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Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours.
I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
Mitch Mitch@... wrote:
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Sure- Re-do your vent hose so it doesn't hold water. Gravity is your friend. Jim |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
Mitch Mitch@... wrote: My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Sure- Re-do your vent hose so it doesn't hold water. Gravity is your friend. What's causing the condensation to occur if it really is exhaust moisture? I'm guessing it's either outside water or another leak somehow getting in not from the dryer itself; never seen that kind of water volume in a dry discharge--it's hot and in vapor phase unless something is going to somehow block air flow and condense it out. -- |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
dpb wrote:
Jim Elbrecht wrote: Mitch Mitch@... wrote: My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Sure- Re-do your vent hose so it doesn't hold water. Gravity is your friend. What's causing the condensation to occur if it really is exhaust moisture? I'm guessing it's either outside water or another leak somehow getting in not from the dryer itself; never seen that kind of water volume in a dry discharge--it's hot and in vapor phase unless something is going to somehow block air flow and condense it out. If there really are *gallons*, as the OP says, then the hose has a low spot- which as soon as it fills becomes a bit of a condenser and doesn't allow any venting. If this is a gas dryer the OP is risking CO poisoning. If it is an electric, then his only fear is burning his house down. Jim |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
.... If there really are *gallons*, as the OP says, then the hose has a low spot- which as soon as it fills becomes a bit of a condenser and doesn't allow any venting. .... Indeed but the point I was making was what caused this to initiate to begin with to collect that first amount of sufficient magnitude? Never seen such a thing from dryer exhaust alone; can't imagine it. -- |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
Mitch wrote:
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? That much water didn't come from the dryer in a couple of weeks. Hint: Did it rain recently? |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Jul 8, 9:57*am, Mitch Mitch@... wrote:
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. *Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Gallons? That means you have at *least* 16.5 pounds of water in the hose. What type of hose clamps do you use...I'd like to buy some...they must be pretty strong. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Jul 8, 4:20*pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jul 8, 9:57*am, Mitch Mitch@... wrote: My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. *Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Gallons? That means you have at *least* 16.5 pounds of water in the hose. What type of hose clamps do you use...I'd like to buy some...they must be pretty strong. check for a low spot in line like a drip loop that allows water to collect, that happened to me. and make certain the vent hood is open and unobstructed, it might be stuck shut. another less likely is a kid with a hose sprayed water down your vent line |
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another less likely is a kid with a hose sprayed water down your vent line That would be my guess...can't imagine what else unless there is a sprinkler head shooting water in from outside. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:57:41 -0500, Mitch Mitch@... wrote:
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Sure. Portray it as a feature. Not as a problem. I'm sre you don't need a new dryer. The problem is at the hose, not the dryer. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
"Mitch" Mitch@... wrote in message ... My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Is the entire dryer vent line clear? Can you feel air coming out of the outside vent? |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On 7/8/2010 8:57 AM, Mitch wrote:
My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? If you used a metal hose instead of plastic and the laundry room is relatively cool due to air conditioning, the problem could be simple to fix by changing to a plastic hose. I've had to insulate a few long dryer vents because of condensation forming in the vent. As others may have already pointed out, your vent could be clogged. Look outside and you may find that there is a plastic grid in your your dryer vent that could be blocked with lint. TDD |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:12:56 -0400, "
wrote: clipped another less likely is a kid with a hose sprayed water down your vent line That would be my guess...can't imagine what else unless there is a sprinkler head shooting water in from outside. My dryer vents through the roof. So, some gobblin or sprinkler would be ruled out (mostly). |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
My dryer vents through the roof. So, some gobblin or sprinkler would be ruled out (mostly). In that case perhaps the vent cap blew off or got pulled off by a raccoon. Or rain got blown in. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
"Mitch" Mitch@... wrote in message ... My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? Dunno, my water hose keeps filling up with lint! |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:12:36 -0700 (PDT), Ed
wrote: My dryer vents through the roof. So, some gobblin or sprinkler would be ruled out (mostly). In that case perhaps the vent cap blew off or got pulled off by a raccoon. Or rain got blown in. Good answer. Pending an OP review and comment. -- "Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly." -- Customer |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
The man at an appliance store that has been in the business for many
years (think he is very knowledgeable) told me he often goes on service calls for driers not drying well. He finds the vent hose full of water. The cause is often they have never fully cleaned the lint filter on the drier. Check the link trap/ On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:12:36 -0700 (PDT), Ed wrote: My dryer vents through the roof. So, some gobblin or sprinkler would be ruled out (mostly). In that case perhaps the vent cap blew off or got pulled off by a raccoon. Or rain got blown in. email response not expected but to respond remove .uk at end TIA Hank |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dry (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is that the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home and then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to have to move the vent.
