Dryer Vents Setup Attic

Next remove the vent hood retaining screws and pull the vent hood and stub pipe out of the wall.

Dryer vents setup attic.

Disconnect the hood from the stub pipe and toss the hood. A dryer vent should be vented outside. Be careful you don t cut through any studs electrical wires or pipes in the process. Drill a test hole in the center of the marked circle.

Use a section of vent pipe to mark a circle where the opening will be from inside of your home. Then go outside and remove any siding trim pieces from around the vent hood. At less than 5 1 2 above the roof plane it is also low profile for minimal visibility. If your laundry room has access to an outside wall cut a hole and install a standard dryer vent.

Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. Vent the dryer duct to outside. Clothes dryer exhaust vents should be directed to the building exterior. Terminating the shorter duct run with a dryerjack helps venting through the roof deliver on the promise this shorter route offers.

When installing a dryer vent for laundry centers in basement locations keep in mind that the vent hood on the exterior of your home must be at least 12 inches from the ground. Do not vent the clothes dryer indoors nor into an attic crawl space or other enclosed area. Doing so would fill your attic with warm moist air that could rot the framing. The international residential code allows you to run a dryer vent through the attic but you can t terminate it there.

Our photo above shows a dryer vent spilling directly below the building first floor into a soaking wet crawl space. If venting outside isn t an option you can vent the dryer out of the attic through the roof using a special roof vent to keep rain out. Start by disconnecting the dryer vent from the vent hood stub pipe.