Thread Number: 71670
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
How lucky can one guy get? Maytag 142 |
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Post# 948366 , Reply# 1   7/15/2017 at 19:08 (2,475 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 948405 , Reply# 2   7/16/2017 at 00:24 (2,475 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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A gas dryer must be vented (especially one as old as this)!!
Please do not use it until you've installed a vent.
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Post# 948414 , Reply# 3   7/16/2017 at 02:24 (2,475 days old) by fridgenut (Cape Girardeau, MO)   |   | |
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I will work out a way to vent it outside. There is a window right above where it will go. It is a very old window with two panes. Does anyone know how to do a proper job of putting a vent in an old window? |
Post# 948439 , Reply# 5   7/16/2017 at 09:14 (2,475 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 948443 , Reply# 6   7/16/2017 at 09:37 (2,475 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 948519 , Reply# 8   7/16/2017 at 22:32 (2,474 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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It should not hurt a thing to inside vent a gas dryer [ keep in mind that it is undesirable to have any dryer vent into a house because of lint, moisture and extra heat in the warmer months of the year ] But CO is not going to be a problem, a gas range produces many times as much CO and look how many people cook every day without using a vent fan to the outside.
If you want to be really safe have a CO detector in the house. |
Post# 948565 , Reply# 9   7/17/2017 at 08:24 (2,474 days old) by Frigidaireguy (Wiston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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I HAVE A GAS DRYER IN MY BASEMENT AND IT IS NOT VENTED TO THE OUTSIDE AND I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. Bob |
Post# 949122 , Reply# 10   7/20/2017 at 13:51 (2,471 days old) by sel8207 (naples, florida 34117)   |   | |
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It's not going to cost very much to install a carbon monoxide detector in the basement and in the house. Cheap protection from a very deadly gas. Les. |
Post# 949126 , Reply# 11   7/20/2017 at 14:04 (2,471 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 949132 , Reply# 12   7/20/2017 at 15:10 (2,471 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 949169 , Reply# 13   7/20/2017 at 21:49 (2,470 days old) by fridgenut (Cape Girardeau, MO)   |   | |
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No I did not. I honestly have no use for it now and will let the owner know as much. |
Post# 949328 , Reply# 14   7/21/2017 at 19:56 (2,469 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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probably scrapped by now. It's been 3 months, and he wanted it gone. This post was last edited 07/21/2017 at 20:12 |
Post# 950020 , Reply# 16   7/25/2017 at 15:35 (2,466 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 950052 , Reply# 17   7/25/2017 at 20:16 (2,465 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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My dryer is vented outside thru a finangled way outside thru the cold weather. I have some insulated boards that fit perfect around the vent pipe out the window beside it when I HAVE to use my electric LDE410 instead of the clothesline. So what, I have to put them in and out. But an outside dryer vent lets so much cold air into the house. I had an unfortunate clinical test at my last place when the phone rang, I forgot to hit the start button and the next morning the whole load was frozen solid. I used the same method with my old Kenmore gas dryer when living in an apartment and it works fine if you want to mess with window and boards and take them out when you're done washing.
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