For questions generally relating to the exhaust ventilation of air from inside the home, and/or methods to promote proper airflow thorough various spaces in a structure.
Questions tagged [vent]
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Do Americans in dense city centers vent their dryers directly outdoors?
I live in California in a normal single family home.
My normal US dryer vents out the back into a duct that eventually goes out the side of my house - it vents moisture, air and lint directly to the outdoors.
I have never considered any other method…
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Do thermostat-controlled, auto-adjust HVAC vents exist?
The residential forced-air HVAC systems I have seen are controlled by a single thermostat in one room. One has to manually adjust the vents in order to adjust the temperature in other rooms. Is there such a think as thermostat-controlled,…
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Is it dangerous to run electrical cords through heating vents?
I'm living in an old apartment, and my roommate has fed electrical cords through a heating vent from the living room into the bathroom, up to a power bar on the side of the sink. I see this as a double hazard and illegal.
The heating vent exits from…
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What is the best way to clean your clothes dryer exhaust?
My dryer exhaust goes out of my laundry room, into my attic, and runs for about 15 feet before it gets outside. Over time the lent has built up quite a bit. What is the best way to clean this? The sections in the attic are connected via duct…
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Crushed Aluminum Dryer Vent
My dryer vent got crushed. It seems there's probably a couple inches for airflow. Do i need to have someone replace it? Is there some sort of simple tool to uncrush it a little bit?
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What purpose are these openings on the roof?
I have a slanted roof on my house. I think it's called a Gable and Valler roof where some vertical portions of the home intersects with some of the slanted parts of the roof.
With that said, there are some openings where squirrels apparently are…
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Vent kitchen hood vent to roof turbine vent?
I had a contractor install a hood vent. He ran a foil pipe up towards the roof and tie it @ 6 in below the turbine vent (whirley birds).
Is this adequate for all the fumes to escape out? Is this ok?
He told me to run it out through the roof it…
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Venting the attic space during summer to cool the house
The air in my attic gets superheated during summer, from the sun baking the (clay? terracotta?) roof tiles (I live in Sydney, Australia).
I have good ceiling insulation, and even put in some sarking (foil insulation just under the tiles) but some…
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Is it ok that my dryer vents into a porch attic?
My 2nd floor dryer vents outside of house but into the small enclosure between the roof and ceiling of the attached porch overhang (see photo below). There is no vent coming out of the overhang.
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How do I stop water from getting into floor vent?
We have a heating vent located on the floor close to a shower. Occasionally when the floor gets wet it can act like a drain and it causes issues on the ceiling of the floor below.
I could use caulk to permanently seal the vent cover to the floor but…
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Is it possible to use a dryer vent as a heat source in the winter?
Is it possible to attach a diverter to an electric clothes dryer vent so it can help heat my house in the winter? Seems like such a waste to blow it all outside. I imagine you'd need some sort of filter or maybe a radiant heating option.
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Drywall surrounding vent no longer supports screws;
Screws that normally fix the vent in place can't do their job anymore. The drywall has crumbled to the point that the tapped hole for the screw lacks a boundary with the duct. (Picture attached.)
Perhaps:
The cutout for the original vent larger…
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What are my options for venting a bathroom exhaust fan?
I would like to install a fan in our bathroom which currently has none. However, I'm very confused regarding the best approach for this.
Above the bathroom is an attic space. I have read that venting out the gable side of the house is preferable…
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How much vent fan throughput do I need for my bathroom?
What minimum size (CFM) vent fan do I need per cubic foot of bathroom?
Consider a bathroom that is 10ft. X 4ft. X 6ft(height). What is the minimum throughput rating for a vent fan? I want a vent fan that truly performs when it comes to removing…
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Is it Ok to mount a bathroom extractor fan at floor level?
I am fitting a new shower to a downstairs bathroom (the room previously only have toilet & sink) and need to fit an extractor fan. The room borders onto an enclosed porch (uPVC doors & windows with sloped tiled roof above).
I could fit the fan near…
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