The longer line vent pipe and the more bends in it, the more static pressure
you get, which can cause electric elements to overheat and burn out, not to
mention lint build up. If it's the only way to go, use a dryer vent booster
"Melissa" wrote in message
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We would like to move our washer and dryer to a closet in the middle of
our
house, so we can use the laundry room space to enlarge our kitchen. The
question is what to do with the exhaust vent for the dryer. This closet
runs right in the middle, under the highest point in our roof, one floor,
hip style roof. The inside ceilings are 8 ft high, couldn't tell you how
high the roof is as I've never been in the attic. I'd be surprised if you
can stand upright in the center however. Given this lack of info, the
appliance sales guy said I might as well hang laundry out to dry on a
line,
that the exhaust wouldn't be able to travel up that far well enough to
allow
the clothes to dry quickly enough to be acceptable. Running the vent
without going into the ceiling at least would be an extremely involved
process. We can simply go into the ceiling then horizontally out to one of
the eaves, but that would add two more 90 degree turns. Any thoughts?

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Melissa
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