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Is it safe (and a good idea) to vent an electric dryer in a basement to the main sewer vent.

We’re thinking of putting an electric dryer in the basement but to vent it we’d either have to cut through the foundation (too hard and probably not a good idea) or find another way to vent so the humid air doesn’t empty into the basement. There is an upside down elbow shaped pipenext to to the stoop that is a vent from the main sewer line. Could this be used as a vent line (withs some sort of one way flap in the vent tube so stinky gas wouldn’t come back into the dryer/basement)?

If MasterPlumber still posts, his views would be appreciated.