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Thread Number: 25784
Dryer Venting/Duct tape |
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| Post# 396211 , Reply# 1 11/28/2009 at 07:44 (5,255 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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Seeing that the hottest commercial dryers run about 190*F, (88*C), and home dryers tend to run cooler, say 160*F (71*C) max. I'd say you're safe with what is there now. :-) | ||
Post# 396215 , Reply# 3 11/28/2009 at 08:12 (5,255 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 396251 , Reply# 4 11/28/2009 at 12:23 (5,255 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Insurance:
In addition to the comments above, I'd like to share something I saw happen: One of my neighbours in Georgia had a dryer fire; fortunately, her hubby was at home and there was actually an extinguisher in the house, so damage was not too bad. The problem came when they called their insurer. When the adjuster came out, he took one look at the smushed plastic duct and the regular duct tape and told them point-blank they were not covered because the installation wasn't anywhere near being up to code. They were about $2500 out of pocket, and they were lucky it wasn't worse.
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| Post# 396441 , Reply# 7 11/29/2009 at 15:12 (5,254 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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When we had our dryer vent cleaned by the chimney sweep, we had metalized exhaust tubing coming out of the dryer. He replaced it with this strange galvanized vent. It's only about a foot long (it's adjustable). One side clamps on the dryer and the other end clamps onto the exhaust vent housing. It's very efficient. | ||
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Post# 396453 , Reply# 8 11/29/2009 at 16:40 (5,254 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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