Pvc Dryer Vent In Slab

Now i m not an expert but i m pretty sure that s not how dryer vents should work.

Pvc dryer vent in slab.

As a professional dryer vent cleaner we see many of these useless vents. Section g2437 clothes dryer exhaust is amended by adding section g2437 5 3 to read as follows g2437 5 3 under slab installation. Ease of cleaning them is exponentially greater than a slab vent. Steel stainless steel or copper.

Builders in this area are using 4 pvc pipe for a dryer vent before they pour the slab for the home. This encases the pvc within the concrete floor. The pvc runs from the laundry room to an outside wall of the slab and are most likely 8 12 feet long. For one pvc has a rather low maximum operating temperature.

Exhaust ducts for domestic clothes dryers shall be permitted to be constructed of schedule 40 pvc pipe provided that the installation complies with all of the following. Irc 2006 m1503 2 duct material single wall ducts serving range hoods shall be constructed of gal. It is better to go straight up the wall and through the attic and vent on the roof rather than go through a slab. All pvc pipe and fittings have a max operating.

This encases the pvc within the concrete floor. The dryer vent connection is just a pvc pipe running down into the slab and then in the front of our home there is a 90 degree pvc bend that spits out the exhaust and sometimes some lint. Interesting comments from all. Surprisingly the vertical vents work well.