Vent A Dryer Into Attic

The problem with attics.

Vent a dryer into attic.

Recently we have simply vented the dryer into the attic. Considering that back pressure higher than 6 wci is generally recognized as inefficient you can see that venting through the roof with non dryer specific vents is immediately problematic. Venting your dryer to the attic is not only a potential fire hazard but can result in moisture problems which causes more problems. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic.

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. The dryer was originally connected to the same duct as both bathroom vent fans. Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic. The attic is usually colder than the rest of the house during the winter and that can create a problem for a dryer vent.

As seniors cleaning out the vent is a hassle because we can t climb into the attic or move out the stacked washer dryer to get to the vent. However condensation collected in the low spots of the flexible hose. 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. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat.

Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. 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. Do not vent a dryer directly. Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner.

A dryer vent should be vented outside. 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. 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. Our washer and dryer are on the second floor of the house.

The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. The less back pressure is created by the roof vent the more efficiently the system performs.