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Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
replying to ncben108 , john wrote:
ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. -- |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:44:01 +0000, john
wrote: I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, (Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com) Imagine that. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On 7/19/2015 2:44 PM, john wrote:
replying to ncben108 , john wrote: ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. Have you considered insulation? If you can keep the inside of the pipe above the dew point of the air flowing thru it, it shouldn't condense. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 12:24:11 PM UTC-5, Bob F wrote:
bob haller wrote: On Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 9:57:41 AM UTC-4, Mitch wrote: My wife complained that the dryer has been running for 3 1/2 hours. I just replaced the vent hose a couple of weeks ago and the dryer has been working fine. Now I went down to the basement to see what was going on and the vent hose is full of water. Gallons. We're getting ready to put our house on the market, really didn't want to buy new appliances just to give them away. Any ideas? low dip in exhaust line, condensation will fill line. i found this out after replacing a leaking water supply line to the washer. a month later the dryer quit working but it ran well with the exhaust disconnected. i reached in the line looking for lint and got soaked when i pickedup the line a little to make cleaning easier. i had accidently created a drip loop in the line Using solid metal vent piping is both safer and less likely to have this problem because it won't droop. Insulating it for long runs should eliminate the condensation. Or make sure it slopes slightly downward toward the outside, so the water runs down and out. "Or make sure it slopes slightly downward toward the outside, so the water runs down and out." Oh, crap. I need to either raise my basement or lower my outside. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On 7/19/2015 8:34 PM, mike wrote:
On 7/19/2015 2:44 PM, john wrote: replying to ncben108 , john wrote: ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. Have you considered insulation? If you can keep the inside of the pipe above the dew point of the air flowing thru it, it shouldn't condense. This is an issue I have been working on. We bought our house in 2013, washer and dryer same. They are in basement and the basement is very cold in summer with AC running; somewhat leaky AC duct will be addressed soon, as well. Couple of times I found small puddles in dryer drum when it was empty; dryer filter screen is kept pretty clean, but was wet when I found the puddles. Didn't make sense, and I wondered if cold basement caused condensation, but that didn't make sense for the dryer screen. The dryer duct is a fibber-mcgee installation that goes between furnace (close) and out behind our gas meter. Dryer is electric. Finally took off the louvered cover outside and cleaned out lint I could reach; not much lint there and the louvers moved with air flow, so I thought it looked good....curiosity finally got the best of me and I started taking apart the rigid metal vent duct, untaping joins and......I was astonished at the load of lint. The duct had 3 ninety-degree turns and travels about 10-12 feet total. My shop vac was about 1/3 full of lint!! I didn't think of checking the duct before the dryer was installed, but the installers should have. Installation instructions for our dryer recommend METAL, rigid or flexible, ducting with no tape on joins. The lint is obviously years old, and the inside of the ducts covered entirely with stuck-on lint, so had to brush, vacuum and then wash them. Spent a pile of money for metal tape (before I read the instructions) and the ducts need to be wrapped with something because they are not made tubular; flat with flanges that connect together to form tube. The horizontal section nearest the exit is most loaded with lint and hardest to reach....dimwit put up drywall behind furnace which blocks access to the last turn and 3' of duct. Today is the day, I guess, that I cut a hole in the damn drywall to finish cleaning the duct. I've never seen dryer duct with anything approaching the amount in this. Also caulked around the duct exit, which I think is where the water entered....but I'm thinking that when a dryer cycle finishes, the duct is full of humid air that would condense very quickly without being able to flow freely when cool-down cycle runs. Maybe. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:31:18 AM UTC-4, NorMinn wrote:
