Clothes dryer exhaust can cause major problems within a house.
Vent to attic hazzard.
Federal building codes for dryer vents and ducts.
The question was in reference to a vent for a range.
Step 2 run the ducts.
People call the 911 on you.
Check for openings around the attic door attic vents roof joists rafters and attic floor joists.
Oversizing the vents is risky as well as potentially problematic.
All that lint coming out the top means there s a whole bunch more down at the bottom and that s a fire hazard.
Told that the 2 attic power vents are the only attic ventilation i have the house does have vented soffits every other soffit cover is vented.
Cooking oil deposits accumulating over the years and creating fire hazard.
Noticed one of the attic vents was not working.
This regulation prevents lint from building up indoors and creating a fire hazard and warm.
Whole house ventilation type attic vents jonas is right.
If the soffit vents are not sized to the same net free ventilation area of the ridge vent air pressure from above will effectively block airflow from below pressurizing the attic space and negating the cooling and moisture vapor venting effect that the ventilation ideally provides.
Well strictly speaking it is not confined.
Terminating the exhaust pipe near an attic vent does not meet this requirement plain and simple.
Venting your dryer to the attic is not only a potential fire hazard but can result in moisture problems which causes more problems.
When was this described as a whole house ventilation type attic vent.
User443854 may 6 19 at 20 07.
The duct for your exhaust fan needs to be run to the outside of the house to remove the chance of a fire hazard.
In either case do not vent into the wall or the attic.
Cover the hole that you are not using for exhaust and secure the hood to its.
Help purchased home 8 years ago with 2 power attic vents.
There is a vent.
Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic.
Your vent hood will have places available for either attic or wall exhaust.
The dryer exhaust into the attic or the crawlspace.
Also section 501 2 exhaust discharge.
There are more questions.
Things have been ok low energy bills house very comfortable.
Mice rats bats or a squirrel in an attic can be a very dangerous hazard since these critters often harbor diseases and can damage the structure or attic wiring causing serious fire hazards.
This system may be allowed.
Besides you are referencing a general requirement.
If this is prohibited by the building code i would like to gain some understanding of the reasoning behind it and what would happen if that was not followed e g.
