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Re: Dryer Vent Next To Condensing Coil
"There is an exception and it states: Where the make and model of the clothes dryer to be installed is known and the manufacturer's installation instructions for such dryer are provided to the code official, the maximum length of the exhaust duct, including any transitioin duct, shall be permitted to be in accordance with the dryer manufacturer's installation instructions."
Correct.
"I doubt that the contractor ever knows what kind or type of dryer is going to be installed. Therefore nothing to give to the code inspector."
"I have yet to do an inspection where the dryer was installed and the manufacturer's installation instructions available."
Not where I've inspected. They know the model long before hand. If the dryer vent is long, they show the installation instructions to the inspector, and the inspector confirms that dryer was installed before final mechanical inspection.
"Some dryer may blow upto 90 feet. The person moving out may have had a dryer that would. However, the person moving in may not. Have to stick to the code, Jerry, that's why you say it's there."
AND, allowing for the exception (which IS sticking to the code), those long runs ARE allowed - BY CODE. I also say you cannot pick and choose which sections you want to write up.
Yes, when the owner moves out and takes one of those dryers with them, and the next person moves in with a cheap one which does not push that far, that then becomes a problem and no longer complies with the code.
That is just another one of my pet peeves.
The first owner is not allowed to burn the house down with their dryer, but the second owner is?
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