Originally Posted by
Rick Hurst
With that vent in the WH closet door and being in the laundry room, its also going to suck lint into the closet which is going to be a problem.
I'm assuming that is for a gas water heater, and that the vent in the door is a combustion air vent ... in which case the clothes washer will block that vent - not to mention (as others have stated) block access to the water heater.