Clothes Dryer Venting Tips:
- Select your clothes dryer prior to building your home to make sure the length of the exhaust, vent piping, does not exceed the manufacturers recommendations.
- Vent the dryer away from exterior walkways and doors.
- The shorter the vent piping length the more efficiently your dryer will perform.
- Run the dryer vent piping horizontally to an exterior wall and not vertically up to the roof, if at all possible. If vented to the roof, have the Builder remove the vent screen with tiny holes that comes with the roof vent and wrap rat wire (¾”) around the exterior of the roof vent. This will keep the factory installed roof vent screen from becoming filled with lint. I’ve seen dryer roof vents filled with a 2” thick layer of built up lint that has accumulated over years. I have no idea how long it took the Homeowner’s clothes to dry with a blocked lint screen! Additionally, wrapping the exterior of the roof vent will keep animals from climbing down the vent pipe into your home.
- Avoid any energy saving features that remove lint from dryer exhaust and recycles the moist air back into your home. All that moisture will damage your home.
- Keep the exterior, dryer exhaust vent, a minimum of 15’ from any outside HVAC condenser to keep your air conditioning system working efficiently.
- If your dryer vent length is long or vented to the roof, a yearly professional duct cleaning is recommended.
Have an awesome day!
Mike
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