Pvc Dryer Vent In Slab

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Pvc dryer vent in slab. Steel stainless steel or copper. Though i have not seen a pvc clothes dryer vent in the slab we do allow pvc pipe in the slab for fireplace air intake vents and pvc pipe for down draft cooktop vents. It is better to go straight up the wall and through the attic and vent on the roof rather than go through a slab. Section g2437 clothes dryer exhaust is amended by adding section g2437 5 3 to read as follows g2437 5 3 under slab installation.

Builders in this area are using 4 pvc pipe for a dryer vent before they pour the slab for the home. The pvc runs from the laundry room to an outside wall of the slab and are most likely 8 12 feet long. Irc 2006 m1503 2 duct material single wall ducts serving range hoods shall be constructed of gal. Ease of cleaning them is exponentially greater than a slab vent.

Pvc pipe is fantastic for many different applications and it is even sometimes used for duct and venting applications but there are a few reasons why pvc pipe is not a great choice for dryer vents. Why not use pvc for your dryer vent. For one pvc has a rather low maximum operating temperature. As a professional dryer vent cleaner we see many of these useless vents.

Surprisingly the vertical vents work well. Now i m not an expert but i m pretty sure that s not how dryer vents should work. This encases the pvc within the concrete floor. This encases the pvc within the concrete floor.