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I need to vent, literally...
I got the bright idea of renovating a laundry room by replacing two cabinets and installing a utility sink. I proceeded to demo the cabinets and cut a 2' x 4' hole in the wall to expose the plumbing. Ho, hum. But anyone who watches HGTV or This Old House knows there are always issues behind the drywall.
I found that, behind the dryer, where the exhaust hose went into the wall, there was no vent pipe whatsoever. IOW, the dryer was venting in between the studs, but there was no outlet. Instead, there was 30 years of caked lint inside.
I need to find a way to vent the dryer outside. I'll have to move the dryer closer to an outside wall, move the electrical outlet, pass a 4" vent pipe through one of the new cabinets, and cut a hole in the brick wall with a hammer-drill and angle grinder. <sigh>
Tomorrow is another day.
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I got the bright idea of renovating a laundry room by replacing two cabinets and installing a utility sink. I proceeded to demo the cabinets and cut a 2' x 4' hole in the wall to expose the plumbing. Ho, hum. But anyone who watches HGTV or This Old House knows there are always issues behind the drywall.
I found that, behind the dryer, where the exhaust hose went into the wall, there was no vent pipe whatsoever. IOW, the dryer was venting in between the studs, but there was no outlet. Instead, there was 30 years of caked lint inside.
I need to find a way to vent the dryer outside. I'll have to move the dryer closer to an outside wall, move the electrical outlet, pass a 4" vent pipe through one of the new cabinets, and cut a hole in the brick wall with a hammer-drill and angle grinder. <sigh>
Tomorrow is another day.
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