How To Vent Dryer Into Attic

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.

How to vent dryer into attic.

Recently we have simply vented the dryer into the attic. However condensation collected in the low spots of the flexible hose. When our dryer was replaced we decided to bring the dryer venting system early 1960 up to code by replacing the tubing that vented into the attic. Flexible dryer hose vented to the soffit.

The problem with attics. The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. The attic is usually colder than the rest of the house during the winter and that can create a problem for a dryer vent. If it s really difficult to find a way to vent the dryer to the outside an acceptable alternative is to vent it directly into the crawl space.

Our association will not permit any outside venting. That is the old material type tubing simply ended by a overhang side of the house where it exhaused into the attic and not outside. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. Dryer lint is also highly flammable.

Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. The dryer was originally connected to the same duct as both bathroom vent fans. You can buy a box called an indoor dryer vent kit at home improvement stores and it manages to control most of the lint but not the water dumped into the air.

Some homeowners use a much simpler system of venting down into a bucket of water like in the photo at the top of this page. Do not vent a dryer directly. As seniors cleaning out the vent is a hassle because we can t climb into the attic or move out the stacked washer dryer to get to the vent. Our washer and dryer are on the second floor of the house.