Can You Vent A Dryer Into The Attic

Although a dryer vent typically vents moist clothes dryer air into outdoor air it is possible to vent an electric dryer indoors.

Can you vent a dryer into the attic.

Sometimes such as in town homes or condos it s not possible to vent a dryer through a wall outside. You must terminate your dryer vent outside the building according to section m1502 of the irc. A dryer vent should be vented outside. Gas dryers by contrast are required to vent dryer exhaust out of doors.

The following are a few factors you should consider before choosing an indoor dryer venting system. In these cases it may be necessary to vent your dryer through the attic. If venting outside isn t an option you can vent the dryer out of the attic through the roof using a special roof vent to keep rain out. There are a couple things that can happen when you vent into the attic crawlspace or garage.

Be careful you don t cut through any studs electrical wires or pipes in the process. The photo below shows an accumulation of dryer lint in an attic after years of the vent terminating in it. Thermoflex is flexible insulated and not metal as far as i can tell. It s ok to vent the dryer directly into the house so that the air can be used as either a source of humidity or a source of heat.

The tube photo has fallen off the roof connection so the dryer is now venting into our attic. This code requirement is usually referred to when a homeowner wants to install air conditioning ducts from the house hvac system to the garage but also applies for dryer ducts. This also means that you can t blow the dryer exhaust into the attic or the crawlspace. When venting dryers for long distances use rigid metal pipe with as few elbows as possible.

Venting a dryer into an enclosed space is never a good idea.