How To Vent Dryer Into Attic

Our washer and dryer are on the second floor of the house.

How to vent dryer into attic.

The attic is usually colder than the rest of the house during the winter and that can create a problem for a dryer vent. The dryer was originally connected to the same duct as both bathroom vent fans. Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. Flexible dryer hose vented to the soffit.

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. 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. A dryer vent should be vented outside. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat.

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. The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. 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. 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. Recently we have simply vented the dryer into the attic. However condensation collected in the low spots of the flexible hose. 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. We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas. The problem with attics.