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Laundry room remodel - moving dryer vent Andrew.B.Jones 01-23-2007
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Posted by on January 23, 2007, 12:39 pm


My wife and I are planning a remodel of our laundry room. Currently,
the refrigerator is placed in a doorway between the kitchen and laundry
room (previous owners - don't ask me). The dryer sits behind the
refrigerator against the outside wall, with the vent directly behind
that. Due to some exposed plumbing from an earlier remodel, we plan to
move the wall with the doorway in it (and ditch the doorway) by 6". We
also want to move the dryer so that it can sit next to the washer
instead of the awkward arrangement it's in currently. (ie: It will sit
where the refrigerator is currently - sans the doorway)

Now for the real question. Our house has new vinyl siding on it. Moving
the dryer vent on the outside of the house seems like it would be
fairly expensive due to the patching that would need to be done
(correct me if I'm wrong) so we want to use the existing vent on the
outside. Is there any way to route the vent through the wall to sit
next to the new dryer location? We want to avoid a metal vent running
along the wall if at all possible, since that negates a fair part of
why we're doing the remodel in the first place. Does anybody have a
creative solution?


Posted by on January 23, 2007, 12:50 pm



Andrew.B.Jo...@gmail.com wrote:
> My wife and I are planning a remodel of our laundry room. Currently,
> the refrigerator is placed in a doorway between the kitchen and laundry
> room (previous owners - don't ask me). The dryer sits behind the
> refrigerator against the outside wall, with the vent directly behind
> that. Due to some exposed plumbing from an earlier remodel, we plan to
> move the wall with the doorway in it (and ditch the doorway) by 6". We
> also want to move the dryer so that it can sit next to the washer
> instead of the awkward arrangement it's in currently. (ie: It will sit
> where the refrigerator is currently - sans the doorway)
>
> Now for the real question. Our house has new vinyl siding on it. Moving
> the dryer vent on the outside of the house seems like it would be
> fairly expensive due to the patching that would need to be done
> (correct me if I'm wrong) so we want to use the existing vent on the
> outside. Is there any way to route the vent through the wall to sit
> next to the new dryer location? We want to avoid a metal vent running
> along the wall if at all possible, since that negates a fair part of
> why we're doing the remodel in the first place. Does anybody have a
> creative solution?



>From the description, it's hard to understand the logistics here, in
terms of where the existing hole is and where the new location is.
However, I can give you one bit of good news. If you have new siding,
that is a plus. Because to close the old hole and replace vinyl siding
over it really isn't that difficult or expensive. Most important is
getting some siding material that is an exact match. If it's new,
that should be easy. In the case of older siding, if the patch area
is highly visible, you can remove a piece of siding from a location
that is hidden by bushes, etc, and use that for the repair. Then you
replace the taken material with the new, where the match isn't as
critical.

First choice would of course be to just use dryer hose to the existing
vent. But if that isn't practical, closing off the hole and taking
care of the vinyl siding is not a big deal. The siding portion of the
work is maybe a couple hours.


Posted by on January 23, 2007, 1:29 pm


>From the description, it's hard to understand the logistics here, in
> terms of where the existing hole is and where the new location is.
> However, I can give you one bit of good news. If you have new siding,
> that is a plus. Because to close the old hole and replace vinyl siding
> over it really isn't that difficult or expensive. Most important is
> getting some siding material that is an exact match. If it's new,
> that should be easy. In the case of older siding, if the patch area
> is highly visible, you can remove a piece of siding from a location
> that is hidden by bushes, etc, and use that for the repair. Then you
> replace the taken material with the new, where the match isn't as
> critical.
>
> First choice would of course be to just use dryer hose to the existing
> vent. But if that isn't practical, closing off the hole and taking
> care of the vinyl siding is not a big deal. The siding portion of the
> work is maybe a couple hours.

Sorry for the poor description. The back wall to the current laundry
room is approx (I'm at work and don't have the measurements with me)
10' across. The dryer currently sits in the middle of that exterior
wall, with the vent directly behind it. We want to turn the dryer and
move it against the left wall in the room, but we really don't want a
6' easily visible dryer hose running along that wall. I can put up some
sketchup files of the existing room and what we want it to look like.
We may run into a problem with moving the dryer vent on the outside,
since that may place it too close to our deck.


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on January 23, 2007, 1:56 pm



>
> We want to turn the dryer and
> move it against the left wall in the room, but we really don't want a
> 6' easily visible dryer hose running along that wall. I can put up some
> sketchup files of the existing room and what we want it to look like.
> We may run into a problem with moving the dryer vent on the outside,
> since that may place it too close to our deck.

You don't have a lot of choices. You want to keep the run as straight as
possible, You may be able to run the vent along the floor, less visible.
You may be able to go into the wall, up and over, but that is fraught with
potential problems in installation and maintenance. You want to be able to
get to the vent pipe at some point, be it a month or ten years from now.

I'd start thinking about decorative soffits to hide hte vent and be able to
have it removable or at least accessible if you ever have to replace the
vent pipe.



Posted by on January 23, 2007, 6:36 pm



> >From the description, it's hard to understand the logistics here, in
>> terms of where the existing hole is and where the new location is.
>> However, I can give you one bit of good news. If you have new siding,
>> that is a plus. Because to close the old hole and replace vinyl siding
>> over it really isn't that difficult or expensive. Most important is
>> getting some siding material that is an exact match. If it's new,
>> that should be easy. In the case of older siding, if the patch area
>> is highly visible, you can remove a piece of siding from a location
>> that is hidden by bushes, etc, and use that for the repair. Then you
>> replace the taken material with the new, where the match isn't as
>> critical.
>>
>> First choice would of course be to just use dryer hose to the existing
>> vent. But if that isn't practical, closing off the hole and taking
>> care of the vinyl siding is not a big deal. The siding portion of the
>> work is maybe a couple hours.
>
> Sorry for the poor description. The back wall to the current laundry
> room is approx (I'm at work and don't have the measurements with me)
> 10' across. The dryer currently sits in the middle of that exterior
> wall, with the vent directly behind it. We want to turn the dryer and
> move it against the left wall in the room, but we really don't want a
> 6' easily visible dryer hose running along that wall. I can put up some
> sketchup files of the existing room and what we want it to look like.
> We may run into a problem with moving the dryer vent on the outside,
> since that may place it too close to our deck.
>
Just put in a new vent, and plug the existing vent with sheet metal under
the flipper cap. Nobody will notice or care. You can alway put a bush or
larger potted plant in front of it. Like the other guy said, changing out
that stick of siding isn't a big deal, if it bugs you and you can get
matching material. I've even seen it faked with the aluminum tape used for
quick'n'dirty auto body repair, and paint to match. (Probably wouldn't work
on textured siding.)

aem sends...



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