On Tue 01 Jul 2008 01:05:39p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:10:30 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:03:21 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just substitute the slow-cooker for the oven. Uses less
electricity
>>>>> and keeps the kitchen cooler.
>>>> Do you have an old oven? I'd rather cook in my oven instead of on the
>>>> stovetop when it's hot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No. It's only 3 years old as is the house. The house is an open floor
>>> plan. Living, dining and kitchen areas are all sort of one big room
with
>>> a breakfast bar in the kitchen separating part of it. The oven and
range
>>> (one piece) is not vented to the outside.
>>
>> I'm surprised a 3 year old house isn't vented outside.
>>
>> Lou
> It's Insulated Concrete Forms construction. They build the walls from
> styrofoam panels with rebar inside then pour concrete in between the
> sheets of styrofoam. http://www.icfhomes.com/
>
> We didn't build the house. A developer did on spec. I think they put up
> the walls before they designed the kitchen and that's why there was no
> vent. Once the walls are up, it's pretty hard to make holes in them. You
> have -- from the inside to outside--sheet rock, styrofoam, concrete,
> styrofoam then brick. I asked the builder about it and he said it wasn't
> a good idea.
>
> They knew where the laundry appliances were going so there is a vent to
> the outside for the clothes dryer. There's another vent into the garage
> from the "safe room" where my computer and I live <g> If I want to vent
> the kitchen I kick on the ceiling vent fan in the laundry room that
> adjoins the kitchen. That works better than the recirculating range hood.
>

Most vent hoods can vent straight up through the roof as well. They don't
have to go through the wall.

I don't find baking in the summer adds that much more heat to the
kitchen/house. Perhaps my oven is better insulated. I don't make a
frequent practice of it, but still, if I want to bake, I bake.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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