Can someone tutor me roughly speaking rooftop exhausts for dryers, and what I requirement to do to replace the exhaust tubing? Since I have been within this house (5 years) I am just...
Since I have been within this house (5 years) I am just now figure out that the exhaust vent for my clothes dryer goes inside a wall, straight up through the attic, and then out a vent on the roof of my house!! I very soon have to replace the hose that connects to my dryer, and a bit confused. A family extremity has suggested trying to insert a flinge, possibly an elbow shaped cuplet, inside the hole in my wall, and next connect the new hose coming from the dryer, to that. Will this work? I am concerned about the exhaust going straight up through my roof instead of through an outside wall, because if lint go through the hose, then wouldn't gravity prevent it from going straight up? Wouldn't it just be falling stern down into the tubing? Is my home built safely, in this respect? The dryer is contained by a middle room, so guess this was necessary, but I am concerned very soon about proper maintenance as resourcefully as the safety of this construction. Please advise and reassure me in relation to safety.
Hmmm... I have seen this back...and it was a problem.
Is there any opening to move the dryer to an outside wall. I know that would require a small remodel--but it may be your best move.
Do you know anyone who could look at this for you- i mean someone who does this kind of work.
Would this be a wood floor or concrete? If wood you may reroute it under the house and out through the foundation. Yes the route you described is the most hazardous due to the collection of lint which does create a fire hazard. I would strongly advise NOT to vent up through the roof for the drive you gave about lint collecting. 99% of the time the vent either go straight out a wall or through the floor unless the house is on a concrete slab.
I'd first try to travel through the floor if not on a slab, that's the easiest way. But if specifically not possible I'd go through the wall and use a jigsaw to cut the interior wall. If within is brick vineer on the exterior wall, you'll need a masonary drill bit to locate where the vent is going to come out and after a cold chisel to chip away the brick to make about a 4" hole.
You'll requirement a flex hose and a section of single wall vent pipe with the weather boss for the exterior using a silicone sealer. For the floor, just cut the hole and slide the flex hose through it and silicone seal it up to hold on to bugs out.
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If all else fails and the dryer is subsequent to the washing machine here's a belief. The washing machine have a drain which usually is 1 1/2" or 2" PVC and your washers hose goes into the top of this drain.
You can go down of late above the floor of this drain pipe and cut that pipe in half and splice surrounded by a "Y" with about one foot of PVC sticking out the T. Take the flex hose and a hose clamp to immobilize your dryer hose to the "Y". Now some heat may escape from where the wash machine hose goes contained by but it'll be minimal and that will work.
Answers: hey cat, your discription is a bit confusing, but i hope i can provide an answer for you. i grew up in the appliance industry and immediately work in construction, roofing and siding. first of all, the dryer vent is to allow melt moisture laden air to exit the house (and the clothes), not for lint to exit, that's why the dryer have a lint filter. with your situation you must empty that filter every time you do a nouns of drying, no exceptions. as long as the hose or run of the piping and hose is not over 25' long, the way it was plumbed within the wall and out the roof isn't wrong. the part where you vote that the hose inside of the duct work in the wall has poor is where you are confusing me. if it was installed properly, the duct work contained by the wall wouldn't need a hose in it, you would only just connect a short piece of hose to a flange (lip) on the duct with a clamp, then do like up in the attic on both the top of the duct and the roof vent. i would suggest that you reach into the exit and try to feel how far in or up the hose bringing up the rear the dryer goes into the duct in the wall. i'm basically wondering if someone stuffed the hose into the duct because they didn't have a clamp, and that it really doesn't go adjectives the way up to the attic. now if you find to be exact what happened, just return with a clamp for each connection (4 by my count) and replace the hoses. if you are up to it, you could replace the hose next to aluminum pipe instead, as it is better because it provides less resistance to the flow of air, but you'd involve tin snips and duct tape, and it would be more work for you, but it would be the best way to duct the dryer. quicker i said a bit about keeping the lint filter clean, two more things going on for that; 1) if you use dryer fabric softner sheets you should wash the peak off with soap and dampen in the sink every couple of months since the sheets will clog the screen up; 2) you can buy a brush apparatus to clean the dryer hose and duct work in the wall at home depot or lowes. it's a brush that have several extentions that can be added to it that will allow you to push or pull any lint out of them. i hope this answers all of your question, contact me if you have anymore, good luck, hope it's an confident fix for you now.