Venting Your Dryer Into The Attic

As seniors cleaning out the vent is a hassle because we can t climb into the attic or move out the stacked washer dryer to get to the vent.

Venting your dryer into the attic.

The dryer vents into the attic and not outside. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. Cindy asks my dryer vents into my attic. How can i vent it outside to make it less of a fire hazard improperly vented dryers and lint buildup cause over 15 000 fires a year.

A dryer vent should be vented outside. Our association will not permit any outside venting. Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. Some homeowners use a much simpler system of venting down into a bucket of water like in the photo at the top of this page.

Your dryer only has the power to push that heavy wet lint so far so it s inevitable that some of it is going remain behind in the vent pipe. We are wondering if there is any other way to vent the dryer which is gas. Doing so would fill your attic with. Dryer lint is also highly flammable.

You can buy a box called an indoor dryer vent kit at home improvement stores and it manages to control most of the lint but not the water dumped into the air. Can a dryer vent go up through an attic. Not all dryers will allow for this so be sure to check the owners manual to ensure it can be vented in this manner.