Venting Dryer Into Roof Space

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.

Venting dryer into roof space. Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. I have the following problems. Doing so would fill your attic with. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat.

Finally plug the dryer in turn it on and check outside to make sure the vent flap is opening. A better roof termination. A note on cleaning. If it s really difficult to find a way to vent the dryer to the outside an acceptable alternative is to vent it directly into the crawl space.

My neighbor vents their dryer into the crawl space. To make the dyer more efficient you can buy an inexpensive heat diverter and install it in the exhaust duct of electric dryers only not gas dryers you ll save about 50 worth of heat per load in the winter. Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic. Venting your dryer to the attic is not only a potential fire hazard but can result in moisture problems which causes more problems.

The answer is no. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. Lint buildup reduces dryer efficiency which means clothes take longer to dry. Some homeowners use a much simpler system of venting down into a bucket of water like in the photo at the top of this page.

I ve had a handyman do some work for us recently and one of the jobs was to vent the dryer through some tubing into the roof then down out through the external eave. When you run the vent pipe through a cool space like a crawlspace the. There is dust dirt and lint stuck to everything in my house. Do not vent a dryer directly.

My house is extra hot in the summer due to the moisture in the air creating a humid environment. He now says the gap to the eave is too small and just wants to leave it venting into the roof space and put a spinaway on the roof. How can i vent it outside to make it less of a fire hazard improperly vented dryers and lint buildup cause over 15 000 fires a year. At least once a year snake a vacuum hose into the dryer duct to clean it.

I live in a 4 unit apartment. The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there. Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems.