How To Vent A Dryer Through Concrete Wall

Locate a place on the wall where the dryer vent will go through the foundation.

How to vent a dryer through concrete wall.

If you are installing a dryer vent through a finished wall remove a small section and check to be sure you won t be cutting through any wiring plumbing or ductwork. Homeowners should budget an extra 50 to 150 to cut a hole through concrete cement or brick. Therefore in order to operate correctly and be up to code you can only have a vent of 5 feet or less. Piping through a basement slab foundation or crawl space to the exterior.

Use a 4 1 4 inch hole saw to cut the vent opening. The entire 25 feet of the vent pipe from the old dryer location to the exterior vent hood was choked with lint. Vent a dryer through the roof only as a last resort. Step 2 move outside and find the pilot hole.

As a professional dryer vent cleaner we see many of these useless vents. Installing a vent hole through a concrete cement or brick wall. Check with your appliance dealer or local building inspector for recommendations about the best roof vent cap to use. Use the drill and concrete drill bit to drill a pilot hole through the foundation from the inside to the outside.

Use the concrete hole saw attached to the drill to make a 4 1 4 inch diameter hole in the foundation from. Cleaning lint buildup from roof vents is difficult and nesting birds and squirrels often find roof vent caps irresistible. A brief pictorial of a new vent going in where none was before. To make the dyer more efficient you can buy an inexpensive heat diverter and install it in the exhaust duct of electric dryers only not gas dryers you ll save about 50 worth of heat per load in the winter.

Surprisingly the vertical vents work well. Venting the dryer outside in cold weather wastes a lot of heat. I had to modify the length of the dryer vent pipe and was stunned when i took it apart.