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Posted by AZ Nomad on February 1, 2008, 9:35 pm
>gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
>> 1. The dryer lint would quickly clog the vent (damp pipe covered with
>> algea, lint ... bad combo)
>> 2. the stack is probably 3" not the 4" a dryer needs
>> 3. sewer gas would back up into the dryer, the idea of a back flow
>> preventer is silly, dryers don't blow that hard in the first plsce,
>> more back pressure makes it worse.
>> 4. pressure in the vent stack when it does clog up will blow the water
>> out of the traps and the sewer gas will come into the house.
>> 5. if the dryer is in the basement you might even get 1st and 2d floor
>> black water in your dryer. The vent is also the stack for water coming
>> down from above in most plumbing "trees".
>Yeah, yeah, but ASIDE from these reasons...
what if you don't mind sewer gas?
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