Clothes Dryer Air Intake System

Both gas fired and electric clothes dryers require make up air.

Clothes dryer air intake system.

With kitchen and bathroom venting part of the air exchange system the only device in the house that can upset the balance between intake and exhaust is the clothes dryer which takes air from inside the house and sends it outside. I have 4 to the left of the and 6 to the right where i could place vents. Always use the proper heat setting for the fabric being dried. The door opening will be a 32 x80 door.

The air passes through the holes in the door and out through the big slot in the bottom of the door which leads to the lint screen. The conduit also has an inlet opening positioned within the attic of a building. A conduit having an outlet opening being adapted for connection to a clothes dryer and being positioned remote from the attic of a building and also. The air is drawn through the lint screen and down a duct in the front of the dryer where it enters the fan.

An inlet connection coupled with an opening of the intake system provides intake air to the heating element. According to another embodiment a clothes dryer intake system includes a clothes dryer having an intake system for providing intake air to a heating element of a clothes dryer. A clothes dryer air intake system including a conduit having an outlet opening for connection to a clothes dryer and being positioned remote from the attic of a building. The clothes dryer intake is a through the wall ventilator designed to provide make up air for the clothes dryer or other rooms which need a source of fresh air.

Some of my thoughts are. I suspect that the negative pressure created by the dryer may inhibit the air exchanger s operation. Air is drawn in at floor level along the front of the dryer. Lint screen and duct.

I could add a register tying in the the heating and air or place a vent to the outside wall behind the dryer. Fan and exhaust duct. For loads like towels for example using high heat and a more dry setting will allow the load to dry more effectively. When a typical clothes dryer is running for 45 minutes it s typically removing 7 000 cubic feet of conditioned air from your home.

A clothes dryer air intake system comprising. Beside the gap under the door what other air intake should i provide to this laundry room. If you keep in mind that any exhausting clothes dryer is a big exhaust fan that if fuel fired also must vent combustion products it is easier to follow.