Vent Tumble Dryer Through Roof

Difficulty cleaning dryer vent.

Vent tumble dryer through roof.

Obviously the ideal is to stick your dryer on the outside wall and vent it 10 inches. Can you vent a dryer through the roof. Then go outside and remove any siding trim pieces from around the vent hood. The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there.

This causes the steam from your dryer. I think the roof is a stupid spot to terminate clothes dryer vents because it s difficult to clean and. 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. If this happens enough an ice dam will form that s large enough to cause roof leaks.

The sheet metal duct is cooled by the outside air in the attic. When bath fans and clothes dryers vent through the roof they melt a bunch of snow. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. As soon as i m in charge there will be no more venting of clothes dryers through the roof.

Unlike the vents shown above left the dryerjack affects airflow by less than 01 water column inches of pressure. After the snow melts below the vent it ll probably freeze again farther down on the roof. Phoenix isn t exactly known for getting a lot of rain or snow but occasional precipitation does occur. I haven t seen anything to indicate that lint buildup is a problem as long as the run is as short as possible and pressure off the dryer is adequate.

A vertical dryer vent is typically a problem because it acts as a moisture condenser. Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems. 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. Disconnect the hood from the stub pipe and toss the hood.

Doing so would fill your attic with warm moist air that could rot the framing. Next remove the vent hood retaining screws and pull the vent hood and stub pipe out of the wall.