Questions tagged [venting]
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Can I vent a bathroom through the side of the house instead of the roof?
Venting a new bathroom through the side of the house
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Can I vent my portable air conditioner into my garage?
I have casement windows and venting through the window is funky at best. This portable AC is a single room unit, and I am considering a direct vent into the garage. The garage is large (3+) with a large window. During hot weather at least 1…
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Can I share a dryer vent with a portable A/C unit?
I want to add a portable A/C unit in our sun room which also houses our washer/dryer. Rather than vent the A/C thru a window I'd like to know if I could utilize the dryer venting by using a Y connector to combine the 2. If so, should I use a damper…
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Is an electric dryer's vent pipe a fire hazard when routed through the floor?
I will be venting my electric clothes dryer through a pre-cut hole in the floor. It will be vented using flexible, foil type tubing and traveling a short distance to an exhaust on the side of my home. My concern is how hot the dryer venting may…
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Should vents protruding through the roof be protected from weather?
Should vent and air intake pipes that exit thru the house roof be left open to the elements or should they be terminated with a gooseneck to make them rain proof?
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how to vent an electric dryer when outdoors isn't option
We have a building on the 3rd floor of a 4 floor building that we are building a loft in, It is in an historic area, we are in the middle of the block downtown. size 21'wide x 180'long, left and right walls are 18" of brick with plaster overlay.…
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Dryer vent and bath vent combined
A neighbor is working to control moisture in his crawl space. He has a bath vent going to the crawl space. His repair is to connect the bath vent pipe to his dryer vent. The logic is that he would not have another protrusion through the wall…
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Do I really need a 1200 CFM Hood for a 48" Range?
We just purchased a 48" ZLine range with 7 burners. The information about all this CFM is very confusing.
Do I really need a 1200 CFM hood?
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Will this work for a wet vent?
I am not sure if I properly understand the wet vent concept so here is the question.
The current bathroom apparently has no dry venting. I am moving the sink from the point marked on the wall just behind where it says '2"(to be confirmed)' to the…
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