On 7/19/2015 8:34 PM, mike wrote: On 7/19/2015 2:44 PM, john wrote: replying to ncben108 , john wrote: ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. Have you considered insulation? If you can keep the inside of the pipe above the dew point of the air flowing thru it, it shouldn't condense. This is an issue I have been working on. We bought our house in 2013, washer and dryer same. They are in basement and the basement is very cold in summer with AC running; somewhat leaky AC duct will be addressed soon, as well. Couple of times I found small puddles in dryer drum when it was empty; dryer filter screen is kept pretty clean, but was wet when I found the puddles. Didn't make sense, and I wondered if cold basement caused condensation, but that didn't make sense for the dryer screen. The dryer duct is a fibber-mcgee installation that goes between furnace (close) and out behind our gas meter. Dryer is electric. Finally took off the louvered cover outside and cleaned out lint I could reach; not much lint there and the louvers moved with air flow, so I thought it looked good....curiosity finally got the best of me and I started taking apart the rigid metal vent duct, untaping joins and......I was astonished at the load of lint. The duct had 3 ninety-degree turns and travels about 10-12 feet total. My shop vac was about 1/3 full of lint!! I didn't think of checking the duct before the dryer was installed, but the installers should have. Installation instructions for our dryer recommend METAL, rigid or flexible, ducting with no tape on joins. The lint is obviously years old, and the inside of the ducts covered entirely with stuck-on lint, so had to brush, vacuum and then wash them. Spent a pile of money for metal tape (before I read the instructions) and the ducts need to be wrapped with something because they are not made tubular; flat with flanges that connect together to form tube. The horizontal section nearest the exit is most loaded with lint and hardest to reach....dimwit put up drywall behind furnace which blocks access to the last turn and 3' of duct. Today is the day, I guess, that I cut a hole in the damn drywall to finish cleaning the duct. I've never seen dryer duct with anything approaching the amount in this. Also caulked around the duct exit, which I think is where the water entered....but I'm thinking that when a dryer cycle finishes, the duct is full of humid air that would condense very quickly without being able to flow freely when cool-down cycle runs. Maybe. If you have that much lint in the external ducts, consider how much lint you may have on the internal ducts of the dryer. Granted, 2013 isn't that long ago, but with the restricted airflow you probably have, you may also have lint built up inside the dryer itself. I've pulled the duct work out of my dryer a few times over the years and clean it out. You'd be surprised how much can get built up in there. The moisture can also cause lint to adhere to the squirrel cage blower and get caked on. Before we switched to a front loading washer that almost dries the clothes by itself, the blower-adhered lint was much worse. Since the blower gets exposed when you pull the duct work, it easy enough to check. Maybe not so easy to chisel off, but easy enough the check. ;-) |
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able to flow freely when cool-down cycle runs. Maybe. If you have that much lint in the external ducts, consider how much lint you may have on the internal ducts of the dryer. Granted, 2013 isn't that long ago, but with the restricted airflow you probably have, you may also have lint built up inside the dryer itself. I've pulled the duct work out of my dryer a few times over the years and clean it out. You'd be surprised how much can get built up in there. The moisture can also cause lint to adhere to the squirrel cage blower and get caked on. Before we switched to a front loading washer that almost dries the clothes by itself, the blower-adhered lint was much worse. Since the blower gets exposed when you pull the duct work, it easy enough to check. Maybe not so easy to chisel off, but easy enough the check. ;-) Thanks! I already checked the dryer and it is clean as a whistle. House is 38 y/o and my guess is that the ducts have never been cleaned. With several right angles, and going up to get out, it appears the air flow (logically) is worst at the top. On my way to the store to get a brush; $12.98. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
On 7/21/2015 4:31 AM, Norminn wrote:
On 7/19/2015 8:34 PM, mike wrote: On 7/19/2015 2:44 PM, john wrote: replying to ncben108 , john wrote: ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. Have you considered insulation? If you can keep the inside of the pipe above the dew point of the air flowing thru it, it shouldn't condense. This is an issue I have been working on. We bought our house in 2013, washer and dryer same. They are in basement and the basement is very cold in summer with AC running; somewhat leaky AC duct will be addressed soon, as well. Couple of times I found small puddles in dryer drum when it was empty; dryer filter screen is kept pretty clean, but was wet when I found the puddles. Didn't make sense, and I wondered if cold basement caused condensation, but that didn't make sense for the dryer screen. The dryer duct is a fibber-mcgee installation that goes