The idea of retaining the heat is attractive, the purpose of venting outside (as you know) is to shed the moisture. So those contraptions may filter particulates, and allow for the retention of heat, but I'd be concerned about the potential for mold or other undesirable effects of having hot moist air build up inside. I don't have an electric dryer, so this isn't even an option for me, but thought I'd share my concern. i've been watching your videos for a while now and thoroughly enjoy your content.
I've tried the method with the blue filter store bought product (exactly the same as pictured here). While it technically does work, I would think very, very few people *should* try this. We have a very large dedicated laundry room (13-14 ft ceilings), and only have 2 people in a 4000 ft2 house (so, not a ton of moisture). When using this method, our laundry room (door open) got so humid that it actually rusted an ironing board we keep in there so badly that it would not slide open again, and had to be replaced. I have a smart home air quality meter, and the first few minutes of the dryer cycle, the humidity spiked to super high levels. We have a vent to the outside, but I think it's wasteful to dump all that heated air outside during the winter (heating season). Unfortunately, exposing your home and belongings to such high humidity is just rarely going to be a good move. Maybe only in the situations where your winter indoor air gets so dry that you otherwise need to run a humidifier. The problem with the above method (DIY humidifier) is that the humidity will be concentrated where your dryer is, and probably not disperse throughout the house fast enough. Good thought, will work out badly for most. [Note: after a couple months, I bailed on this DIY hack, and bought a proper heat pump dryer, which is the right way to go ventless or avoid wasting heated air]
I have used the DYI version to heat my garage for the last 10 years. What I learned from you... adding a screen to the vent holes. IT is recommended to keep the bucket at least half full of water.
Love your fix tips and subscribed. Here is a super simple way for electric dryers: rubberband a lady's Leg nylon stocking onto end of exhaust hose. Be sure to leave whole below knee portion. So dust goes into foot and air goes thru stocking. Easy to clean and Lots of heat! Yep some dust gets past, but very little and less than in my garage anyways. God Bless
I would think that the wall mounted filter has a little tray on the bottom to catch the moisture coming out of the dryer and then you could dump it when it's full. Kinda like a dehumidifier has the same tray that you dump the water.
That's kind of what it's there for (also as a water trap to filter lint), but it only catches moisture that's condensed out of the air. The air that passes through the filter will still be saturated with lots of moisture, which means wherever you do your laundry will get humid very quickly. Most people don't have laundry areas where it's wise to do this.
I live in the desert & we have no humidity! I have put a pr of pantyhose or tights on the end of the pipe going to the dryer & then directing the moist air into the house for decades. It works fine. When the pantyhose fills with lint, I toss it. Too hot to do this in the summer. Instead I run a couple of cool mist humidifiers. The moisture helps my asthma. In a locale that has humidity already, too much moisture can cause issues.
I’m using the Better Vent one,which is identical to the Funmas. It’s great in the winter but not so much when it gets hot in the summer. Also, I have to turn a fan on and open the door of the laundry room for better ventilation otherwise the heat,humid air gets trapped. This is a temporary solution until I purchase a heat pump dryer.
I used the first suggestion FORTY years ago. I believe you should put water in the bottom to catch lint. One problem with venting inside, who wants HOT air in the HOT summer. Otherwise, I do like the channel. Edited for spelling.
I love this idea I would rather have one with moisture because it would also catch any lint that was coming through the tube. Downside is in the summertime you need to get behind your machine again and change it out because no one wants that hot air blowing in when it's 95° outside
Those have been floating around since the 70's. Pumping the moisture into your house is an invitation to mold. Building codes say VTO. Vent to outside.
I use a Better Vent which almost looks like the FUNMAS but a little different design. I had to use an atypical type of vent because my dryer is in an odd space and vents into the garage. I live in Florida and let me tell you that the garage in the summer without venting a dryer into it gets well over 100 degrees and all the humidity that goes with it sucks, big time! I understand wanting hot air to come back inside maybe for the winter, but even then venting a dryer into your house sounds crazy to me. To combat the humidity I installed a window AC and dehumidifier in the garage for the summer just to keep it bearable. I thought about hiring a contractor to build a roof stack vent but not do I not want to to spend that much money, I know it's going to eventually get clogged. It sucks three ways to Wednesday, but it is what it is...thanks for the video, I found it entertaining but what the heck do you do in the summer? Just let it vent inside your house with the AC on full blast, the moisture and humidity it creates is freaking nuts.
where i live we only have a week at most of very cold weather, so i use the small white one in the closed kitchen, in this case the humidity is very welcome. If i were going to do this more often i would probably use my dehumidifier (which i usually save for the horrid summers).
