"Brian O" wrote in message
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My question is, is it a violation of any kind of code to put a dryer vent
that vents to the front of my house? I have a spot I can put it
inconspicuously and then a little paint would blend it right in. My house
has a dryer "stack" that runs through the roof and I suspect that it is
clogged and probably not the best way to vent in the first place. Any help
is appreciated. Thanks.
Shorter the run the better, whatever you do, but as the other poster said,
talk to the county/city building code people.. And I should guess that
horizontal runs vent better as there is less clumping, backpressure, and
fall-back vs a stack arrangement. I also avoid the plastic/fabric corrugated
ducts, as they catch all kinds of crap in them. On mine, since I was
remodelling the utility room anyway, I punched a hole directly thru the
wall that lines up with the dryer vent exit on the machine, then ran smoothe
galv duct straight out. Total run is only 3 inches, plus wall thickness.
Dryer runs efficiently, no backpressure, no clogging along the line.