Attic Air To Dryer

These guys ran a 20 foot long piece of 6 inch flex into their attics which was filtered on the intake side and hung it high up in the eve where the temps are the highest and sealed off their dryers to air tight so the motor would pull the hot air into the dryers and dry the clothes.

Attic air to dryer. Increase dryer efficiencies and reduce potential liabilities by thoroughly cleaning out the dryer vent. Moist exhaust air out. Hot dry attic air in. At upwards of 140 f the aluminum intake duct radiates noticeable heat into the room.

Adapter was used at the vent attached to the dryer intake. Eddie lonnie and eddie s daughter at the lodi street fair. This picture shows the hookup with the method 2 dryer modification for method 1 the. If your home s attic insulation is over 25 years old or if it s been contaminated by rodents feces water damage then use our attic cleaning and insulation replacement service.

I used a 6 inch. Long to bring the heated air down from attic heater to the dryer. We can install heating and air equipment replace and or repair duct work clean duct work clean dryer vents add attic insulation and more. Dryer lint is also highly flammable.

Some homeowners use a much simpler system of venting down into a bucket of water like in the photo at the top of this page. I picked it up at the local salvation army store for 20. Attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents. Insulating the duct keeps the laundry room at a comfortable room temperature.

Hooking the dryer up to attic air supply. Because the dryer vent s air seal to the outdoors cannot be made between the heated space and the unheated space the second floor ceiling natural convection in the ductwork when the dryer is not running may still convey enough water vapor to the attic ductwork to cause condensation. The lower duct is the normal dryer exhaust and is vented through the wall to the outside. We are also a licensed heating and air company.

To the attic air supply and provides all of the heated air needed for drying. Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool. The fan installed in the attic plenum works great. The attic air duct runs down the same wall where the dryer exhaust runs outside.

You can buy a box called an indoor dryer vent kit at home improvement stores and it manages to control most of the lint but not the water dumped into the air.