Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today’s appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

If your dryer is in the basement and the basement is underground, run duct up the exterior wall and out the rim joist. Set the vent a minimum of 12 inches above the outside ground. Pro tip: Use no ...

Q: I need your advice. My clothes dryer stopped getting my clothes dry. The problem was traced to the vent line being squished behind the dryer. I was also told the flexible plastic pipe was inferior.

Dear Action Line: On crawl-space mold prevention, should clothes dryers be vented outside with a horizontal duct through the crawl space or vertically through the roof? What is required to do this ...

Q. In a recent issue of our newspaper, one of your fellow writers said it was OK to vent an electric (NOT GAS) dryer indoors to gain heat and humidity with an indoor-outdoor venting system. I thought ...

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As do-it-yourself jobs go, installing a dryer vent doesn’t look complicated, but there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. It’s easy to punch pipe through an exterior wall but poor installation can ...