- Dec 9, 2009
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My kitchen is on the east end of the house, downstairs; my bedroom above it (roughly, mostly). They are separated by wooden I-beam joists, so about a foot of dead space between them. I usually use the wall-mounted oven in the evening when prepping dinner, and the extra heat it generates warms the cupboard above it and the kitchen ceiling. Wondered if there is a safe way to tap into that heat to warm the bedroom above it. I already have a hole in the bedroom floor for air circulation, and it would be wonderful to use that, but without tearing up the floor, or finding a smart, amiable guinea pig willing to do some modifications, I don't know how to make use of that space.
It would be great to flip a fan and pull that extra heat up into my room in the evenings, which is when I want the room warmer. Or to have a passive heat system (vent? soapstone slab?)
Am I explaining this clearly? Any ideas?
It would be great to flip a fan and pull that extra heat up into my room in the evenings, which is when I want the room warmer. Or to have a passive heat system (vent? soapstone slab?)
Am I explaining this clearly? Any ideas?