kennyt123
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I'm installing a vintage O'Keefe and Merritt in my kitchen and was wondering if anybody knew of any safety covers for sale to keep pets and family members from turning the burner or oven on.
Safety covers for vintage gas stoves
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Why Not A Vintage Electric Range ?
They are much safer and work better, And its your favorite major appliance.
John L.
They are much safer and work better, And its your favorite major appliance.
John L.
Why not just get one of these and put it on the kitchen door?
I assume there is a valve on the connection for the gas range? Why not close that after cooking?
I think typically in all US homes, the gas connection is inaccessible when the stove is in place. Turning the valve on and off between uses wouldn’t work in most situations. I personally never bothered with any knob covers or other baby proofing in the kitchen and just used a baby gate to prevent access to the kitchen entirely. If you have cats that may be a trickier matter but I feel like the chance of a cat turning a knob that’s situated on the front of the range is unlikely.
>> I assume there is a valve on the connection for the gas range? Why not close that after cooking?
Perhaps that would lead to safety concerns if the range has standing pilot lights?
Perhaps that would lead to safety concerns if the range has standing pilot lights?
Well I guess there’s a first time for everything, but I’ve never heard of animals managing to turn on the burners or oven of a gas stove, kids are another matter.
But turning off the gas valve behind the stove would 1) be very inconvenient and 2) also dangerous, because almost vintage gas stoves have standing pilot lights at least for the burners, so unless you relit these pilot lights every time you turned the gas back on, you’ll have a small amount of gas escaping into the room, also very undesirable and dangerous.
The best solution would be to put up a child gate at the kitchen door like Rich in reply# 2 suggested.
As an aside, electric stoves can also be a problem with pets. Forty years ago I had a huge Orange Tabby cat, and he liked to pee on the electric stove top when he was “pissed” at me. Well, he was finally cured of this nasty habit when he jumped up on the stove once right after I had turned off the burner, and backed his ass up to it to let loose and burnt his Tookis on the hot burner. The cats name was Nookie, and he never got on the stove again, lesson learned. LOL
Eddie
But turning off the gas valve behind the stove would 1) be very inconvenient and 2) also dangerous, because almost vintage gas stoves have standing pilot lights at least for the burners, so unless you relit these pilot lights every time you turned the gas back on, you’ll have a small amount of gas escaping into the room, also very undesirable and dangerous.
The best solution would be to put up a child gate at the kitchen door like Rich in reply# 2 suggested.
As an aside, electric stoves can also be a problem with pets. Forty years ago I had a huge Orange Tabby cat, and he liked to pee on the electric stove top when he was “pissed” at me. Well, he was finally cured of this nasty habit when he jumped up on the stove once right after I had turned off the burner, and backed his ass up to it to let loose and burnt his Tookis on the hot burner. The cats name was Nookie, and he never got on the stove again, lesson learned. LOL
Eddie
I once had a cat that turned on the faucet on the kitchen sink when I was not at home. I came back to find about 1/2" of water on the floor. Fortunately it was the 1st floor with a crawl space underneath, and a roll-vinyl floor with upturned ends. Still...
The cat apparently managed to do it by trying to look out the window over the sink, and hitting the faucet handle with a hind leg. After that I was careful to shut the faucets very tightly after use. I also started to leave a bathroom window open enough at the bottom, so that the cat could exit the home if it so desired.
The cat apparently managed to do it by trying to look out the window over the sink, and hitting the faucet handle with a hind leg. After that I was careful to shut the faucets very tightly after use. I also started to leave a bathroom window open enough at the bottom, so that the cat could exit the home if it so desired.
This same cat, Nookie also used to ring the doorbell when he wanted in. And if we didn’t answer the door fast enough to suit him, he kept ringing it! We both wondered how the hell he managed to do this! So, we quietly went out the back door and snuck around to the front and saw him jumping up and flinging himself at the doorbell button, and it was at least a 4 foot jump.
This same cat also used to open the lower cabinet door where we kept the canned cat food, go into the cabinet and wrap himself around the cans and purr loudly until we opened one up for him. He was priceless! If we were in bed and he wanted out he would leap up on the dresser and start to knock stuff off on to the floor until one of us got up and let him out. It broke our hearts when he got diabetes and we had to have him put to sleep when he was 13. Nookie had personality in spades.
Eddie
This same cat also used to open the lower cabinet door where we kept the canned cat food, go into the cabinet and wrap himself around the cans and purr loudly until we opened one up for him. He was priceless! If we were in bed and he wanted out he would leap up on the dresser and start to knock stuff off on to the floor until one of us got up and let him out. It broke our hearts when he got diabetes and we had to have him put to sleep when he was 13. Nookie had personality in spades.
