How Do You Install A Dryer Duct In The Middle Of A Townhouse?
I’d run the vents up through the attic and then out the roof. Shouldn’t be too much work and you can probably get pretty much everything you need at Lowes or HomeDepot. “Sure… you can go through the roof provided you have a good location to run the pipe up, such as inside a closet. You can also build a wooden or drywall shaft to enclose the ducting. Pick the type of duct most suited to your job, but do not use flexible plastic duct… it is no longer code-approved for clothes dryers. There is rigid stainless steel ducting, and a few types of more flexible aluminum ducting. Always choose the ducting that is the smoothest for the vagaries of the particular installation. For example long straight runs should always use a rigid ducting, while unusual bends or tight installation conditions may require a flexible duct. There is a special roof cap designed for 4” dryer vent hose that is suitable for your job. You can get it at a home store, lumberyard, or some hardware stores. A twenty-five
Hi, I dealt with this same thing, it is very odd to not have a dryer vent and I thought I was the only one until now. What I did and what you can do until you get someone in there to fix this problem is, they sell a box that you put the dryer hose into. By hose I mean the actual hose that you would be venting to the outside. What you do is go to a hardware store and tell the man that you need the dryer vent box that you put water in. How this small plastic box works is this. The hose fits in the circle and the air is vented into this box the lint goes into the water and you dump the water out about every 8 loads. They are not very expensive. About $10.00 if I remember right. Now to get back to the problem of no vent. I think it is very strange that blueprints for a townhouse did not include a vent for the dryer and ultimitly they probably did. Have you spoken to the neighbors to see if there townhomes have this same problem and how they fixed it or who fixed it for them? Maybe they cou
