On Jul 1, 3:05*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
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It wouldn't be tough to put in a roof vent, unless you have a second
story above the kitchen....

N.