I moved in a new house that has the Dyer hook ups in the garage. there is no vent, and no way to vent to outside except brick walls. I bought a collection bucket, but it really heats the garage. Do I have any other alternatives? Also can not vent up becasue it is a 2 story home.
2007-04-30 14:59:13 · 11 answers · asked by Justin C 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You can buy an indoor filter vent, but don't. It's a really bad idea to vent a drier into the house, as the moisture removed from your clothes will then end up in your house and likely create mold, mildew and other nasty problems. It's not a big deal to create a vent opening through a brick wall. With the right tools takes about 15 minutes. Vent it outside.
2007-04-30 17:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why they did it ....2 heat the garage. Not thinking about the mold and mildew that can come from the excess moisture.
All you can do is figure out where you want the vent by stripping off the drywall(so you don't drill thru a stud) and measuring from the ground up and then going outside and making the mark on the brick. Use thin carbide drill bits and drill out the circle thru the brick....then install the vent and use construction adhesive to hold it and seal it into the brick so no water gets in. Make a hole in the drywall where the pipe is suppose to go and put the drywall back up....and fit the vent piping thru. Dun like borcht.
2007-04-30 15:13:37 · answer #2 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you must vent a gas dryer. If its electric you can go buy a kit at Sears. It has a small plastic box with vent holes, you add water to it, and it collects lent, and the water cools the air to keep it from causing a fire.
You must add water almost each load, and once a month or so, clean all the wet lent out of the bottom. The kit runs about $10.
Do not run an electric dryer without properly venting it, it will burn up the heating element. We found this out the hard way on our new dryer, luckily we bought the extended warranty.
2007-04-30 15:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by Amy K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've been there and done that with an electric dryer. It is safe, but some dust will get through the panty hose. Put a portable air cleaner in the room if you are worried about that. Clean the lint/change the pantyhose regularly, though. Accumulated lint is flamable and the heating element in a dryer gets hot. You don't want to risk unwanted fire. A friend of mine built a box that he could put window air conditioner filters into. The filters he used were washable foam so he could reuse them. You will get a lot of humidity into the room! That can lead to the growth of mold on curtains, in carpets, or even on walls. Breathing the Mold can be harmful to your health. So you may want to get a dehumidifier. You can also sometimes get irritating fumes from some of the dryer fabric softener sheets if you use those.
2016-05-17 21:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by sharyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local home improvment store and look for an indoor vent system for dryers. This type of system has an exhaust tube that leads into a container that you fill with water. The water collects lint and cools the dryer hot air. Cost about $10 to $15. Or put water in you bucket and tape the exhaust hose to it so that the air blows over the water. Also open the garage door about 3 inches.
2007-04-30 15:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kimo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A dryer vent should not be vented any more than 10' from the dryer. Therefore venting up may not be the best solution.
Venting the dryer vent hose through brick is not that difficult if you have the proper tools.
Good luck.
2007-04-30 15:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by Christopher 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the garage, you can vent it in the garage, so what if it heats up. You can always open the garage door. You can also run a duct along the ground and let it stick out the bottom of the garage door (like exhaust ducts in repair shops).
2007-04-30 17:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is strange, r there any windows , some people vent thru the windows, they have special ones at hardware store for windows. Otherwise have someone cut a hole in the brick for one.
2007-04-30 15:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Daniel's answer....if the collection bucket is more than you want to deal with...I hired a plumber (my local hardware store has plumber techs that do it all) to come and do the installation, and he had to drill through cement blocks to install mine. He had a special drill bit, and the whole thing took less than an hour!
Good luck!
2007-04-30 15:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by sacanda_trina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there a window nearby??
It is'nt pretty, but it'll work.
Another alternative is to go through the brick face which really is'nt as hard as you would think.
Hope this helped, good luck!!
2007-04-30 15:04:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