYIvJ_3IV5UdPEJCnIjDYXHv5i8z46SGSXv0qxxo65YLYmdWCgh78n7QtMpM8CfmMEBZQd9axL664u2sIjOGQ_WL-9oJjvmHW4ZKcGLsw3APbF4l7Q5kMZ0FvndFbXvFak9vZcrsxWhY2cI2zYLp6paZEM3pxZeQX8cOb7VFE_WH_1tKYwhWwuQ1yJrAoL5ZhIA9VxNVXeXti21KYpKg6EAOKcyYc88_BdJQBkd2GxgOc-r8hVZY8Y2Z8dQyyoqeRoobRUY_8aS7w3wIp38.auP8MTZF0jmZuEmuh5cASx5FIwkfH6xl6a7_DFdet5A&dib_tag=se&keywords=adjustable%2Bbaby%2Bfence%2Bpanels&qid=1764805035&s=baby-products&sr=1-4&th=1
We have a tri-fold screen the gets setup when kids or animals are visiting. It folds up and is stored behind the woodstovevwhen not needed. Even with space a consideration, why protect just the glass? Protect the entire stove, imo.
I grew up knowing only wood heat. Most of you know what kind of stove we had back then (1940's). There were 4 of us kids and I don't recall ever having a disaster with the stoves (2 heating and 1 cooking stove). Yes, occasionally someone might get a burn while loading or emptying ashes but nothing serious. But here is something everyone should know. If you or someone else gets burned, immediately put liquid vitamin E on it. It works and I've never seen anything better. So far this year I've had only one slip and accidentally touched the firebox door. Vit E to the rescue. No blister and not even a red spot. I could tell many stories but perhaps one stands out more than the others. One time we were in Alaska and it was cold! We were sleeping in a tent and no heat. In the morning I started a nice fire outdoors and wife made coffee. When coffee was ready she brought it to the campfire and sat it on a couple sticks so it got heat from the fire. The danged thing got tipped over right away and got her one foot. OMG! I rushed inside and plastered that reddened foot with the E. She wore a loose slipper that day. The next day she wore her shoe. All was well but we feared it wouldn't be because the coffee was so hot and the foor was beet red when it happened. Thankfully this turned out well.
New grandson this year, almost one year old now. We raised two with a wood stove and like others here, don't remember one time either got burned. This year, however, I welded up some rerod to make an enclosure with fencing. Just didn't want to risk it. Only takes me two minutes to assemble/disassemble. For the two or three days a week we have him, well worth it. Hard to believe, I still ride a bike without a helmet.
Thanks for the reminder, I had forgot about that. You think E is better than aloe right from the plant?
Well in an absence of better ideas I ordered one of those tempered glass panels. The vitamin E tip is great tho, gonna order some.
