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.

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. 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. Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic.

Do not vent a dryer directly. Doing so would fill your attic with. A note on cleaning. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat.

I live in a 4 unit apartment. When you run the vent pipe through a cool space like a crawlspace the. The answer is no. 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.

Venting your dryer to the attic is not only a potential fire hazard but can result in moisture problems which causes more problems. The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there. My neighbor vents their dryer into the crawl space. 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.

A better roof termination. Finally plug the dryer in turn it on and check outside to make sure the vent flap is opening. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. My house is extra hot in the summer due to the moisture in the air creating a humid environment.

Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. You can buy a box called an indoor dryer vent kit at home improvement stores and it manages to control most of the lint but not the water dumped into the air. Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems. Lint buildup reduces dryer efficiency which means clothes take longer to dry.

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. Check the vent cap frequently and brush out lint. There is dust dirt and lint stuck to everything in my house.