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Building Code Question

slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
edited May 2009 in General Discussion
Can I vent my clothes dryer directly into my garage? Or is this against some code?
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    Whats Code? you can vent it in your swimming pool if you want around here. [:D]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't know about Code. But that lint that does make it out would be a real pain keeping cleaned up.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    do you live within a municipality?
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    do you live within a municipality?


    I have no idea - Silver Spring, MD
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by slipgate
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    do you live within a municipality?


    I have no idea - Silver Spring, MD
    If you fall within the city limits you will be under the city codes. Codes vary from town to town. Call the city code enforcement officer and find out.
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    If your local municipality codes have nothing against it, I would if I wanted to. Heck even if my local municipality codes had something against it I would if I wanted to. That being said, you may have to address it when you go to sell the place. Oh and one other thing, you can put a piece of pantyhose over the end of the vent to catch all the lint, but its gonna be a pain in the * cleaning all the time. Or you could put something like this in place.

    http://buyitnow64.stores.yahoo.net/linttrap.html
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    do you live within a municipality? = do you live inside the city limits of a town, and or city, and or village?

    C'mon slipgate, you must be......uh slipping!![:0][B)][:D][;)]
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    place your vent hose in a 5 gallon bucket with about 3" of water in it
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jwb267
    place your vent hose in a 5 gallon bucket with about 3" of water in it
    I love it, a dryer bong![:D]
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  • RtWngExtrmstRtWngExtrmst Member Posts: 7,456
    edited November -1
    It's against the code of common sense. Although you could put a lint filter on it.
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by matwor
    do you live within a municipality? = do you live inside the city limits of a town, and or city, and or village?

    C'mon slipgate, you must be......uh slipping!![:0][B)][:D][;)]



    Since I am 1 mile north of DC, I must be!

    This is coming up because I am getting my house ready to sell and the current setup is as mickey mouse as they come. The dryer goes through the wall into the garage and then has exposed vents to funnel it outside into the backyard. I really just want to get rid of that stoopid setup. The wall is not big enough to go through the wall laterally (2x4 depth) and no other way to vent it.
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You vent outside to prevent the lint from forming a layer that can be set afire by a spark.
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007 ✭
    edited November -1
    With the housing sales market as it is, perhaps you need to be sure that you don't have a dryer fire [;)]

    Doug
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    With the housing sales market as it is, perhaps you need to be sure that you don't have a dryer fire [;)]

    Doug


    Let me be clearer.

    My dryer is in the house, in my mudroom, which shares a wall with the garage. The current setup goes through the wall, into the garage, and is piped outside the back of the garage through a standard dryer vent flap. The question is can I remove the piping that vents it outside the garage and just let the vent end in the garage?
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Seems like humidity would be another problem.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,093 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by slipgate
    Can I vent my clothes dryer directly into my garage? Or is this against some code?


    It is against the building code, and for a reason. The air coming out of the dryer vent contains carbon monoxide (for a gas dryer) and high levels of moisture for all dryers, plus a lot of lent.

    If you do it, you will regret it, bigtime.
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

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    Mark Twain
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  • fyrfinderfyrfinder Member Posts: 205 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not aware of any code that would allow you to vent directly into your garage. If it was allowed, it would be common practice instead of having a ton of extra vent piping put in like every HVAC contractor always does. Contractors are always looking for ways to cut costs and they don't want to put any more ductwork in than they have to. Pretty sure it needs to be vented to the exterior always.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,446 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Put the dryer in the garage and vent it to an outside wall.
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    Is the dryer sitting over a crawlspace, or is it on a slab? If crawlspace was your answer press 1, if slab was your answer you're screwed. If you pressed 1, then vent it down and over to the nearest outside wall of your home and go thru the rim joist. That would be the on edge 2x12 directly below your floor.
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  • moonshinemoonshine Member Posts: 8,471
    edited November -1
    quote:Let me be clearer.

    My dryer is in the house, in my mudroom, which shares a wall with the garage. The current setup goes through the wall, into the garage, and is piped outside the back of the garage through a standard dryer vent flap. The question is can I remove the piping that vents it outside the garage and just let the vent end in the garage?

    No
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  • WCIWCI Member Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NOPE, Even the cans that hold water for your duct that they sell at Lowes are not legal.
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