For Toasty Warm Dishes
My kitchen doesn’t have a heat vent. There are no walls where one could go but, more importantly, there are no ducts that run near the kitchen. The only way to solve this would be to rip part of the finished basement, run more ducts, and then probably take out a couple cabinets.
I do not need it. The room is pretty much fine, though it gets a bit chillier in the cold part of the winter. Earlier this month, I noticed that it was especially chilly by the dishwasher. I probably missed this before because the dishwasher is near the door and I don’t often stand there unless I’m letting the girls out and the door is open.
There’s not really a draft, but it’s a LOT colder under there. It makes sense since the dishwasher backs to an outisde wall and there isn’t much of anything under the dishwasher between the outside wall and the main kitchen area.
I decided to insulate this. I went to my local True Value. They were very hesitant to give me any insulation. I don’t know why but I had to finally tell them to take me to where their limited selection was so I could decide for myself. I ended up buying an insulating water heater blanket, cutting it up, and stuffing it in to a few gaps on the sides and into all kinds of spaces underneath.
It seems to have worked pretty well. I don’t feel the cold over there like I was. Better yet, I beat the dorks at True Value who thought my idea was a bad one.