What home improvement work did you do today?

Well, now I want one of those.

Is the shortest path to an exterior wall 10 feet away?

 

Our dryer vent goes up in the wall and then out, so I’ve got the “Mag 90” instead of the “Mag 180” but the magnetic part is what is great. Just get the dryer close to the connection and the two parts snap together. No more having to fuck around with a worm clamp on that short little stub of venting coming out of the back of the dryer.

 

I’ve way overspent this month on home projects but I’m adding it to next months list.

 

@RainMan_PNW makes sense about the dryer vent. The only reason I guess I thought PVC might work is because you can get the PVC elbows for dryer vents. I know not to mess with them now.

good call on the no screws. They put screws in my 90 elbow going to the crawl space and it not only cut my hand all up trying to get the lint cleaned out it also was the reason why the lint was there lol.

I wish I had saved a pic of all the lint I took out of ours from the previous lack of maintenance individuals that had our house. It was wild

 

And there’s the reason they start house fires

 

Yeah - my vent is no more than 2 feet total from back of dryer straight up and then 90 out to the outlet, and I still pull the dryer and clean it out once a year.

 

Replaced the tank fill valve on my powder bath toilet last night because it stopped shutting itself off on Tuesday morning.
And then just before bed had the slip-joint drain piping from my garbage disposal to the wall connection pop loose and had my dishwasher draining all of it’s water into the cabinet under the sink…


Got everything mopped up, got the drain pipe all reconnected, got a fan drying out the floor (we caught it right away, so not much got under the cabinet).

 

Messy. That sucks. Hopefully the damage is minimal for you

 

I was paranoid about that when I built so i planned a straight shot outside from the dryer. 8" of ducting and I still check it

 

so true. I will be cleaning once a year also. I am going to redo the floor in the laundry room soon so I will change out to the mag vent. @RainMan_PNW thanks for all the good info

 

I don’t care who ya’re…8” is still a long pipe

 

My wife used to shake her head when I would close our main water valve when gone more than one night.
After hearing stories like this and fridge water lines blowing, she's on board.

Edit: Glad it wasn't a total mess and ya caught it early Casey!

 

i built and got about 6-8" of run from back to outside too.

on yea....freakin huge! most houses can't handle that much pipe too

 

Got damn right.

 

Your deck color is quite nice

 

TWSS

 

I bet that's exactly what happened. Previous owners had this siding installed in 2015. They did a shitty job on an outside electrical plug too. Also didn't install step flashing around the chimney. What's crazy is that I can see pretty far back in that hole and don't see any vent just laying there disconnected.

Here are some pictures. The 3' feet of flex dryer vent is an easy fix. I just need to trim it. It dumps into a hole directly behind the dryer. Laundry room on left, pantry is on the right and behind the pantry is the exterior wall.

Yes.

I do have attic access but I'm guessing it isn't wise to fight gravity and send the vent up the wall, into the attic, and out?

I'm honestly wondering if it would be better to relocate the dryer to the basement exterior wall. I really think my wife would hate that. What a cluster F...

 

I think it’s fine. This site has a lot of info:

https://inspectapedia.com/ventilation/Clothes_Dryer_Vent_Installation.php

 

You want your vent line to be as short as possible. Sounds like 10’ to the right in that one picture is the shortest route. If you can get the duct fed in from outside you’re winning because that lets the direction of the fittings with best for the direction of airflow. Fishing an elbow down through the hole to connect into the straight is going to be fun, but not impossible. Might look into using that mag vent as a flange at the floor to anchor things.

like i said - don’t use screws that will poke inside and trap lint. Keep the inside as smooth as possible. Use heavy duty wide foil duct tape for the joints where you can.

 

I wish I could vent my dryer outside but the moron who designed my house thought it would be a good idea to have the laundry room on a inside wall in a room that opens into the garage.
So of course my garage fills up with lint. I just use a leaf blower every now and then to clean up the garage. I sometimes even find some lint on my truck's air filter when I change it because the dryer vent is right in front of the truck.

 

Ours goes into our screened in side porch which is also my workout room. I bought this a while back to try to cut back on the lint that I get out there but I have yet to put it on.

$24 Dundas Jafine PCLT4WZW Dryer Duct Lint Trap, 1-Pack

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LVYZEQZ?ie=UTF8

 

Let me know if it helps.

 

I will but at the rate that I'm piling up projects, I may not get around to installing it until 2026.

 

Track that guy down and slap him!

 

I would take that over my situation where it's dumping into my floor/basement ceiling.

 

Extra insulation?

 

Upstate on my dryer vent situation. I removed the outside cover for a better look. The hole measures exactly 4" but I could make it a little bigger. Anyone got a tool suggestion for that?

There is no duct at all. If there ever was one, I can't see it. I see a lot of dryer lint resting on my HVAC ductwork. On a positive note, I can't see any mold. Not saying it isn't there but it looks good so far.









Here is how much I've pulled out of the floor so far. This is getting stranger by the minute. So far I'm unable to pull it completely out. I can feel it's hooked to something inside now. I don't know if I should cut it or not. Really need to see in the hole.

 

I use a multi tool with a circular saw attachment for such jobs.

Wow that’s wild the amount you got out of there. Hopefully you are correct the mold is not in there

 

Confirmed they have it dumping into nothing. Just a piece of duct that went into the floor.
Unbelievable. People suck. I went outside and had my wife stick a broom down the hole and shine a light. I can't even seen the broom and can barely see the light. It's not even a direct shot to the vent outside so it looks like my idea isn't going to work.








I know this isn't ideal but I wonder if one of these would work.

FUNMAS 3-in-1 Indoor Dryer Vent, Stainless Steel Screen Filter, Polyester Filter and Water Drawer System, Upgrade Safety Vent Flap, with 4 Pieces Polyester Filters, For Electric Clothes Dryers

$60 FUNMAS 3-in-1 Indoor Dryer Vent, Stainless Steel Screen Filter, Polyester Filter and Water Drawer System, Upgrade Safety Vent Flap, with 4 Pieces Polyester Filters, For Electric Clothes Dryers

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095KG5FPT

 

@FirstGenVol just a diy guy here too. That is definitely interesting and might we worth a try especially since you can clean it often. My question is where does all the condensation go?

Maybe that can be a short term solution till you are ready to tackle it all the way