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Dry your clothes and heat your home at the same time, ingenious!

I''ve seen a lot of weird things during inspections. Most of the weird are home owners creative ideas when it comes to fixing things around the house. Luckily, I can still be surprised. Look at the picture to the right. See the fuzz on the wood grate in the fireplace? That's dryer lint. The home owner didn't know where to vent the dryer to, so they decided the best place for it would be to connect the dryer vent to the fireplace flu. Good thing for the buyer they didn't do a good job at finishing the drywall in the area, so I was able to see what they had done.

It gets even better. The house had no chimney. So where did the fireplace flu go you ask? It terminated at the exterior wall directly under a bedroom window. That way, when you're choking on fumes in your sleep, you'll have the fresh smell of a dryer sheet to make it more comfortable.

Brodie Brown

Posted by Brodie Brown on 08/28/2009 09:20 AM

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5 Comments on Dry your clothes and heat your home at the same time, ingenious!

AUG

Nothing like a little CO to ruin your day! Who was it that said: "you cant fix stupid" ?

That looks like an idea whose time has come--or not.

Brodie, is it just me or is your text color VERY difficult to read?

Charles, I agree with you. The Txt is difficult to read, so it is not just you.

That's weird guys, it shows as normal black text on my screen. The original blog is at gahomeinspector.blogspot.com if you want to read it. Sorry about the trouble.

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