Can You Vent A Dryer In The Attic

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Can you vent a dryer in the attic.

Get help with your home improvement projects. It s ok to vent the dryer directly into the house so that the air can be used as either a source of humidity or a source of heat. If venting outside isn t an option you can vent the dryer out of the attic through the roof using a special roof vent to keep rain out. Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside.

We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas. Be careful you don t cut through any studs electrical wires or pipes in the process. Doing so would fill your attic with warm moist air that could rot the. Metal duct going vertically from the dryer through the second floor ceiling.

If your laundry room has access to an outside wall cut a hole and install a standard dryer vent. Vent the dryer with 4 in. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner.

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. 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. A dryer vent should be vented 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.

The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. 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. Dryer lint is also highly flammable.