Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - dryer venting through floor, advice needed
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rajung
01-01-07, 05:18 PM
Just moved into a new house that claimed to have main floor laundry.Well almost, everything in place in a large closet except for dryer venting.I cannot vent to roof due to vaulted ceiling and closet is in middle of house so no way to run to exterior wall.I did open a 4 1/4" hole in floor where dryer should sit to begin a install through floor.What I would have to do is run an elbow out of dryer into floor between joists,another elbow to run between floor joists for about 2 ft with another elbow, and a straight run of 5 ft to a 4th elbow and then a straight run of 11ft to the outer rim joist dryer vent.I tried to use the rigid aluminum flex but that was way too hard to work with and ended up ruining trying to work with the bends.Will this configuration even work with all the turns and my only choice it seems would be to use the wire coiled aluminum foil type vent hose.Total of 4 elbows and about 19ft of overall length need.Thanks
mitch17
01-01-07, 06:53 PM
Check your dryer, it should say what it can take. This sounds like too much, though.
rajung
01-04-07, 06:29 PM
I did add a electric booster fan 3/4 of the way down the vent hose but havent wired yet.Any advice if this would suffice or am I wasting time and money?
mr_sma_jr
01-05-07, 05:31 AM
My dryer is installed the same way... Elbow out the back, thought the walll into the Florida room, elbow down throught the floor, elbow left and about 12 feet of flex aluminum hose to the side of the house... Works but it takes longer to dry a load of clothes... Maybe the in-line booster fan is what I need also...