Eddie
LOL, Nookie sounds like he was quite a character. Edith, the kitchen sink flooding feline, used to love to ride in the car. I could put her on top of the driver's seat (it had no head rest, vintage car) and she'd be perfectly happy perched there watching the world go by. It was a much better spot than her running around the foot pedals or jumping through the steering wheel. Edith was named after the SCTV character Edith Prickly.
My next cat, Larry, used to knock on the front door when he wanted in. There was a mail slot in the bottom of the door, with a relatively heavy piece of painted wood on hinges covering it up. He'd just lift it up and let it slam until I opened the door.
My next cat, Larry, used to knock on the front door when he wanted in. There was a mail slot in the bottom of the door, with a relatively heavy piece of painted wood on hinges covering it up. He'd just lift it up and let it slam until I opened the door.
Rich,
The dog I had at the same time in the early-mid 70’s was named “Reefer”, what can I say, it was the 70’s, a sweet little Australian Shepherd mix. She liked riding in the car, Nookie HATED the car! Every time we moved he knew something was up and would hide. It was hell trying to get him in the car for the final trip to the new home, I moved 9 nines during the years that he was alive, and it was always a challenge getting him to the new place.
Eddie
The dog I had at the same time in the early-mid 70’s was named “Reefer”, what can I say, it was the 70’s, a sweet little Australian Shepherd mix. She liked riding in the car, Nookie HATED the car! Every time we moved he knew something was up and would hide. It was hell trying to get him in the car for the final trip to the new home, I moved 9 nines during the years that he was alive, and it was always a challenge getting him to the new place.
Eddie
naughty cats, Australian dogs...
Our cat Casper has twice turned on a tap and caused a flood - first time was the laundry tub, second time was the kitchen sink. both are single-lever flickmixers, he managed to leap up and both knock the spout away from the sink onto the benchtop, and flick the lever up. Both floods were substantial - half inch or more over two rooms. couple of hours each to clean up, old wet vac died during the second clean up.
I have replaced both taps with new flickmixers that have reduced swivel, so you can't turn the spout past the sink. I have bought new kickboards for under the kitchen cupboards, but not fitted them yet.
Sink mixer - over $200.
Laundry mixer - $70
new kick boards - over $100
new Bosch wet& dry vac - $160.
I still love the little bugger.
Eddie - what is an "Australian Shepherd?" I am an Australian and we have no such beast here.
Chris.
Our cat Casper has twice turned on a tap and caused a flood - first time was the laundry tub, second time was the kitchen sink. both are single-lever flickmixers, he managed to leap up and both knock the spout away from the sink onto the benchtop, and flick the lever up. Both floods were substantial - half inch or more over two rooms. couple of hours each to clean up, old wet vac died during the second clean up.
I have replaced both taps with new flickmixers that have reduced swivel, so you can't turn the spout past the sink. I have bought new kickboards for under the kitchen cupboards, but not fitted them yet.
Sink mixer - over $200.
Laundry mixer - $70
new kick boards - over $100
new Bosch wet& dry vac - $160.
I still love the little bugger.
Eddie - what is an "Australian Shepherd?" I am an Australian and we have no such beast here.
Chris.
Chris,
Heres a link for Australian Shepherd’s. I would have to go back to my old photo albums for find a picture of Reefer. She was a cross breed, and I don’t know what the other breed was, but she sure was spunky!
Sounds like you sure had a big mess on your hands with the cat turning on the water! I thought the cat pee on the stove was bad and it was, but no where near the mess both you and Rich had to clean up! But we love our pets don’t we! Thanks for sharing your story.
Eddie
https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/australian-shepherd#/slide/6
Heres a link for Australian Shepherd’s. I would have to go back to my old photo albums for find a picture of Reefer. She was a cross breed, and I don’t know what the other breed was, but she sure was spunky!
Sounds like you sure had a big mess on your hands with the cat turning on the water! I thought the cat pee on the stove was bad and it was, but no where near the mess both you and Rich had to clean up! But we love our pets don’t we! Thanks for sharing your story.
Eddie
https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/australian-shepherd#/slide/6
We had a cat that could open all the doors in our house. She would let herself in and out as she pleased. We came home once to our front door being wide open and three strange cats inside, they had knocked my lamps over and broken a little artichoke shaped dish I had that I loved. Our own cat was no where to be found. We joked that she’d had a house party and then made herself scarce knowing we’d be mad at her. Our two current cats like to open all of my cupboards and drawers. I used to find them snuggled up with my kitchen linens until I moved them to avoid having that happen. I got tired of rewashing clean linens just to get cat hair off of them. They also chew through plastic bags of food like mice so I now store things in glass jars instead.
