Venting Dryer Into Roof Space

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.

Venting dryer into roof space.

There is dust dirt and lint stuck to everything in my house. 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. My neighbor vents their dryer into the crawl space.

Lint buildup reduces dryer efficiency which means clothes take longer to dry. Unlike the vents shown above left the dryerjack affects airflow by less than 01 water column inches of pressure. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. 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.

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. Do not vent a dryer directly. 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. 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.

The answer is no. Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. 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. My house is extra hot in the summer due to the moisture in the air creating a humid environment.

Check the vent cap frequently and brush out lint. Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems. Doing so would fill your attic with. A note on cleaning.

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. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. At least once a year snake a vacuum hose into the dryer duct to clean it. When you run the vent pipe through a cool space like a crawlspace the.

A better roof termination. The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there. Finally plug the dryer in turn it on and check outside to make sure the vent flap is opening.