You’re probably thinking that the coolest air found in an oven is in the back, right? Wrong! The hottest air is in the back. So when you turn on your oven, you’ll either want to make sure to put a pot or pan of water on the stove top or bake something with steam for moisture.
The other three things are what causes combustion to take place which will release heat up through your chimney instead of heating up your house – one being that it’s surrounded by hot walls and two being that it’s surrounded by windows.
Number three is that the flue of your chimney should be pointed toward the cooling air. In other words, if you want to cool off all the windows in your house, point the flue of your chimney toward them.
Number two is that you should never have a window that’s too close to your oven or stove top and number one is easy – just don’t cook while wearing black!
So when you’re done cooking, step outside and enjoy the cooler air! [END ARTICLE]
When a house has a wood stove in it and there are no windows on the back wall, think about putting insulation up right behind it. The heat will cause combustion because wood isn’t a 100% efficient. The heat will cause combustion even if the house also has a fireplace. So next, think about hanging curtains on the windows and then putting insulating material behind that. Finally, put some kind of a stove pipe extending from the top of your chimney out of your house. The trick is to get air up into the chimney when you have no windows, so try to always have cold air coming down from your attic, which gets warmer because it’s close to the ground and lots of windows.
Where is the coolest air found?
Neither is common knowledge.
I have to cook in a house that doesn’t have any windows on the back wall and I have to cook in the Midwest because of our winters. What I did do was get an exhaust fan directly behind the stove, and it works well except that it gets very hot when I’m cooking. I’ve seen some people put a fan aimed at some sort of air stream, like out of an air conditioning unit or something, though they usually point it up where they want cooling air and down where they want heating air – just an open vent inside the stove area. I would say that one of the easiest things to do is cover your windows on the back wall with curtains and insulate behind them. I usually put two layers on all my walls.
If you’re fixing a wood stove in a windy area, you can get some kind of exhaust fan for under $100 for about $60 and install it yourself. However, don’t use one which points down because that will just cause air from the back of the stove to swirl around inside and maintain combustion instead of allowing heat to diffuse sideways out through the chimney flue. Better yet, get one that points sideways or up. However, if you’re going to need a chimney extension, I’d suggest that you use a pipe and not just some kind of pipe cap.
Remember how I said that the coolest air was found in front of the stove? Well, it’s not exactly true. It is true when you are cooking with a gas stove or hot plate at temperatures above 50º F. If your stove has an exhaust fan, it works great for getting the hot air up to an area out of the way where there will be no combustion and thus no heat radiated back through your chimney flue. You can also use a box fan but be careful that you don’t open it up and let it blow out the window.
Even though you have insulation behind your stove and in front of your windows and doors, if your stove heat is too hot, you can always install an exhaust fan in the bathroom to blow out of the back room. When there is no space inside the house to install such a fan, I simply open up a window for ventilation.
I also use an exhaust fan on my gas fired range instead of ventilation. I’ve done this for years because I live in a northern climate where we have terrible winter weather and this has kept my range from being too hot to use. I simply cut a hole in the wall over my range, install an exhaust fan and attach the duct work to it. I turn it on whenever I use my range.
If you already have a wood stove and are trying to solve this problem, it’s going to take more than just an exhaust fan. The kind of wood stove that I use doesn’t have any insulation inside, so I’ve had to buy insulation panels that fit inside and then place them against the back wall from floor to ceiling. It works great. The same is true for a fireplace if you’re not also wanting ventilation for your house during the wintertime.
How To Make the Air in a Room More Arsenic-Free?
Don’t Drink and Make a Fire!
The air inside your home is filled with lots of nasty stuff. Arsenic, for example, is an odorless and tasteless poison used in wood preservatives. It’s also found in pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and rodenticides. This includes lead carbonate, which is often mixed with arsenic to help wood products retain their color longer. Lead carbonate gives the wood brownish or grayish hues. The most common way that people come into contact with it is when they get it on their hands and then touch their mouth or nose or eyes. Lead can also come from lead-soldered pipes, some paints and even leaded gasoline. Lead in soil is also a big problem in many areas. Many of the soils are high in iron oxide or iron phosphate and this turns out to be significant because when it rains, it washes the lead salts into the soil and then they are leached into the ground water. When your well water comes up, it often has some kind of a red-brown tint to it and this is because of the combined leaching of both arsenic and iron compounds. The same thing happens when snow melts on nearby buildings where there are old paint jobs or red bricks that were painted with arsenic compounds.
How do you rid your home of arsenic poisoning?
If you live in an area with high levels of arsenic in your soil, you might want to call a specialist who can figure out how much arsenic there is and then come up with a method of removing it. Suppose that you have some kind of brownish tiles on the wall. Those tiles may be soldered with lead. You simply need to repaint the entire wall in a different color, even if it’s just white. The same is true for wood paneling or wood flooring that has been painted. Start at one end and paint over it every two years or so until you get to the other side. Obviously, the place where this is most important is in your kitchen, where you’re using water and food. There, you not only need to take care of the arsenic problem, but also make sure that your plumbing is lead free and all of our water supplies are being cleaned up.
Where can I find a local contractor who can help me determine what my house contains?
Unfortunately, most contractors do not have extensive knowledge about the many poisons that can exist in a home and they may try to scare you into thinking that they are all deadly. However, it’s fairly easy to figure out which ones are present by yourself since some of the information is readily available on-line or by visiting your local library. Detailed information and resources are available in the various sections of this website.
What Can I Do About Arsenic Poisoning In My Home?
When you get a new home, it’s important that you determine if there are poisons on the inside of your walls because then you’ll know how to proceed. It’s also very important to find out about the soil in your area because not only does it have arsenic, but other nasty pesticides that might be leaching into your water supply from outside or from nearby fields. Your local library should have information on that. In addition, you might check with your local agribusiness to see if there are any greenhouses or fields nearby where pesticides are being used. If so, you want to do everything possible to protect yourself from getting poisoned.
How can I minimize my exposure?
The first thing to do is to stop working in the kitchen area when cooking or when any kind of heating is being done, as this is the most common source for arsenic poisoning. First of all, scrub all food preparation surfaces with a bleach solution and then thoroughly rinse it off before using them again. You might need to do this every time you use the countertops or other surfaces. In addition, you’ll want to wash your hands with lots of soap and water after doing any kind of cooking.
What Else can I do to Protect Myself?
The first thing is to use cast iron pots and pans – at least while doing any kind of heating. Cast iron doesn’t contain any arsenic compounds or lead carbonates or leaded solder or red iron oxide or paint products. Another good thing is to use granite counter tops instead of other types because most other materials are painted with white lead which gets into the air when used for heating purposes like stoves and ranges.
Thank you for visiting this web site. I hope that you have found it helpful in developing a better understanding of the important issue of arsenic contamination. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments or if would like to contribute materials to this web site. You may be interested in learning more about the hazards and health effects of lead contamination . I have a home-based natural health practice in the UK. I am also available for lectures and workshops.
The information on this web site is provided for educational purposes only in the interest of public health, to help prevent future poisoning deaths, and to assist people who are being poisoned today from learning more about the causes of their poisonings and how to prevent them in the future. It is not intended nor should it be construed as medical advice nor treatment. Please consult your physician before you make any changes in any medications that you are currently using or begin any new therapies or treatments with these deadly poisons.
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