How To Vent Dryer Into Attic

Flexible dryer hose vented to the soffit.

How to vent dryer into attic.

However condensation collected in the low spots of the flexible hose. 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. Dryer lint is also highly flammable. 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.

The attic is usually colder than the rest of the house during the winter and that can create a problem for a dryer vent. 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. A dryer vent should be vented outside. 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.

Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. 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. Our washer and dryer are on the second floor of the house. 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.

We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas. 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. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner.

Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. The problem with attics. The dryer was originally connected to the same duct as both bathroom vent fans. Recently we have simply vented the dryer into the attic.