between furnace (close) and out behind our gas meter. Dryer is electric. Finally took off the louvered cover outside and cleaned out lint I could reach; not much lint there and the louvers moved with air flow, so I thought it looked good....curiosity finally got the best of me and I started taking apart the rigid metal vent duct, untaping joins and......I was astonished at the load of lint. The duct had 3 ninety-degree turns and travels about 10-12 feet total. My shop vac was about 1/3 full of lint!! I didn't think of checking the duct before the dryer was installed, but the installers should have. Installation instructions for our dryer recommend METAL, rigid or flexible, ducting with no tape on joins. The lint is obviously years old, and the inside of the ducts covered entirely with stuck-on lint, so had to brush, vacuum and then wash them. Spent a pile of money for metal tape (before I read the instructions) and the ducts need to be wrapped with something because they are not made tubular; flat with flanges that connect together to form tube. The horizontal section nearest the exit is most loaded with lint and hardest to reach....dimwit put up drywall behind furnace which blocks access to the last turn and 3' of duct. Today is the day, I guess, that I cut a hole in the damn drywall to finish cleaning the duct. I've never seen dryer duct with anything approaching the amount in this. Also caulked around the duct exit, which I think is where the water entered....but I'm thinking that when a dryer cycle finishes, the duct is full of humid air that would condense very quickly without being able to flow freely when cool-down cycle runs. Maybe. I don't expect any reasonably sized vacuum can create enough air flow to do much good. I stuck a leaf blower down the hole and blew lint out of the duct. Might blow apart the joints if you have a lot of bends and lint stuck in there. |
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oups.com: replying to ncben108 , john wrote: ncben108 wrote: Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. ncben108 - I am having the same problem. The laundry room was real humid; so I checked the exhaust hose thinking it had been torn. The exhaust line was fine, so I took it off thinking it was clogged with lint, there was some but not as much as I was expecting; additionally, it was damp and wet. I vacuumed out the dryer exhaust and the lint catcher in the front of the dryer. I then washed out the exhaust line to thoroughly clean it. I then got a shop vac and sucked out the vent in line in the laundry room expecting more lint. Much to me surprise I sucked up about a gallon of water. I then went outside to the vent and sucked the line from that point. I ended up sucking out another 15 gallons of water! Once I got all of the water out of the exhaust vent I then went back to the laundry room and starting blowing the vent with the shop vac. Everything seemed to be clear at that point. I have now reconnected everything and it seems to be running fine. I have been reading different forums during this process and I suspect my dryer line is too long; it is at least 15 feet from the dryer to the exhaust vent outside of the house. Also, there are at least four 90 degree turns from the dryer to the outside vent. With that said, I read that if you have 90 degree turns and 15 feet or more of dryer exhaust line, then one will need to get a booster fan. Good Luck. Here is the reference I used : http://fantech.net/Support/FAQs/Dryer-Exhaust/ When is a dryer exhaust necessary? According to some dryer installation instructions and local building codes, booster fans should be added in the dryer duct run when the length of duct exceeds 25 feet with no bends, 20 feet with one bend or 15 feet with 2 bends. With an existing system you may find that drying times are far longer than the dryer manufacturers instructions give, this may indicate that you have an duct run longer and more restrictive than your dryer can handle. Installing a Fantech dryer booster in the duct line will relieve the excess pressure in the duct allowing the dryer to operate as designed. My electric dryer was vented with one right angle up an interior wall, then out the roof, for a total of about 15' straight up. It took hours for clothes to dry, and I'd have to go on the roof and clean the top of the stack at least once a year of lint. Last year I bought a new dryer, and vented it it with one right angle, and then horizontally about 10', with a slight slope, and out the front wall of the house, over a flowerbed. Works great. And, when you come up the front stairs, you get the fresh smell of fabric softener. |
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replying to ncben108, Lee wrote:
Did you figure a way to fix this problem? I have the same problem going on. -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...er-452005-.htm |
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Lee,
Why are your clothes so wet? Check the spin cycle of your washer. Dave M. |
Dryer vent hose is filling up with water!
