Vent just above floor level behind cooker - necessary? Potential absestos?
Vent just above floor level behind cooker - necessary? Potential absestos?
Am about to have a new cooker installed in a recently purchased house (1960's built) and have pulled out the old cooker to clean in preparation. Found a vent (see pic) just above floor level, which could definitely do with a good clean... It seems to lead to a vented brick in the wall outside.
2 questions:
1) Is this vent really necessary? Presumably it helps vent steam from back of oven (?) but could I just block it up - or better to leave it as is?
2) Is the material that the vent is...
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by alligatorlizard
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Vent just above floor level behind cooker - necessary? Potential absestos?
Am about to have a new cooker installed in a recently purchased house (1960's built) and have pulled out the old cooker to clean in preparation. Found a vent (see pic) just above floor level, which could definitely do with a good clean... It seems to lead to a vented brick in the wall outside.
2 questions:
1) Is this vent really necessary? Presumably it helps vent steam from back of oven (?) but could I just block it up - or better to leave it as is?
2) Is the material that the vent is...
Read more
by alligatorlizard
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum