Using dryer exhaust to heat house

[guruatbol]

Of course, hanging clothes to dry is the most energy-efficient method, and will recover some of the humidity, without the higher concentration levels of the dryer vent.

SWMBO will not allow our colored clothes to be run through the dryer. The colors last longer without fading. Wash them and then hang them up. It is dry in Utah so stuff dries fast. SWMBO wants me to put in a clothes line for the summer. Then the whites and everything will get hung up. This way they get to air out, and the saun will bleach the whites. The colored will still hang inside. (let's see where you pervs go with this.)

I'll likely coat the poles in bed liner too, Mike! Stop future rust! May fill the pipes with great stuff in order to stop moisture from the inside too!

Mel

 

[pprince]

Venting inside does/can generated a tremendous amount of humidity.

Our Bosche washer does a better job of wringing out the water and directing the venting outside for the first few minutes gets rid of a lot of the humidity. We also turn on our air exchanger.

The end effect is quite low humidity but still recovering a lot of the heat.

Hopefully we are saving the planet for all this extra work

 

[classicdoug]

Yep, I'm definitely out on this one. My dryer is gas so that knocks me out, but with the foam insulation, the house is very, very air tight so too much moisture would not be good. Oh well, if I had an older house with an electric dryer, I would definitely do it. Thanks for the help.

Doug

 

[tarafied1]

I grew up with my dad venting the gas dryer in the winter into the house using the pantyhose lint trap method. Never had a problem with fumes or rot. They were older homes but still we never had an issue and as far as I know he still does it. I don't know why a gas dryer would be anydifferent than a gas furnace or water heater. They both do have a chimney but are far from sealed to prevent fumes.
I have have two aquariums and my house, it is so dry in the winter the tanks loose about 5-7 gallons of water a week. The only time I don't have major evaporation is Spring and Fall when we don't heat or use AC (yes the AC takes out moisture so the air is dry too but that's good). I can't imagine a dryer for a normal family (not laundry mat) ever making TOO much humidity. In fact, one of my houses had a humidifier on it to add humidity in the forced air heat. Now I don't know about an air tight house, didn't know such a thing exsisted but we have along with our smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide tester/alarm. I vent my dryer into the garage which is under the dining room and living room and is like another room in the house. I haven't had any carbon monoxide fumes in the 4+ years I have lived here nor have I had rot or mold or even rust on anything in the garage. I'm going to keep doing it.