Dallas home inspection greg house trec 9986 shows attic with plastic hung to cover from disconnected dryer vent.
Dryer vent in attic open.
An effective maintenance program for your dryer vent includes regularly removing it from both the dryer and the capped opening and clearing out the lint.
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Unlike the vents shown above left the dryerjack affects airflow by less than 01 water column inches of pressure.
If venting outside isn t an option you can vent the dryer out of the attic through the roof using a special roof vent to keep rain out.
You can easily install any dryer vent outlet yourself in about 15 minutes.
Some people use an air blower to do this.
The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there.
Your dryer only has the power to push that heavy wet lint so far so it s inevitable that some of it is going remain behind in the vent pipe.
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Otherwise air may leak inside the wall and blow out.
Dryer vents don t need cleaning.
Be sure to caulk around the duct and the outside wall opening.
Dryerjacks are the first roof vents designed to meet the more stringent venting requirements of dryer exhaust systems.
Doing so would fill your attic with warm moist air that could rot the framing.
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When venting dryers for long distances use rigid metal pipe with as few elbows as possible.