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Hi all and a good friday to every one.
I am moving in to a new property which has a open fire place (see pic below) and would love to use it but...
I have small kids.
Now I wouldnt dare have a open fire with little ones around, so what can be done here so I can have a wood fire with safety in mind, has any one had some thing like this made safe or enclosed?
Ps
That is carpet around hearth( if that is what they call it)
Thanks
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We have one of [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clippasafe-CL1020-Classic-Fireguard/dp/B000YKUJKC ]these[/url]. In the old house we had it in front of a gas fire and it was fine. New house it just stops him from getting on the hearth as the planned woodburner hasn't appeared yet.
Fireguard as above.
Our lad picked up on the words "HOT" and "be careful" fairly quickly.
Somewhat amusingly, if the fire is going, he now tells any visitors that they shouldn't touch it because it is HOT and might hurt them and they must be careful.
Grew up round open fires . Full size fire guard that keeps em away while they are really youn - not a spark screen- progress to that once they understand hot.
Your kids will learn
Fyi a wood stove would not be any safer.
Thanks all, that guard is definetly a must have.
My next question that has sprung to mind is a chimmly check. How do I, if not who and how offten?
Thanks again
If your using an open fire you need a vent half the area of the chimney opening in the room, carbon monoxide is a real risk.
Get it swept by a registered sweep before you use it.
Then watch all your hard earned cash go up the chimney.
Fireguard. We have a woodstove, and put a decorative screen in front of it, but to be honest, that was more of my wife's desire. I had hoped to simply train the little ones to stay away (as we did when I was small!).
Alas, I had to concede to modern, responsible parenting...
If they're crawling babies or unsteady toddlers, use a fireguard. Otherwise, there's really no need. Even if they are daft enough to touch it, they'll only do it once!
I grew up with an open fire as well. We had a fireguard and as a toddler I was found inside it so they're not foolproof. Bit of commonsense and kids learn.
At least with an open fire they can see its hot, out cat jumped up on top of the jotul once, never seen it move so fast, its never made that mistake with the open fire.
My two kids survived as toddlers around an gas fire by simply telling them not to touch is as it's hot. Same technique worked for me as a kid around open fires.
Thats either a misphrasing or social services are on the way 🙂
Sweepy, you name dropper. 😉