- 1. [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: <jniolon@bham.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:56:27 +0000
- last weekend I had to replace the hi temp sensor in my whirlpool elec. dryer. I notice a fair accumulation of lint in the old contractor grade cheap alum flex pipe. It drops thru the floor, makes a d
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00200.html (6,662 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:55:29 -0500
- http://www.dryerbox.com/ Really slick connection boxes to avoid having the hose scrunched up behind, 5' sections of 4" alum, large radius elbows. -Wayne ______________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00201.html (8,318 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:01:38 -0600
- dryer. B I notice a fair accumulation of lint in the old contractor grade cheap alum flex pipe. B It drops thru the floor, makes a droopy 35' or so run to the outside foundation wall and exits thru t
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00202.html (9,015 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: Darrell Walker <darrellw360@mac.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:48:13 -0800
- There are booster fans that you can add to the run, to help get good flow. The one I installed uses a pressure switch to come on automatically, and it replaces the outside vent opening. I also added
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00203.html (7,980 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:53:12 -0500
- What he said. I'm not sure what it's *supposed* to be, but my house had PVC in it when we bought it. But the run was so long (maybe 20 feet total, with one 90 degree and one 45 degree bend) that I ri
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00204.html (8,157 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: Shannah Miller <shannahquilts@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:04:27 -0800
- The only other thing I'd add is to watch the rise. I have been watching "Holmes on Homes" and he says that you should be really careful not to leave any spot where the lint is inclined to drop and ac
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00205.html (8,955 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:12 -0600
- PVC is a very bad choice. It's prone to lint build up, and static. It's against code most places. (It is in the model codes, so it should be essentially everywhere.) Then again, so is the crap flexib
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00206.html (8,070 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] dryer vent install (score: 1)
- Author: Scott <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:06:08 -0500
- I was just happy it was accessible to remove. The other house had PVC...embedded in a slab. I told myself that made it more 'okay'--if it melted or caught fire, at worst case the fire would just shoo
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00207.html (8,538 bytes)
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