Issues associated with dryer ducts found at Ohio home inspections by Habitation Investigation. Use the information to help prevent home buying issues and to keep your home in good condition.

1. Dryer Ducts
And the issues they can cause.
Tips for you and your listings

2. Always route to exterior
• Clothes dryers produce large amount of moist
air. They should always be routed to the
exterior of a home.
• One load of wash holds approximately 10
pounds of water (5 quarts)

3. Keep them short as possible
• Standard building practices limit clothes dryer
exhaust ducts to 25 feet, and less when bends
are present (2.5 feet for each 45-degree bend
and 5 feet for each 90-degree bend)

4. Check connections

5. Broken connections lead to problems

6. Mold and rot are possibilities

7. Indoor venting options are not a good idea.

8. This is a result of a dryer being routed to the garage

9. Lint rose into this attic space

10. Condensation also formed and dripped
on to the lint making neat little craters.

11. Final Comments
• Recommend to sellers that they check on the
dryer vents to ensure proper connections.
• Check your own vents
• If not proper have it corrected to avoid future
issues

12. Thank You
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