Vinyl Clothes Dryer Vent

Clothes dryer exhaust made of vinyl. This material is known to melt or even catch fire because of high temperatures. If you have it, replace with a flexible metal material. 

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Posted by Erol Kartal on 03/31/2008 02:14 PM   Comments (5)    

5 Comments on Dryer Vent Hazard

Yep, I tell everybody I know. Go back to the metal. I believe that the new village code is metal for Schaumburg.

Thanks for the reminder.

 

03/31/2008 02:18 PM by Lyn Sims, Northwest Suburban Chicago Homes (RE/MAX Suburban)

hhhhhmmm, I guess "Poofff" wouldn't be a good thing.

Sean Allen

03/31/2008 02:23 PM by International Financing Solutions

Erol, I always call out the old cheap plastic stuff.  Have you seen where most dryer manufacturers don't allow the flexible foil type as well?  I think smooth-wall is the only way to go.

03/31/2008 06:28 PM by Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)

Thanks for the heads up, Charles. Didn't know about the smooth wall requirements on some.

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03/31/2008 08:17 PM by Erol Kartal (Pro Inspect)

When I found this out I went dug out my own dryer instructions and sure enough they said it had to be smooth wall metal pipe.  The appliance install guys used the flex foil type.  The rub I guess comes because the foil stuff has a UL approval for this use---but the manufacturer's instructions are supposed to trump that.

03/31/2008 09:25 PM by Charles Buell, Seattle, WA, Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)

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