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Is my contractor putting the screws to me?? Question about venting Finman 10-18-2007
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Posted by Finman on October 18, 2007, 6:23 pm
I recently had a bathroom constructed in my basement. When they
installed the bath fan they tied into the existing dryer vent line,
which I wasn't exactly thrilled about. They assured me it would be
fine. Sure enough, when I ran the dryer, the exhaust went right into
the bath fan. The contractor said he thought he had tied the bath fan
in far enough down the run that this would not happen. His solution
is to use some type of T with a baffle built in to prevent the
backflow. Is this really a good idea? Or should I tell him NO DICE !!


Posted by Colbyt on October 18, 2007, 6:53 pm

>I recently had a bathroom constructed in my basement. When they
> installed the bath fan they tied into the existing dryer vent line,
> which I wasn't exactly thrilled about. They assured me it would be
> fine. Sure enough, when I ran the dryer, the exhaust went right into
> the bath fan. The contractor said he thought he had tied the bath fan
> in far enough down the run that this would not happen. His solution
> is to use some type of T with a baffle built in to prevent the
> backflow. Is this really a good idea? Or should I tell him NO DICE !!
>

IMO, and it is only an opinion, The bath fan should be a completely
different run.

If it happens to be a gas dryer I know there is a code violation there.




Posted by dpb on October 18, 2007, 7:31 pm
Colbyt wrote:
>> I recently had a bathroom constructed in my basement. When they
>> installed the bath fan they tied into the existing dryer vent line,
>> which I wasn't exactly thrilled about. They assured me it would be
>> fine. Sure enough, when I ran the dryer, the exhaust went right into
>> the bath fan. The contractor said he thought he had tied the bath fan
>> in far enough down the run that this would not happen. His solution
>> is to use some type of T with a baffle built in to prevent the
>> backflow. Is this really a good idea? Or should I tell him NO DICE !!
>>
>
> IMO, and it is only an opinion, The bath fan should be a completely
> different run.
>
> If it happens to be a gas dryer I know there is a code violation there.

It's code violation either way. Even if it weren't, the moisture and
lint that gets through the bypass is a deal breaker.

Shouldn't have allowed it to begin with and any reasonably competent
remodeler should have known better.

--

Posted by Colbyt on October 19, 2007, 10:08 am

>>
>> IMO, and it is only an opinion, The bath fan should be a completely
>> different run.
>>
>> If it happens to be a gas dryer I know there is a code violation there.
>
> It's code violation either way. Even if it weren't, the moisture and lint
> that gets through the bypass is a deal breaker.
>
> Shouldn't have allowed it to begin with and any reasonably competent
> remodeler should have known better.
>

I saw that post. Thanks to the person who took the time to look it up.

I suspected it was a violation but did not know for sure.



Posted by dpb on October 19, 2007, 10:20 am
Colbyt wrote:
>>> IMO, and it is only an opinion, The bath fan should be a completely
>>> different run.
>>>
>>> If it happens to be a gas dryer I know there is a code violation there.
>> It's code violation either way. Even if it weren't, the moisture and lint
>> that gets through the bypass is a deal breaker.
>>
>> Shouldn't have allowed it to begin with and any reasonably competent
>> remodeler should have known better.
>>
>
> I saw that post. Thanks to the person who took the time to look it up.
>
> I suspected it was a violation but did not know for sure.

If something similar comes up again, call your city/county/whoever
building permitting authority and ask to talk to someone about local
codes...never had one refuse to answer such a question.

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