We recently replaced our washer and dryer. And we wanted to take advantage of a heat saver on our dryer again as we had one many years ago in our old house. This is the one we bought.
Our little laundry room is quite small and we are a large family so space and organization are extremely important. When the new dryer arrived I was excited to get going and get it installed but immediately noticed my first issue. As you can see in the photo the dryer vent comes out of our wall very low, probably like most situations. Our new dryer sits on a pedastool and needs the port to be up higher. Not a huge issue we could run 2 elbows to bring it up and lie up with the new dryer, right, wrong! Because our room is so small and the new machines are so big they already block the doorway somewhat, but to add another 7 or so inches out from the wall to accommodate the new running of vents, no way. I grumped like I usually do when presented with a less than ideal situation, then I think. And this is what I came up with to give me everything I wanted.
I decided in is case I was ok cutting up the wall. I mean it's behind the dryer right? No one will see it. Still a bit nervous.
This is the mess I made. Actually its perfect. I dismantled the elbow coming into the room and installed an extension, the vent saver, and then a new elbow.
The final end result isn't too bad. These machines are huge compared to what we had. We now have enough room to reach around the side and behind to empty the grate on the heat saver and are able to run a fan that helps push the heat into the hallway.
Check out my next post where I go through how I keep 6 people organized in this tiny space.
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