2nd Floor Dryer Vent

My washer and dryer are located on the second floor of a two floor townhouse with crawlspace foundation.

2nd floor dryer vent.

We ll show you four diy steps to prevent a water catastrophe such as adding a washing machine pan. My dryer vent goes from the second story to the roof. 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. Second venting the clothes dryer into the basement takes the moisture out of the clothes that the dryer is drying and discharges that back into the home.

Luckily there s a product that allows you to go down through. But we don t recommend it for two reasons. The problem is that i can t reach the roof. I bought one of those dryer vent cleaners that you can put on your drill and spin it up the vent.

Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. Moving washer dryer to upstairs laundry room the pros. I can t be the first homeowner that said he didn t want to clean out a second or third floor dryer vent every three months. This creates an environment that is a fire hazard lint and a mold hazard moisture.

You can easily access. You won t have to spend a lot of time or money and you ll safeguard against an upstairs flood. Currently it goes 8 feet. 2 have others heard of placing a dryer vent in such a spot.

Vent the dryer with 4 in. If not where in the heck do you put an exterior dryer vent on a second floor. No more lugging laundry up and down the stairs. Metal duct going vertically from the dryer through the second floor ceiling.

The dirty clothing sheets and towels that make up 95 of our laundry are generated on the second floor so having the laundry room upstairs eliminates the lugging of laundry baskets up and down the stairs. 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. The total length of vent pipe from back of dryer to exit at side of house is less than 10. It s basically a closet that fits the two machines only with very limited space front to ba.