Canning without heating up the kitchen
bibbus 7b
10 years ago
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composting without heat?
Comments (10)Stop turning it so much would be my best guess about why it doesn't seem hot. The really hot stage of compost often doesn't last very long so you might be just missing it the day or two after you add food scraps. A gallon of food scraps can heat up if mixed with some carbon materials and allowed some air (I found this out in my worm bin.) Since you are saying it doesn't smell and seems to be breaking down, I'm guessing you probably have more high carbon material than you think. We have a continous compost bin, which means we dig a hole in the hot top center, add new high nitrogen materials and cover over with high carbon materials like leaves. I have a compost Thermometer and we will start getting warm with far less than the cubic yard of material you are tallking about, our pile when still small is usually around 130 degrees F in the hot top center when new materials get added. Our pile gets minimal stirring as we don't turn it. Here is a link that might be useful: Backyard Compost Thermometers...See More'Heated' Discussion w/DH re: Kitchen Pack Up
Comments (23)You had me at "everything has to come off the floor at some point". No short term solutions, move it once and be done, and I cannot say this firmly enough. We did a whole house update/remodel and addition, and that POD was absolutely a life saver, and we should have had it in place sooner than we did. We also had work being done on the garage and in the basement, so those areas were not so great for storage. Trust me, when the demo/building gets going hot and heavy, the very last thing you guys want to do is find somewhere else to put those boxes. We had to do this with some boxes that we stored downstairs and it was, to put it bluntly, stupid. We should have had that POD in place the week before demo began. Live and learn--and then share here! The POD will be worth every penny you spend on it. (unless you have a large, unused room somewhere else that's not being worked on at all--then use that) Put things that you think you MIGHT need towards the front of the POD so you can get to them if you end up needing them. We started out with basic plates/glasses/silverware in the temporary kitchen and quickly packed those away and bought disposables from a warehouse club. You can even get disposable paper bowls that can go in the microwave. Washing dishes in a basin in the bathtub just wasn't working for me--it was the only water source on the main floor available at the time, and it was also our only bathroom. I had made and frozen a lot of meals in advance and we thawed and ate those, interspersing pizza and other brought-in foods as needed. I am a cook from scratch person and my kids were simply amazed at the amount of pre-cooked food out there that they never even heard of! :-) I had a single induction burner and a rice cooker that also came in very handy in the temporary kitchen, located in one corner of the living room. For boxes, find a supply company like U-Line or Associated Bag--you can buy boxes in bulk for less than you'd pay at the UPS store or somewhere like that. We used paper, but you can buy bubble wrap in bulk there if that's what you want. If it's local, they'll usually let you come and pick it up, saving you even more. Label clearly--you will thank yourself when the time comes to unpack! It's too early in the game to be fighting with DH about anything remodel related. Save it for the big stuff that will undoubtedly come later. Or better yet, discuss now how you will deal with those things, because when the tension is high you don't need to be fighting about details. Best wishes for a fabulous remodel! Cj...See More36" gas range that is quiet and doesn't heat up the kitchen?
Comments (8)I wok a lot on my capital range top. Since it is range top, noise does not apply. When I wok, I run my hood at maximum. Most hot air from the burner is extracted out of the house. One sign is that I don't get much smell from the cooking. I don't run hood when I am simmering thing. In both cases, I don't feel that the kitchen is being heated in the summer. Theoretically, the temp may go up a little bit because the hot make up air from outside enters the house, the it is still much cooler than the air extracted. IMO, the key for a gas range not heating the kitchen is to move the hot air out of house fast....See MoreCan HVAC ducts be replaced without opening up walls?
Comments (8)The ducts are metal. The outgoing are round going through the walls and the returns are rectangular. I have attached some pictures. I am also aware that there is most likely asbestos on the ducts. I still need to get it tested. The results will also be part of our decision about if we should remove the ducts. The house was built in 1947. This picture shows light coming through the holes. This is the same as the photo above but with the lights on Small hole in the corner Large opening in the return. I had a hard time getting the right angle for this one but it is definitely open....See Morebibbus 7b
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