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Posted by Forrest on September 28, 2007, 7:24 pm
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>> > Is it just me, or is it a really stupid idea to vent a clothes dryer
>> > into the attic?? I can't believe that pumping hot, moist air and lint
>> > into the attic is a good thing. Whaddayathink?
>>
>> Canadian codes, for example, say 'never' vent into attic. Even a well
>> ventilated one, which some are not.
>>
>> Reason being that all those pounds of a water can condense up there,
>> cause rot and mould and roof deterioration. Possibly freeze on
>> underside of roof and or the roof nails sticking through. Then melt
>> and drip on ceiling insulation and ceilings. Wet insulation then
>> useless. And that's not just because many parts of this country are in
>> cool zones.
>>
>> Stupid idea. Even drying clothes inside a well sealed house without
>> adequate ventilation can and has caused severe problems to the
>> structure. Don't do this to a roof attic. After few years could be a
>> very expensive repair!
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> Don't know where you live, but here in FL a lot of dryer vents go
> through the attic and out the roof. My vent kept getting clogged so I
> called a man who fix ed my neighbors - he rerouted it. It goes up to
> the attic and across to the soffit and outside there. It has worked
> fine since he moved it. If I sell the house, the new owner can take
> his choice of how to do it.
"Through the attic and out the roof" is not the same as *into* the attic.
Duh
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