How Do You Install A New Clothes Dryer Vent Near An Outside Wall?
Failure to safely vent a dryer can at the least yield a basement covered in a thick layer of lint and at the worst cause a lint fire. Both these outcomes, however, are easily avoidable, particularly if the dryer is near an outside wall. Determine where exactly you want the vent. Your options include placing the dryer on a slab and venting the dryer straight through the nearby wall, running a vent up behind the dryer and venting through the rim joist, and running a vent up behind the dryer and up through the roof. Placing a dryer on a slab and venting directly through the wall behind the dryer won’t work if the dryer is in the basement unless it’s a rare situation where the outside surface of the nearby wall is open and not underground. Venting through the roof is also unrealistic if the dryer is not on the highest floor of the house– and roof vents make lovely homes for birds if you’re not careful. The most common and most practical venting approach is to go through the rim joist, whi
