"John" wrote in message
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I just moved into a house and had to buy a new washer/dryer. We have a
main floor laundry. The electric dryer (Neptune) has the dryer exhaust
connection coming straight out of the back in the middle of the dryer. The
connection in my house happens to go down into the floor. That floor
connection is right up tight to the wall. So the connection to the dryer
is a 90 deg elbow, right from the dryer to the floor outlet. The problem
is that because of the necessary radius of the elbow, the dryer has to sit
9-10 inches out from the wall. Wife is not happy. I went into the
basement to see about possibly relocating the exhaust tinwork, but of
course the spot where it goes up into the floor is above some unmovable
return or supply ductwork for the hvac. The only thing I can come up with
is something I've always tried to stay away from - flex hose. I did see
some metal flex stuff at menards, and you can make a very tight 90 with it,
but I wonder how bad that is for dryer performance. It would have this
tight 90 out of the dryer, then go through the floor and 90 again, then go
straight about 20 feet to the outside wall and the outlet vent. Any other
helpful suggestions?
Look under the dryer near the back center for a round knock out. I seems
to me that this dryer can be converted internally to out the bottom
venting. However, that's no help if the knockout doesn't line up with your
hole in the floor.