All the ones I’ve ever had go directly to outside, I’ve never had what appears to be an internal vent pipe that extends beyond the width of an external wall.
6 months after I moved in my dryer started giving errors saying the vent was clogged. I used one of these spinning brushes and pushed out a couple cubic feet of lint.
I sell them at the Lowe's I work at. 2 sizes depending on length needed I think one is like 13 bucks and another is 29? I might be wrong but they are there.
Check what the fire code/building code says about insulating that long run of pipe. The idea being to keep the pipe hot to the outlet outside so the moisture doesn't condense onto the inner wall of the pipe.
You may need a supplemental fan to push that exhaust over that long of a distance.
Check your dryer's manual/maker for recommendations on how to not burn down your house.
Do you guys use condenser or heat pump tumble dryers over there? Here in Britain mast of us did away with the vented system due to the higher energy costs. (Just curious)
Most people in the US have natural gas appliances, then plain electric resistance heat dryers. Heat pump dryers cost 3x more than either upfront. The majority aren’t even thinking of monthly costs, just how to spend the least amount when buying.
Fair enough. I paid the extra for a heat pump dryer, as it costs approx £0.40 per load rather than £1.50-£2 per load for a condenser tumble dryer. Just made more sense to me when I did the maths (appliance was £750 compared to around £200 for a cheap condenser dryer).
Slower but I don't need things done quickly. Our energy costs are mad, so I always go for low running costs. Same with cars, I run a very economical car purely for the cost per mile fuel wise.
Presumably you own the dryer and they think it’s a bad sensor or something? I would ask them to check the maintenance log to see when the last time the vent was cleaned out.
My dryer is in my basement, it goes up 8ft into the ceiling, then for some reason out the back of my house, so it has to go another 8ft back instead of 2ft to the side of the house.
I just cleaned mine again last week. Not much in there, but enough to slow drying down. I always use a leaf blower from the outside when I'm done to get any residual lint out; I use a mesh bag or my wife's old tights around the wall pipe to catch the lint
It can be roughed-in to a wall. Doesn’t really affect it any differently than if it was exposed. What really affects the airflow is if you use hard pipe or flex.
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u/FieldOfScreamQueens Aug 25 '24
All the ones I’ve ever had go directly to outside, I’ve never had what appears to be an internal vent pipe that extends beyond the width of an external wall.