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I need to relocate my daughter's electric clothes drier from the front
to the back of the basement to install a washroom where the laundry in
now. The current dryer vent will become the bathroom exhaust vent, and
I need to vent the dryer out the back. Only problem is the only spot
that is anywhere near accessible is right next to the gas meter.
Is there a code issue with placing the vent for an electric dryer
closer than X feet from a natural gas meter/regulator?

Anyone know FOR SURE if there is or is not a problem???

Before I retired, I worked in the printing plant of an Ontario gas utility
and we produced many manuals of gas codes and safe practices which I often
read to proof read. I cannot remember this issue being addressed, but I
would not allow the vent to blow onto the meter or regulator. As it is
remotely possible for the electric dryer to be changed to a gas dryer, you
should have "several" feet between the exhaust vent and the meter/regulator.
The exact number of feet I do not recall.