How To Vent Dryer Into Attic

Our association will not permit any outside venting.

How to vent dryer into attic.

A dryer vent should be vented outside. However condensation collected in the low spots of the flexible hose. The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. When our dryer was replaced we decided to bring the dryer venting system early 1960 up to code by replacing the tubing that vented into the attic.

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. The dryer was originally connected to the same duct as both bathroom vent fans. Do not vent a dryer directly. We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas.

As seniors cleaning out the vent is a hassle because we can t climb into the attic or move out the stacked washer dryer to get to the vent. Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner. Flexible dryer hose vented to the soffit. That is the old material type tubing simply ended by a overhang side of the house where it exhaused into the attic and not outside.

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. 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. Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. Our washer and dryer are on the second floor of the house.

In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. 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. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. The problem with attics.