Indoor dryer vent

[jfh28]

you absolutely do not want that amount of moisture being discharged inside your house.......unless you like mold........my advice is do whatever is necessary to safely hard pipe it so that it discharges outside the house........you can check with your local code official to see what the maximum lengths are and also check with the dryer manufacturers installation manual which is probably online........Jack

 

[bigtiller]

The only time I ever vented the dryer into the house was during the winter when we were dealing with a static electricity and getting shocked after just a few steps. It was a drafty old house. I put one of the wife's old nylon stockings (pantyhose) on the dryer vent about 5' down stream from the dryer. We had to clean the lint out of the stalking about every fifth load.

I wouldn't do it in a modern house, they aren't drafty enough.

 

[Zerk]

Everyone I know has there dryer on a outside wall.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I tried one years ago, thinking it would be a good idea in winter. I guess I could have built a better filter, but it was just too messy and too much moisture in a short time in one spot.

My Dad still hangs his laundry in his unfinished basement.

 

[Taylortractornut]

It's on an inside will in the master bath. With a laundry closet around the washer and dryer not my design

 

[Scooby074]

At one time I bought one of those indoor dryer vents because i figured I was "wasting" all that hot air out of the dryer... Turns out all I was doing was growing mold in the laundry room!! Got rid of it as soon as I noticed.

As mentioned there are kits to clean out the dryer vent. I use a Sooteater SootEater | Soot Removal Tool | Spinning Chimney Whip | Chimney
Cleaning Tool on my woodstove chimeny and it works well. They also make a "Linteater" just for dryers. If its as good as the sooteater Im sure it will work fine. Also looks like they now make a monitor to watch for lint buildup which is kind of interesting LintGard Safety Monitor | Dryer Lint Gaurd System

If you want to get away from dryer vents entirely, look into whats called Condensing dryers. They work without a dryer vent and without creating a moisture problem in the laundry. Popular in Europe. I know Miele and some of the other big euro manufacturers make them. https://www.miele.ca/en/Product/Details/5#details

 

[MossRoad]

So just to be clear, we're talking electric dryer here, right?

In our old house, we had an electric dryer in the basement. We'd vent it outside in summer, but in winter, we just disconnected the hose through the wall and turned it 90 degrees back into the basement next to the dryer. Then we'd hang a pair of pantyhose onto the tube, then a second pair over that. It was kind of funny, because when the dryer would come on, the legs would puff out and there's half a woman hanging from the ceiling! :laughing: Anyhow, even with a doubled up panty hose, it ended up putting a gosh awful amount of dust into the basement. But the moisture was great to have in the very dry winter.

With you being down south that far, I doubt you get that dry of air in your house. Do you really want to add moisture into the house? It would be best to run the vent UP, through the ceiling into the attic and then through the roof with a proper dryer vent, over to the nearest exterior wall and out through the soffit. However, if the soffit is perforated near the vent, the steam can rise back up into the soffit and attic area, causing moisture problems (in the south, read that as MOLD), so be careful.

 

[Taylortractornut]

MR the house is dry in the winter I heat with wood and still have to put a kettle on the heater for humidity

 

[MossRoad]

Good, then you'll benefit from the added moisture in the winter.... but you may smell like Snuggles the fabric softener bear....

 

[roadhunter]

I vent the dryer in the house part of the year. It's very dry here so the heat and moisture are useful 8-9 months of the year. I built a box and use a furnace filter to catch the lint. Swap it out once a month.