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Thread Number: 9348
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| Post# 173733 12/8/2006 at 13:48 (6,342 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York) | ||
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Is it ok to put a y connection on the solid vent of my(ahem)Roper to vent the Maytag(coming soon from Michigan) through the same outdoor vent? Both are gas. Phil | ||
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Post# 173739 , Reply# 1 12/8/2006 at 15:01 (6,341 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 173740 , Reply# 2 12/8/2006 at 15:04 (6,341 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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PLEASE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY!!!! | ||
| Post# 173754 , Reply# 3 12/8/2006 at 16:04 (6,341 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York) | ||
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Thanks for the advice! I'll get a 4" hole saw and install a seperate one properly, the basement laundry room has exposed floor joists above, I'll just run one parallel, up to the outside sill plate, or whatever you call that thing that the joists are at 90 degree angles to. Might as well do it right. | ||
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Post# 173761 , Reply# 4 12/8/2006 at 16:45 (6,341 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 173995 , Reply# 6 12/9/2006 at 02:06 (6,341 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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CO detector, Smoke Detector, Gas Detector
I think all three are a very good idea in such an area. You may very well get into negative pressure situations here, leading to a dangerous concentration of CO in the air. Every good HVAC firm has people who can come out, take a look and tell you exactly how to do it right. Over here in Munich, our 11Kw and higher gas fired systems include a built in relay which can be used to automatically cut power to range hoods, etc. when the burner is on. Something similar might be your quickest and cheapest solution - but, again - have a professional take a look. And let us know how you solved it. | ||
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Post# 174390 , Reply# 7 12/10/2006 at 15:44 (6,339 days old) by easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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The retirement village my mother lived in in the late 1980's had 2 Norge dryers vented through the same outlet. If only one dryer was running (especially in cold weather) the water from the running dryer condensed inside the tub of the non-running dryer and would pool in the bottom of the tub. Bad idea. Jerry Gay | ||
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Post# 174740 , Reply# 9 12/11/2006 at 20:34 (6,338 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 174749 , Reply# 10 12/11/2006 at 21:08 (6,338 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Post# 174790 , Reply# 11 12/11/2006 at 22:23 (6,338 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Even worse. I once lived in a small complex where there was a tiny laundry room, just big enough for a washer and a dryer. The dryer was electric, and it was vented directly into the room (just blew out the back of the dryer against the wall). Needless to say, clothes took forever to dry in that thing. On top of that, the landlady was lax in emptying the coin bin, so it would regularly jam and not accept any more coins, leaving one with steaming damp laundry and throbbing temple veins. I tried to explain to the mentally defective landlady that she really needed to vent the dryer to the great outdoors, but she wouldn't hear of it. I finally shoehorned a little WCI gas dryer into my kichen next to the gas range, vented out through an unused stove vent (house was built way back when stoves had to be vented). That worked great, the lined flue was about 8" wide, and had a great draft. But back to the subject. Toggles is absolutely right; it's a no-no to vent two gas appliances through one vent. People sometimes try to do this with gas water heaters and gas furnaces, and wind up wondering why there's so much soot in the house. | ||
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Post# 174835 , Reply# 12 12/12/2006 at 06:53 (6,338 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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~It's a no-no to vent two gas appliances through one vent. I was referring to a dryer which HAS to be solo (for our purposes) in its venting. Well, two vents can be combined with a hot water heater and a furnace/boiler when the flues are properly sized. But life is at stake, better to have a pro. handle it, IMHO. | ||
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