I have been trying to find the answer to this question on the web, but haven't been able to find it. I live in Farmington Hills, MI... in the suburbs of Detroit... and I would like to take steps toward making our 1.75 acre lot and house more self-sustaining and clean. I absolutely LOVE this oven, and I wonder if I could build it in our 3 season sunroom. The floor is a concrete slab and the walls are wall-to-wall windows. You said that all cob ovens smoke at first, but with all of those window's... would that be enough ventilation? (5) 20"x58" openings and (3) 30"x58" openings.
It's too cold to gather in the sunroom in the fall and spring... so I am hoping the heat from the cob oven will help warm the space up a bit too.
Also, I bake artisan sourdough bread... and would love to have the wood oven to bake in during the holidays. Can the oven be fired in the fall/winter/spring? (That was supposed to be my original question, lol). We can get very cold and snowy here in Michigan.
