Venting Dryer Into Roof Space

Check the vent cap frequently and brush out lint.

Venting dryer into roof space.

My neighbor vents their dryer into the crawl space. When you run the vent pipe through a cool space like a crawlspace the. 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. 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.

Finally plug the dryer in turn it on and check outside to make sure the vent flap is opening. 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. Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. I live in a 4 unit apartment.

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. At least once a year snake a vacuum hose into the dryer duct to clean it. Doing so would fill your attic with. The answer is no.

A note on cleaning. 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. I ve had a handyman do some work for us recently and one of the jobs was to vent the dryer through some tubing into the roof then down out through the external eave. My house is extra hot in the summer due to the moisture in the air creating a humid environment.

Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems. There is dust dirt and lint stuck to everything in my house. Lint buildup reduces dryer efficiency which means clothes take longer to dry. I have the following problems.

A better roof termination. 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. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat.

Dryer lint is also highly flammable. Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic. Unlike the vents shown above left the dryerjack affects airflow by less than 01 water column inches of pressure.