Originally Posted by
Nolan Kienitz
Matt,
Which Houston community was your inspection? One or two story home? .
Houston Suburb Fairfield area. Two story.
Originally Posted by
Nolan Kienitz
Odds are it took a dive into the wall and up through ceiling/attic and out the roof. At least one 90-degree turn and possibly two.
As noted earlier ... Max run on a dryer vent pipe is 25'. Each 90-degree turn costs 5-feet and each 45-degree turn costs 2.5-feet in distance calculations.
Now ... a booster fan can be installed, but if they are they should be accessible for service/maintenance, etc.
I've seen many in custom homes that were "not" service accessible ... I was fortunate to be doing the framing inspections and "caught 'em". Otherwise you may not readily see or run across unless you start digging and calculating "assumed" routes of the pipe.
This house was built by Lennar. I don't think builder took too many shortcuts, however I still don't trust the subcontractors. They might have just put the vent duct in the wall chase or just routed it to the attic somewhere under blown in insulation, because I did see a plumbing vent terminating in the atttic.
What are the signs of having a dryer vent thru roof? Wasn't I supposed to see the lints over the roof? Any particular roof jack type?
This is a 2 story house. Let's assume it is 9 feet per floor. 2x9=18' plus the attic. I am sure there is at least 1 90 degree. Looking at this numbers, I don't think it is in compliance with the code.
Is it still 25' for vertical runs?
Thanks for the prompt responses.