replying to David L. Martel, Lee wrote:
My dryer vent line is getting water in it. It goes under the slab of the house and then back up again to vent out to the yard. The line did not use to fill with water. But now it does I am not sure what's going on. I was trying to find out if there was some type of product or sow thing to line the inside the pipe with to keep the water from getting in there. Or do u think it's the washer not wringing out the clothes enough and the condensation form the clothes could be my problem u think. I need a new washer? -- posted from http://www.homeownershub.com/mainten...er-452005-.htm |
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On 6/26/2016 12:44 PM, Lee wrote:
replying to David L. Martel, Lee wrote: My dryer vent line is getting water in it. It goes under the slab of the house and then back up again to vent out to the yard. The line did not use to fill with water. But now it does I am not sure what's going on. I was trying to find out if there was some type of product or sow thing to line the inside the pipe with to keep the water from getting in there. Or do u think it's the washer not wringing out the clothes enough and the condensation form the clothes could be my problem u think. I need a new washer? Under the slab is a good way to introduce condensation. I'd check to see that the vent is clean and you have good air flow. I'd check the washer too. Could be something as simple as a worn belt and it is not spinning as fast as it should.' |
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replying to clare, av8r4christ wrote:
Hi everybody I just read through this thread and was having the same problem. Problem solved: 1) The metal vent pipe had a spot in it where it "dipped down" and the water would collect there. More water=longer time period for dryer to get the clothes dried 2) The outside vent had a metal screen on it, and that metal screen had 2" of lent all over it. We could never see it, because the lint was on the inside of the vent. Problem solved. Special thanks to all you geniuses that have helped. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-452005-.htm |
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On 1/8/2017 9:44 PM, av8r4christ wrote:
2) The outside vent had a metal screen on it, and that metal screen had 2" of lent all over it. Lent would have cleared up on Easter Sunday. |
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replying to Mitch, Redwing1 wrote:
Your dryer vent hose is too long. You have created a P-trap in your line. It will especially happen more frequently in cold weather. No one sprayed water down your vent. This is a real issue and it can start fires. Shorten your hose and try to keep your hose in line with the exhaust opening -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-452005-.htm |
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replying to Jim Elbrecht, Mer_mom wrote:
LOL! Oh, that's all? -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-452005-.htm |
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replying to Mitch, Matthew Kirk wrote:
I just had the same issue, and my vent was clogged on the exterior, it is going over top of the basement area i am currently finishing so I'm moving it to run across the unfinished part now -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-452005-.htm |
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On Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 9:44:07 PM UTC-5, Matthew Kirk wrote:
replying to Mitch, Matthew Kirk wrote: I just had the same issue, and my vent was clogged on the exterior, it is going over top of the basement area i am currently finishing so I'm moving it to run across the unfinished part now -- Unfortunately, six and a half years ago after making the original post, Mitch drowned in his basement after the dryer hose let go releasing more than 5,000 gallons of water. He is survived by a wife, 4 ex-wives 42 children, a herd of zebra, 12 dogs, 13 cats and only 37 gerbils because 432 drowned with him in the tragic accident. (^_^;) [8~{} Uncle Sad Monster |
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replying to ncben108, OCMamabear wrote:
We have the same problem! I now have to suck out water daily from the outside vent. Seems to fill with about 1 gallon of water after a load of wash/dry. Our line also runs under the house to the outside wall. I'm guessing 8 feet. Has anyone thought of a solution? I'd hate to have to hire out a plumber to figure out what's up... Mitch, did you ever find the resolution? Found your post while doing some research. I have the same problem. I have to use a shop vac and clean out my dryer vent each week. 2.5 gallons....a week. Dryer has been SLOW to dr y (3 hours a load) and now it's not heating at all. The other problem is t hat the vent actually runs from the dryer to the wall, underneath my home a nd then back up from the grass outside, and it's at least 15 feet from the laundry room to the exhaust outside. I'm terrified that we are going to ha ve to move the vent. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...er-452005-.htm |
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