Am trying to plan the position of a tumble dryer. Does the vent hose have to go out the wall behind the dryer, or can it go out a wall to the side of the dryer without having the dryer project out beyond the worktop? Cheers
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:08:19 -0700 someone who may be nafuk wrote this:-
That depends on the dryer and where it has outlets. The manufacturer of your proposed dryer should have this information on their web site.
Some dryers can have a rear hose bent through ninety degrees without hitting anything in one direction but not in the other, due to the shape of the back.
Also consider "flat" ducts.
All ductwork should slope gently away from the machine to the outlet grille, to avoid runs of condensation.
On the larger scale why have a hose pipe conveying expensively heated air directly to the outside? Why not use a condensing drier?
On the even larger scale why use any extra energy to dry clothes. A traditional pulley, as they are called here, dries clothes without any extra energy consumption and most houses can have one or more fitted.
washer and (little used) dryer are. In summer clothes can dry outside, and in winter when the combi is more active it heats the air in the utility - we've got one of those pulley clothes driers which therefore makes the use of all of this hot air and dries the clothes in no time at all.
Matt
Or on the instructions with it assuming it's not 2nd hand without them.
Thats what flexible ducting is for.
Never had condensation problems with the convoluted flexible ducting and our's runs UP to a window around 2ft higher than the putlet.
Personally I don't like them as they blow hot air into an already hot room, sometimes a kitchen as that's where some are mounted especially in smaller premises where the butler or maid have limited living space ;-)
assuming limited DIY skills, a ceiling strong enough to hang it from and are strong enough to haul a full load of damp washing up over 7ft.
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 06:51:24 +0100 someone who may be "R" wrote this:-
Tumble driers also need somewhere to go.
If someone is able to install a duct through a wall, which the original posting was about, then I think it extremely unlikely they will not have the skills to fit a pulley.
Most ceilings have large bits of wood above them, holding up the floor above as well as being what the ceiling is attached to. The pulley can be attached to these.
People were strong enough in the past. Have people become weaklings recently?
The two condensing dryers we have had don't vent into the room they recirculate the air within the machine and condense the moisture out of it with cold water as it goes round. This water use might not be a good idea if you are on a water meter. Both of these machines dumped more heat into the room when doing a boil wash than when drying.
er no the energy to evaporate the water has to come from somewhere. In this case the space in the house, meaning that the space heating may come on for a bit more than it would without. However that is minimal IMHO, the biggest snag is the increase in internal humidity. A modern sealed box house would really need to have a window or two opened or forced ventilation of some sort (bathroom door open and fan on).
Stair wells are quite handy.
Isn't this person about to hack a hole through a wall for vent pipe. A couple of screw pullies into the ceiling joists strikes me as somewaht simpler.
The washer doesn't have a spin cycle? The washing would be heavy without being spun but then it would also be dripping and not particulary suitable for hanging up indoors...
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:18:05 +0100 (BST) someone who may be "Dave Liquorice" wrote this:-
Most unlikely. The heat concerned is at high level and, in the absence of heat recovery, would be percolating out of the house anyway.
Ventilation certainly needs to be considered. Ideally this would take the form of whole house ventilation, especially in a "modern sealed box".
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