Dryer Venting Help
Hello, I live in a 24 unit converted to condo building where the sponsor did a dodgey job when installing our washer and dryers in the ’80’s. Half the units have gas and half have electric. NONE OF THEM ARE VENTED. Does anyone know the legal code for gas and electric? Right now, some units…
Hello, I live in a 24 unit converted to condo building where the sponsor did a dodgey job when installing our washer and dryers in the ’80’s. Half the units have gas and half have electric. NONE OF THEM ARE VENTED. Does anyone know the legal code for gas and electric? Right now, some units with electric have vent buckets, but I don’t think that is enough. Obviously, gas is completely illegal, but we aren’t sure who to fix the situation. WIll we have to put vents out into the fresh air on the roof? How are the self venting dryers? Are they up to code and will not pose a health risk or fire? Any help or websites would be greatly appreciated.
All that is required is a through the wall vent at least 12-18 inches from the window(I believe)…
why would gas be illegal?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/fuel_code.pdf
its in here somewhere…
I worry the plumber will have an ethical duty to report it to and our gas line will be cut off to the street.
Has anyone has any good experiences with self venting dryers and if so, what brand.
thanks again for all of your help.
OP, get a grip…fire-hazard guy? Next you’ll be calling in Homeland security. The venting requirement is simple and as mentioned above any plumber can fix it. It’s not an emergency, obviously.
Yup. A licensed plumber will know the code requirement. Discuss what can be done, how much it will cost, whether it will be filed or needs to be filed.
FWIW, in my old 1930s coop in Queens, I am pretty sure the dryers vented out the wall to the yard. There sure seemed to be a lot of air and such blowing out there.
Call your plumber. If your building doesn’t have one, there are plenty of plumbers well-recommended on this site, Gateway among them.
does anyone know who i ca call to survey what we should o? I have some sort of fire hazard guy come in, but he didn’t have the exact answers on how to alleviate the problem.
Maybe it just goes to show that gas dryers actually are not that much of a danger as I have contended all along… 😉
btw, why does OP think non-vented (correctly, condensing) dryers are a fire-hazard? They sell them legitimately don’t they? They reputedly dry slower, especially if not 220v. and of course need a drain.
well, maybe it has. Who knows? Scares me so much, but I can’t force people not to use their dryers. I have begged them all and I hope they are not, but we don’t know what the best way to fix the problem. We worry putting in vents will be costly and we have had history of leaks, so that could open a whole can of worms.
The gas dryers have been in use for 20 years with out venting to the outside?
I can’t imagine the dust and CO has not caused health problems.