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Source: energy. Current Issue. On The House. November Load up on savings with these laundry tricks. Comments I would like more on venting gas dryer's indoors, and it's gas emmissions safety. I get sick from basement venting. Venting a clothes dryer inside is against national code for a reason.
If you're worried about make-up air, seal your house. If you need more moisture in the winter, get a home humidifier. A clothes dryer removes several pounds of water from an average load of laundry, and it's the job of the vent to disperse it. When you run the vent pipe through a cool space like a crawlspace, the warm, moist air can condense on the inside of the pipe and trap lint.
That calls for special considerations when routing vent pipes through a crawlspace. For example, you should use rigid galvanized steel pipes rather than corrugated ones because lint catches more easily in the corrugations than on smooth metal. Plot the shortest route between the dryer and an outside wall through which you can vent it, instructs Family Handyman.
The maximum allowable distance between the vent outlet and the dryer is 25 feet. Drill a hole in the siding for the vent cap. Use a drill and a hole saw with a diameter that matches that of the vent pipe — usually 4 inches. Proper Venting Indoor dryer vent buckets contain water in a bucket, to which the dryer vent is attached. As the dryer is operating, the lint, moisture, and heat are vented into the bucket.
As the lint accumulates, it can constitute a fire hazard. The lint, which is highly inflammable, can catch fire. Is it OK to vent dryer under house? How far can you run a dryer vent? The maximum developed length of a clothes dryer exhaust duct shall not exceed 35 feet from the dryer location to the wall or roof termination. The maximum length of the duct shall be reduced 2. How do I know if my dryer vent is clogged? If your dryer or clothes are extremely hot during or at the end of a cycle, a blocked vent could be the cause.
Your laundry room feels hot or humid. If your dryer vent can't push the air outside your home, it's got to go somewhere a. You notice a musty smell. Can you get carbon monoxide poisoning from an electric clothes dryer? While an electric clothes dryer doesn't expel carbon monoxide like its gas counterpart, there are large amounts of moist air and lint coming out of your electric dryer, both of which can severely damage your home if they accumulate.
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Thread starter merk Start date Feb 1, Help Support House Repair Talk:. Joined Jan 5, Messages Reaction score We're having the washer and dryer moved in our garage.
They are being put in the front corner of the garage. The vent for the dryer will either be on the front of the house - front of the garage technically. Or they mentioned they might try having it vent under the house into the crawl space under the house. Is there any issue with doing that?
This is in the San Francisco area. A lot of moisture comes out of that little pipe. Are you sure you want that under the house???
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