Venting Dryer Indoors?
Waneta Sweeney
Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Nita Sweeney
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R.J. Baranick
On 24 Jul 1997 20:08:56 -0400, wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Waneta
Sweeney) wrote:
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>Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
>indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
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Be prepared to grow mushrooms, mold, and webs between your toes.
Seriously;
Not too bad in the summer, if you can run an exhaust fan somewhere.
But, in wintertime, with everything shut up,
your rooms may take on the ambience of a sauna.
If you're dryer's near a window, consider
a plywood insert, ( for the window opening )
that will take an exhaust vent..
By the way, if you vent the dryer into its own room,
the moisture will just recirculate, and drying time
will take forever.
B.
...see you on the dark side of the moon.
JerryL
If it's in a separate room, like a laundry room, basement, etc., you can
use a lady's nylon stocking of the exhaust vent. This will capture all the
lint that's being blown out by the dryer. Check stocking often to make sure
it's not clogged up. I used this method for 29 years and never had a
problem.
Waneta Sweeney <wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote in article
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> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
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> Thanks in advance for your help.
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Terry Kennedy
Waneta Sweeney <wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> writes:
> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
You might be able to get away with it if you have an electric dryer. If you
have a gas dryer, I'd suspect that you'd get a dangerous buildup of combustion
byproducts (C02, carbon monoxide, etc.). If you have a window, you should be
able to cut a piece of wood to fit the opening and then drill a hole in the
wood and mount a normal dryer vent kit. [I'm assuming you have a lease or sim-
ilar which prevents you from making permanent changes to the building, like
installing a dryer vent. If the dryer is in a "normal" place, like a basement
(and not in a kitchen, for example) you might ask your landlord if he'll let
you do it, provided it's left if you move out.]
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Paul Embt
Waneta Sweeney wrote:
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> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
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> Nita Sweeney
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> How glorious it is, and how painful, to be an exception.
> -Alfred de Mussett (1834)
Sure many of us have heard of such a thing. The thing to consider is
why would anyone want to do this. When you dry clothes in a dryer you
are removing large amounts of moisture. If you vent this into a house
you are putting the moisture in your living space. Not a wise thing to
do unless you want a sauna for a house and wish to grow mold on
everything.
Paul
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michel
Waneta Sweeney wrote:
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> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> --
> Nita Sweeney
> ------------
> How glorious it is, and how painful, to be an exception.
> -Alfred de Mussett (1834)
Jeff Collins
I vent my dryer into the garage during the winter. It's an unheated garage
so the dryer makes a big difference and actually makes working out there
comfortable. (I live in Colorado, so the ambient humidity is low).
There's an attachment you can buy at home base or home depot that hooks on
the end of the dryer vent--it's like an extra filter that collects any lint
that might make it thru the dryer's built-in filter.
The pictures on the box show it being used in the house, but I would think
that unless your dryer is in a huge room it would make the room
uncomfortably hot and humid.
Jeff
In article <5rdvmh$12cq$1...@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net>,
pe...@frontiernet.net wrote:
> Waneta Sweeney wrote:
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> > Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> > indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
> >
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Cmwisnoski
They actually make a indoor dryer vent ( for electric dryer only though I
think), it looks to me like a bucket full of water with an filter (lint &
dust collector) and a coupling to attach your dryer vent duting to, go to
your local Home Improvement Store they should be able to find it for you
Vic Dura
wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Waneta Sweeney) wrote:
>Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
>indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
I assume you'r talking about an electric dryer, as this would be
entirely too dangerous for a gas dryer.
I've seen these devices advertised, but never used one (I have gas).
I've heard people speculate that a pair or old panty hose on the end
of the dryer vent pipe would work just as well.
In a cold dry climate it might be worth a try. One problem however
might be that the dryer would put too much humidity in the air.
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Chester W. Seifers
vpd...@hiwaay.net (Vic Dura) wrote:
We've been venting our electric dryer inside the basement for years.
We live in Virginia. Make sure hou have a lint filter on it. We do,
and clean it out about everytime we use it. Otherwise you'll get a lot
of lint in the basement and in the machine. We have friends who let
the lint build up in the machine and around the machine. It started a
fire which burned out the entire inside of their brick house.
Chet
Bruce Cornely
I live in a fifteen year old duplex. My W/D are in a closet like place
off the hall next to the master bedroom. The dryer is vented through
the attic and out through the roof, through the wall using a standard
metal vent pipe. However, if you are installing the vent in an existing
building, either in a closet or interior room, the same method could be
used without going through the roof (although that is not nearly as
difficult as you might think). I would check with the local fire
marshall and local code people, but there should be sufficient
ventilation in the attic so that moisture or heat accumulation would not
be a problem. Let us know what happens!
Robert Gracie
Hello All,
I have been reading this thread for a while now. Regarding the panty
hose/ nylon method. For most people this is a very bad ideal. This will
only cause problems with the dryer and possibly a fire hazard if the nylon
is not thoroughly cleaned after every 2 loads. Contact any dryer
manufacture and they will all say...it's a bad ideal!!
Just my $.00000002 worth
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Waneta Sweeney <wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote in article
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> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
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Tim Fischer
In article <5rivaf$k8f$1...@newsd-112.bryant.webtv.net>, Bru...@webtv.net
(Bruce Cornely) wrote:
This topic has been kicked around here a lot. The consensus is that
venting to the attic is bad, it will cause moisture problems, and could
ruin your insulation and attic structure itself.
-Tim
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Terry Kennedy
John Starr <apo...@tomco.net> writes:
> There may be code-restrictions for doing it with gas-fired dyers. But a
> dryer that actually leaks fumes into the vent-pipe isn't exactly "code"
> anyway, now is it?
And if the combustion products don't go out the vent, where do they go?
Dan Mastro
We sell a Vent Bucket. It sits on the floor beside the dryer, and has
about two inches of water in it to collect the lint. Manufacturers do not
suggest using these on gas dryers. You must also realize that all of the
moisture from the wet clothes will now be in your room. It better not be
small or non vented or you'll peel wallpaper. It's best to vent outside.
Dan
Daler
Waneta Sweeney wrote:
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> Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your dryer
> indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside wall?
>
you can send the exhaust into your basement. A pantyhose like nylon sock
comes with it to catch some of the fluff that would otherwise go into
your basement. Your windows will constantly drip from condensation build
up due to excessive humidity. If you use fabric softener sheets, like
Bounce, your basement will have a lovely Bounce smell. Do yourself a
favor, pass on it.
Daler
David Winslow
Cmwisnoski wrote in article <19970727044...@ladder02.news.aol.com>
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I have installed this device which trapped the lint well and saved a little
heat in winter. Hunmidity was much too high however in the case of the
small apartment it was in. I have also directed the air into my basement
in winter in a larger place. That worked fine.
epa...@removethis.wagweb.com
On 1997-07-24 wksw...@freenet.columbus.oh.us(WanetaSweeney) said:
>Newsgroups: alt.home.repair
>Has anyone here heard of a device which allows you to vent your
>dryer indoors without need for an outdoor vent through an outside
>wall?
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>--
>Nita Sweeney
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Make sure the device, if such a thing exists, does something about CO2
and CO.(If it's not an electric.)
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