Emergency vent for dryer? I have a dryer with a four-inch vent. The vent within my...
I have a dryer with a four-inch vent. The vent within my wall is three inches in diameter. I don't want to use a step down since that's a really good track to have a lint fire (and because the hole in the wall is roughly 20 feet from the dryer), but it's going to take a couple of months beforehand anyone can come out and drill a new hole in the concrete. I'd really close to to wash clothes in between next and now, and given that it's rained every single daylight since June 2 I suspect I won't be air drying much.
Can I stick the end of the vent out of a covered glass while I'm drying? (I wouldn't leave it there otherwise: I approaching my windows closed and locked when I'm asleep.)
Sure. Maybe he intended a zap strap which is what some people call a cable tie, those plastic things that glue to themselves to go around things. But sending the damp nouns from the dryer into your house is a great way to get a soggy house, and if it's rain every day for over 2 weeks it's probably damp plenty already. I'd step the hose down, since you won't be using it that way all that long, and if it worries you, newly inspect it every couple of weeks and clean out if necessary. You could also use the metal ducting for dryers, which accumulate lint much more slowly than the expanding hoses, and you could step it down gradually towards the 3 inch hole by taping the concluding section so that it tapers, by using that shiny silver duct cassette meant for heating pipes. Once you enjoy the 4-inch hole, it would be easy to cut the tape and after use the duct at its intended size.
a step down anit that fruitless ... fires are casued when the vent is blocked . either 4in or 3 in will casue this ..
surrounded by the mean time stick it out the window ...
a fastener tie is a plastice tie used to hold things in place ,like plastic pipes, it works o nthe put a bet on of the dryer , to hold the vent pipe the dryer,
i really recommend you use , tin , it stays cleaner, and less trash stays in it ,
Answers: You can just put a infirm Nylon Stocking over your discharge from the dryer and secure it with a Zip Strip. Just maintain it cleaned out until you get your new vent pipe surrounded by.
One of those white plastic zip ties if you want to call it that. It's approaching what the police use for temporary handcuffs. Like on COPS. Go to hardware store and ask, they will bring them for you.
And yes, I would just vent out the window.