Can You Vent A Dryer In The Attic

Be careful you don t cut through any studs electrical wires or pipes in the process.

Can you vent a dryer in the attic.

The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there. Vent the dryer with 4 in. 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.

Send your questions to tom. The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. Get help with your home improvement projects. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic.

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. 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. A dryer vent should be vented outside.

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. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas. Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside.

If your laundry room has access to an outside wall cut a hole and install a standard dryer vent. Seal the ceiling penetration so that the duct can expand in length as it heats up during use a standard roof boot such as you d use to flash a vent pipe would work. 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.