Thanks, John.

Sorry, but sometimes I speak shorthand. What I meant was, any ideas about best materials and best methods for construction so that the platform will serve the purpose it is intended to serve without moving the dryer vent? I see the elevated platforms all the time, too. The 10' ones crack me up. The rest of the house will be gone, but, by God, they saved the condensing unit. I was thinking more of the 2 feet high range. I can't decide if there is an advantage either way between a a ledger on the house and two vertical posts, or just four vertical posts. I am space limited.

I didn't mean for this to drift from the topic. A part of this plan is to build the deck so that the dryer vent could be under the deck for the condensing unit; or wolud the lint still get sucked onto the fins?

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