My DYI dryer vent is even much simpler than yours! I live in a dry climate & need all the humidity I can get...especially in winter!. Start--cut hose to preferred length & tie a cord around with a loop--then clip the loop to a hook or other easy access for movement. The End of Hose has a Fabric Netting 'Sock' that is about 18 inches long---Half going up the hose & secured with easy to remove elastic band. The other half swings freely into a bucket or trash can. when the fabric 'sock' is full of lint, hold over trash can & pull inside out, shake well. Launder with Other 'socks'! Attach a second one to the hose as before! I have made 4 of these fabric socks & just keep rotating. :D
I tried these contraptions. DON'T!! The moisture will cause way more issues than you think. Run as short of a vent outside, and keep clean. That's the proper way. The right way. This is NOT!!
i think the 2nd one is designed to draw the moisture out and dump it in that drawer, (he said you add water to it, but if i remember the amazon ads the moist air collects there and you dump it after a while) but yeah , this adds a lot of moisture into the air, there was a Holmes on Homes episode where a dryer was basically causing mold due to this. Also sure it adds heat in the winter, but what about summer lol, my A/C barely can keep up, im sure adding a few thousand BTUs of additional heat will make for a pleasant summer.
I think this depends on how dry your climate is. Many places would not want anymore humidity in your house but I don’t think it’s a problem if you live in a desert climate.
Appreciate the difference ideas. That must cost money and time. Super helpful. Already have the system in info but your video inspire me to do one myself. A better version thanks to your expertise and ideas.
Thank you for this. We have to install a bucket vent because our current set up trying to vent outside won't work b/c of distance and cement walls. This has been very helpful..
Those might be OK if you live in very dry area (SW parts US) and for short time. The moisture is incredible. I can close the door to my laundry room WITH outside vent. The walls will drip moisture...
Only use this if you have problems with excessively dry indoor air and need extra humidity, otherwise you will have mould and possibly rotting issues in cold spots. Ideally, you'd use a heat exchanger to ditch moisture. Better yet, if you can afford it, get a condensing dryer which uses a heat pump to heat the air so it can pick up moisture, then cool it to condense moisture, rinse and repeat without external air flow, only needs a drain line to dump the condensate if you don't want to have to manually empty the tank.
Might be ok for single person households that don't do a ton of laundry. It would be sort of like having a hot shower for an hour at a time... that sort of steam, heat and humidity. If you can get a reasonably high powered (150w+) fan to dry the place out when you do it. It looks like it would be an appealing solution to where my grandparents used to live where they were not allowed to have their own washer and dryer in their condos because of the lack of venting. Some people managed to do it anyway. But that was in Florida where you don't need the heat and the humidity would be an issue. So you'd have to manage that stuff if you had to operate somewhere that you couldn't vent. Then again for the less frequent maybe just run the ducting out a window or something like that.
I really like the DIY version, but our utility space is very limited. I'm not sure where I would put the bucket. The FUNMAS 3-in-1 looks promising because I could mount it on the wall above the dryer. Gonna have to do some head scratching on this. Thanks for the video.
Seems like at switch in the venting needs to be added to toggle the hot air outside during the summer. I do like the value of keeping the heat in doors during the heating season.
Thanks; yours is the best video I have seen on the topic, and thanks for telling us WHY it is not suitable for gas dryers (that pesky carbon monoxide.) I am looking for a summer/winter heat diverter that can be accessed/set-up above the top of the dryer (so I don't have to climb behind it twice a year, as I am limited on space. Do you have such a video or have you seen any, or seen a product for this? I thought I saw a device on Amazon a few months ago, but can not find it now.
Fantastic I have always wondered about doing this. Now what about in the summer when its cool at night and I want to cool my house with outside air but the noise from cars is to much to open the windows ? I have been told "not" to cool your house with a power intake fan for some reason I have no idea why ?
I bought the one you were holding the square one with the little blue filters sticking out of. I only use my dryer in the winter and it's only me so I don't have any problems with humidity. I suppose if I used it in the summertime I would want it vented out I wouldn't want any mildew or mold growing
I bought on from Canadian tire and it leaked , so i made my own until I evict the squirrels from my vent duct .And have it cleaned . A dehumidifier would be good to get rid of the moisture .
If you have an older home and can’t direct vent outside and use an indoor vent. You absolutely should be using a dehumidifier in the space that’s being vented to. If the vent is inside your main living space you need to use a dehumidifier alongside a purifier capable of removing VOCs. NEVER use bleach for clothes if you vent indoors.