Kate I had a similar cat experience
I lived on an older home that I rented in 1978 and the owners had made a cat sized hole in one of the window screens in the dining room and placed the galvanized garbage can right underneath it, so their cat could go in and out at will, kind of a make shift pet door. Well, one night at about 3am I awoke to all kinds of racket. I leaped up and went to investigate. When I turned on the lights it looked like a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon! Nookie and at least three other cats that he’d invited in to party were racing around, practically up the walls. I chased them all out the hole in the screen, and that was the end of that self serve cat door!
Eddie
I lived on an older home that I rented in 1978 and the owners had made a cat sized hole in one of the window screens in the dining room and placed the galvanized garbage can right underneath it, so their cat could go in and out at will, kind of a make shift pet door. Well, one night at about 3am I awoke to all kinds of racket. I leaped up and went to investigate. When I turned on the lights it looked like a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon! Nookie and at least three other cats that he’d invited in to party were racing around, practically up the walls. I chased them all out the hole in the screen, and that was the end of that self serve cat door!
Eddie
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We've been
dogless for 4 years now. Still miss our Rottie. It's difficult, being empty nesters now. There were a litter of a dozen Labradoodles up in Midland Mi. month before last. We were so tempted.
Stepson says they'll watch it when we travel. Sure, then thy'll have a baby. I know how that goes. Then we won't travel, plus we just finished redoing the floors, etc., etc. from that last dogs nails and teeth. I know, I should rather have dogs than nice floors.
So I suggested adopting a foster teenager. I was told I'm nuts. I asked why. "Because they weren't raised by us, and we're too old to have a teen getting into mischief and trouble." Ok, but I still can rule with an iron hand when need be. No drinking and driving, bad grades, or drugs, or no car keys, nor anything else but reform school. Oops, wait, we're also not wealthy enough for that.
dogless for 4 years now. Still miss our Rottie. It's difficult, being empty nesters now. There were a litter of a dozen Labradoodles up in Midland Mi. month before last. We were so tempted.
Stepson says they'll watch it when we travel. Sure, then thy'll have a baby. I know how that goes. Then we won't travel, plus we just finished redoing the floors, etc., etc. from that last dogs nails and teeth. I know, I should rather have dogs than nice floors.
So I suggested adopting a foster teenager. I was told I'm nuts. I asked why. "Because they weren't raised by us, and we're too old to have a teen getting into mischief and trouble." Ok, but I still can rule with an iron hand when need be. No drinking and driving, bad grades, or drugs, or no car keys, nor anything else but reform school. Oops, wait, we're also not wealthy enough for that.
In my current house (been here 22 years) I had put in a cat door in a window in the enclosed patio, and another one on the sliding door into the house.
Well, it worked fine for a few years, then one evening I went out there to find a raccoon in the half bath on the patio trying to wash in the toilet. LOL. I got a special cat door for the sliding door, what requires a special magnet equipped collar for the cat to open it. I did not supply the raccoon with one.
Well, it worked fine for a few years, then one evening I went out there to find a raccoon in the half bath on the patio trying to wash in the toilet. LOL. I got a special cat door for the sliding door, what requires a special magnet equipped collar for the cat to open it. I did not supply the raccoon with one.
lordkenmore
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I enjoyed all the pet stories!
I've never known cats who did some of the above (like ringing doorbells). But my mother's last cat was very much of a creative problem solver. The problem to be solved was--apparently--"What can I do to annoy the humans next?" LOL Actually, her problem solving was finding ways of getting places where she wasn't supposed to go. The annoying humans was just side effect.
My mother told me of one time this cat was viewing a cover over a plumbing area (which no other cat had ever paid attention to). She studied it a moment, reared up on her rear legs, grabbed the top of the panel with her front paws, and gave a good yank.
I've never known cats who did some of the above (like ringing doorbells). But my mother's last cat was very much of a creative problem solver. The problem to be solved was--apparently--"What can I do to annoy the humans next?" LOL Actually, her problem solving was finding ways of getting places where she wasn't supposed to go. The annoying humans was just side effect.
My mother told me of one time this cat was viewing a cover over a plumbing area (which no other cat had ever paid attention to). She studied it a moment, reared up on her rear legs, grabbed the top of the panel with her front paws, and gave a good yank.
