best solution for dryer lint on front porch?
i know the best solution would be to buy a heat pump 2 in 1 washer and dryer or even just a heat pump dryer.. but thats not feasible right now unfortunately.. would certainly make this a million times easier.
replacing the siding on my front porch which is basically just a small alcove area with not much air flow due to the shape. then depending on the direction of the wind, everything just gets blown into the corners!!
now is the time to change or move the dryer vent if theres a reasonable solution.
https://i.imgur.com/hBd54N6.png
the amount of cat hair, human hair, lint, etc that is built up is not great.
right now the dryer exhaust is up about 1.5′ from the ground and exhausts downward. the previous vent cover exhausted straight out, but wasn’t a whole lot different in terms of lint build up.
i was thinking about moving the exhaust to above the dryer so that i could use a secondary lint trap. this would have to be a ~45 degree diagonal ~4′ run to avoid electrical, plumbing, etc. then it would have a 90 straight out of the wall. but a straight vertical run can go 15-20′ before needing a booster.. so this doesn’t seem unreasonable.
or is it unreasonable?
or if anyone has a better idea. idea #2 is just venting it out of the roof.
thanks in advance.
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to the 5 people that might have similar issues and find this through google
i caved and got the LG 2 in 1. found it for $1550 shipped and included a pedestal.
its a little slow to dry, which i expected. but was worth it.
cs55,
Thanks for the update. Anecdotally I'm hearing good things about the combos.
We have a stacked LG unit with the HP ventless dryer. Wife loves it and has adjusted her schedule for drying clothes.
We're buying another one for the main house.
Make sure you clean the filters (yes, BOTH. Separate them to clean) to keep the drying times from getting longer and longer.
the 2 in 1 vs stacked was a tough decision. but i live by myself and am super forgetful. so being able to just throw things in before i go to bed is nice.
I'd say the best solution to the original problem is a better lint filter. It's not supposed to be blown out into the yard.
ha, yea not sure why the lint filter was so bad on my dryer. too late to figure out now.
on a side note, for some reason i had it in my head that they don't get that hot or heat up the room. that certainly is not the case. oh well.