Timeline for What can be done about this unattractive dryer vent?
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| Sep 12, 2015 at 0:01 | comment | added | user3757614 | Wait, that's a 2 story house? Then why are they exhausting to the roof? There's a window in the laundry room, so there's an external wall right there. | |
| Dec 6, 2012 at 21:18 | comment | added | Philip Ngai | Screws are a bad idea, they catch lint which catches more lint. A snowball rolling down the hill kind of effect. | |
| Mar 1, 2012 at 16:45 | comment | added | gregmac | Make sure all your connections are screwed together (or clamped if you're using flex pipe), and taped with foil tape. If something does come apart where you can't see it, you're not likely to find that it happened unless you went looking (like you did), or the symptoms are so bad that it's a major problem (like your subfloor or joists rotting and falling apart). | |
| Mar 1, 2012 at 15:30 | comment | added | Andrew | I just discovered the vent pipe detached above the ceiling so it has been spewing lint and humid air under my bedroom. This could explain the why the subfloor creaks in that room. The second issue is the pipe is clogged, so I need to unclog then reattach with a steel collar so it can't come apart again. | |
| Feb 15, 2012 at 2:48 | comment | added | lqlarry | Great answer. Some straight vent, some 2 hole straps to keep it straight, a 90 on the bottom and an adjustable ell to get the offset at the top. | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 14:55 | vote | accept | Andrew | ||
| Feb 14, 2012 at 14:54 | comment | added | Andrew | As soon as the snow melts on the roof I'll try to find the vent outlet. I like your solution -- it looks very clean. Unfortunately my vent does not run along the corner, but will still look better enclosed in drywall. Great suggestion on the lint trap! | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 12:52 | comment | added | BMitch | @DA01, rigid/smooth vent pipes are enclosed all the time in construction. I should probably do a blog review of this cleaning brush kit: amazon.com/Gardus-RLE202-LintEater-10-Piece-Cleaning/dp/… | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 11:46 | comment | added | Tester101 | Inline lint traps are only recommended when using booster fans, and can only be used without a booster on very short runs (less than about 6-8'). | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 6:42 | history | edited | gregmac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2012 at 6:41 | comment | added | DA01 | good call on using the rigid smooth pipe. I guess I'd agree that that would be OK. As long as you could access the input to inser the brush, that should be acceptable. | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 6:38 | comment | added | gregmac | @DA01 good point. I used straight (smooth) vent pipe, so I don't expect I'll have much issue except for the elbow at the top. However, I would probably use a dryer vent cleaning brush (which is basically a 4" wire brush on the end of a 10' or so fish line). | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 6:36 | history | edited | gregmac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2012 at 5:42 | comment | added | DA01 | how do you clean it when it's boxed in drywall? | |
| Feb 14, 2012 at 4:28 | history | edited | gregmac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2012 at 4:22 | history | answered | gregmac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |