dryer vents into utility room - InspectionNews

John Arnold · #1 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 10:26 AM

Hey, the heat from the 2 water heaters and 2 boilers dry out the damp lint, right? Quit complaining!

Jerry Peck · #2 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 10:54 AM

John,

You also wrote up that foil connector as not being allowed, correct?

John Arnold · #3 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jerry Peck

John,

You also wrote up that foil connector as not being allowed, correct?

Every time.

Mr. Dryer Vent · #4 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 12:43 PM

Improper installation.

You can direct your client to our website for further assistance in your area.

David Banks · #5 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by John Arnold

Hey, the heat from the 2 water heaters and 2 boilers dry out the damp lint, right? Quit complaining!

From pic 2 it use to vent to utility room.

Jerry Peck · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 03:42 PM

MrDryerVent,

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Brian makes this site available for free for us through advertising on the site.

Also, while contacting Brian, ask Brian to change your name to your real name, we use real names here.

Thank you.

Ted Menelly · #7 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 03:44 PM

We have real names???????????

John Arnold · #8 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

We have real names???????????

Ok, "Ted", 'fess up.

Nick Ostrowski · #9 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 08:33 PM

Mr. Dryer Vent????? I didn't know these household parts and components had genders.

Jerry Peck · #10 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

We have real names???????????

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Ok, "Ted", 'fess up.

Ted Menelly ... hmmmmm ... TM .... hmmmm ... we used to have a TM post here, of course, though, *this* 'TM' and the other 'TM' do not post anything alike ... hmmmmm ... maybe this 'TM' is not the other 'TM' ... hmmmmm ... no, can't be the same.

(Thank god!)

Jerry Peck · #11 (**permalink**) 07-13-2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick Ostrowski

Mr. Dryer Vent????? I didn't know these household parts and components had genders.

Nick,

I dunno, 'he' certainly must have 'big ones' to expect to be able to post advertising here without expecting to pay for that advertising.

JB Thompson · #12 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 12:40 PM

Can't resist showing my find last Friday...

See if you can find a problem with the dryer vent.

JB Thompson · #13 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 12:42 PM

By the way...the rigid vertical piece is a gutter downspout (or would it be an up-spout?)

Ted Menelly · #14 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 12:58 PM

I don't like the foil dryer vent

I like the lint catcher but it seems it would allow all the humid air into the attic.

I don't like that flex gas line that looks like it is being pulled tight to the left

I see a pan under the HVAC unit with a drain line that does not go any whaere

I only see one drain line from the condenser coil box

Just looked again at the lint catcher. It vents to the attic space and should be to the exterior. I was looking wrong at first and thought it was incorporated into the line somehow

The pvc drain line looks pushed up tight against the flue pipe. can't tell what kind of flue pipe it is.

Mr. Dryer Vent · #15 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JB Thompson

Can't resist showing my find last Friday...

See if you can find a problem with the dryer vent.

While Home Depot and Lowe's sell those bucket contraptions, it is still an improper installation and termination of the dryer exhaust.

Ted Menelly · #16 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 01:16 PM

Well. My real name is Geaorge Bush but since the Iraq war I had to hide out under Ted Menelly.

Oh yeah Jerry. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, No, never posted under TM

May the real Theodore Dennis Menelly please stand up. Shoot, I can't right now my back hurts

JB Thompson · #17 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

I don't like the foil dryer vent
me neither

I like the lint catcher but it seems it would allow all the humid air into the attic.
yep, but it's a no-no

I don't like that flex gas line that looks like it is being pulled tight to the left
Not tight. It comes back in at the top of the pic

I see a pan under the HVAC unit with a drain line that does not go any whaere
No problem, there is a float switch in the pan.

I only see one drain line from the condenser coil box
Is that a problem?

Just looked again at the lint catcher. It vents to the attic space and should be to the exterior. I was looking wrong at first and thought it was incorporated into the line somehow
yep, exterior

The pvc drain line looks pushed up tight against the flue pipe. can't tell what kind of flue pipe it is.
it's the flue for the furnace. the pvc is not close--it's an illusion

Here is the statement that is in my report. I got a thang for dryer vents

Dryer exhaust ducts should be independent of all other systems.
They shall convey the moisture to the outdoors and shall terminate on the outside of the home in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions and
They shall be equipped with a back-draft damper.
Screens shall not be installed at the termination of the duct because screens and screws can trap lint.
Exhaust ducts shall be constructed rigid metal ducts having smooth interior surfaces with joints running in the direction of the air flow and not be connected with sheet-metal screws or any means which extend into the duct.
The maximum length of an exhaust duct is 25 ft. minus 2.5 ft per each 45° bend.
Flexible connectors from dryer to ductwork must be metal and <8 ft.

Ted Menelly · #18 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 01:36 PM

The condenser coil box only has one drain line. What if that line clogs. You have one place for the water to go and that is down thru the unit and into the drain pan.

As far as the cut off switch in the pan. SO, what if it does decide that I am not working today. Where does the water go. Oh yeah. All over the drywall ceiling down below.

There is a lot of talk about switches. I might like them but I don't trust them. If you do not write up that the pan should also have a drain line in it then when it does leak all over the ceiling whom do you think they will call.

JB Thompson · #19 (**permalink**) 07-16-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

The condenser coil box only has one drain line. What if that line clogs. You have one place for the water to go and that is down thru the unit and into the drain pan.

As far as the cut off switch in the pan. SO, what if it does decide that I am not working today. Where does the water go. Oh yeah. All over the drywall ceiling down below.

There is a lot of talk about switches. I might like them but I don't trust them. If you do not write up that the pan should also have a drain line in it then when it does leak all over the ceiling whom do you think they will call.

I agree. But then again, how much are people willing to pay for redundancy?

Beside that, I don't think I can make the HVAC guy do more than codes allow (I can really make them do anything

)

The IRC allows for a pan and switch.

What do you all think about using gutter downspouts for dryer vents? This particular builder (or his sub) does this all over town.