My dryer vent runs from the first floor, down to the basement and over to the right to the outside vent opening. The vent pipe has been leaking water at the first and second elbow.
2006-10-10 15:06:58 · 13 answers · asked by jake1615 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The reason you have water in the vent is because the vent is blocked. The water is coming from the clothes you have dried in the dryer and it has no where to go.
You need to dismantle the vent and give it a good cleaning or replace it with new.
Your dryer most likely has been taking an hour or more to dry clothes when it should only take half an hour to forty five minutes. By correcting the venting problem you will solve the water problem and shorten your wash day and save on electricity as well.
2006-10-10 15:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible that the washer is leaking along side the vent elbow from the first floor? A water leak will run to the lower level. A dryer usually don't put out enough water to cause a drip. It would most likely be a damp moisture build up at most. I like Gvaporcarb's answer; as rainwater could possibly be getting in thru the outside vent opening (if it doesnt have a flap). I think there could also be a water leak somwhere.
2006-10-10 15:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Busy Lady 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that it can be is something getting into the vent hose. There is no water in a clothes dryer. Your vent hose may have a split in it where condensation from a nearby copper water pipe is getting into it or some other source of water. You would be well served to find out, since stray water in a house is very, very bad. It can cause all sorts of structural damage to wood, walls, and floors. Not to mention mold spores can grow any where it is dark and damp. Mold spores can cause all sorts of health problems.
If you can't do it, get someone to poke around in there and see if they can find the cause. 9 times out of 10 it will be something simple to fix.
2006-10-10 15:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Hunter J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the clothes are so wet that water will run out of the dryer,you got a problem with the washer.You should be able to hold up the clothes before you put them in the dryer and see no watter dripping.I suspect the water is coming from the washer.
2016-03-29 00:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two possible Causes. [1] Where the Outside Vent Opening is Exposed, the Flap on the Top may be gone, or not Sealing Properly when it Closes, and allowing Rainwater to Enter. [2] The Duct Vent Piping may be partially Clogged with Lint, and is not allowing the Moisture to properly Vent to the Outside, in which case, it will need to be Cleaned out with a Lint Brush.
2006-10-10 15:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by gvaporcarb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Condensation
2006-10-10 15:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by aries4272 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-10 19:10:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably just humidity built up in the pipe. Increase the dryer temperature to completely evaporate the water.
2006-10-10 15:08:39 · answer #8 · answered by Peter S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have condensation problem. Buy some foil back insulation about 1" thick and wrap the first six feet from the outside wall.
2006-10-10 15:33:24 · answer #9 · answered by egotist61 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humidity
2006-10-10 15:08:08 · answer #10 · answered by Conservative Texan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