I've tried the FUNMAS, it irritated my lungs (I have asthma), I imagine it wasn't able to catch all the lint micro particles. Using it also left moisture on the walls and ceiling of the space I was using it in, this was in a fairly arid climate.
I really like your video but is this safe to use in a garage? What about the humidity coming out if the dryer? Wouldn’t that create mold? Thank you again! Jose
I tried this. It made my laundry room steamy hot. I would like to stream the dryer hot air into my HVAC duct so it will circulate evenly through the entire house. The lint will have to be filtered out before the hot air enters the HVAC ducting. Will it work?
Let's see if i understand the sequence of drying WET clothes ..... first of all , they are wet ! The heating element evaporates the moisture from the clothes , the vent transters the moisture outside so it doesn't accumulate anywhere else ! Yes there well be some captured heat but , it's no different than a vaporizer you'd use to relieve a stuffy head cold ! This is inviting mold and mildew into the house because they both thrive in a wet and warm environment ! And lastly .... it's a challenge to keep the house cool in the summer time and this would only compound that
I created something like that and let me tell you the mildew it created in my basement and spores you have to have a humidifier on because that throws out a lot of dust from the clothes you won’t see it right away but you will see it within a wk definitely bad idea run that outside the experts ran it out for a reason. That could maybe work if you’re not drying anything but honestly that’s a bad idea over all just buy a space heater! Because someone could try to use that has source of heat next thing you know their house is on fire 🔥 not everyone is that bright you know. If ain’t broke don’t fix it get a space heater if your cold 🥶 and don’t over load your outlet keep a space heater separate from everything else you want to plug 🔌 in don’t plug anything in the same outlet as the space heater has it will be too much power through one outlet and will cause a fire 🔥 behind your wall if you over load and outlet and it’s not gfic sorry buddy didn’t mean to shade your video but health wise not everyone’s home is like yours. I’m just tryna save lives here!
This is a VERY bad idea for cold climate insulated house. You need to get right of as much humidity as possible. The risk of mold WAY WAY outweigh any potential minimal gain of keeping the heat inside. The real solution is to buy those new "heat pump" dryers (or the new combo ventless Washer-Dryer). Dont risk your health and house to save a few bucks people! Once you get mold, its super hard to get rid of.
I must have missed something as I was only kinda watching in beginning but you kept saying put water into at least two different. Products. I would think you would want to keep those areas empty to remove excess water, not fill them up with extra water
Why would you PUT water into the bucket or the little tray on the commercial one? There is going to be all of the water from your clothes drying going through that vent, and some will condense in that filter and drain into the bucket or tray. Makes no sense to add water before. I think that bucket one is going to be really messy also, with the combination of dryer lint AND moisture condensing and falling into the bucket. I would not just pour that water down your drain or in the toilet either. That discharged lint is a major source of clogs in old houses with cast iron sewer piping. Ask me how I know that! I had to run my clothes washer for many years with a panty hose filter on the washer discharge hose because the lint from the washer itself would clog our drains, until we had a major operation done to replace and sleeve, and in some cases bypass all of our old cast iron piping.
Here’s a thought, hear me out: If you’re going to hook up your electrical dryer ALONG with the indoor venting kit in the kitchen, why don’t you TURN ON the microwave exhaust fan as well while the dryer runs? 🤷🏻♀️ I mean our bathrooms have exhaust fans and we live in the day and age of kitchen having exhaust fans too. But hey, to each their own.
Older homes and especially apartments built prior to the 70s often lack direct exhaust vents. Not ideal but sometimes it’s the only solution to having an indoor dryer. This shouldn’t be used in homes built in the past 30 years.
Dumb idea…BEST IDEA - THEY NOW HAVE HEAT PUMP DRYERS!! Not only do they use 1/4 or less energy but they don’t need to vent outside AT ALL. They simply condense the water vapour and drain it in the sink. The heat is recycled so no need for a leaky external vent. And no need to emit water and air particles inside to create mold.
Holy. Just wait until a building inspector comes by a home with this when the time comes for an insurance claim related to mold or fire. Claim denniiiied 😅
This is a bad idea... although this possible it reduces air quality and adds too much moisture to the air. I would not do this, especially if you have asthma or any kind of lung issues.
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I’m trying the diy now, I’m wondering how much water I should put into the bucket?
The idea of retaining the heat is attractive, the purpose of venting outside (as you know) is to shed the moisture. So those contraptions may filter particulates, and allow for the retention of heat, but I'd be concerned about the potential for mold or other undesirable effects of having hot moist air build up inside. I don't have an electric dryer, so this isn't even an option for me, but thought I'd share my concern. i've been watching your videos for a while now and thoroughly enjoy your content.
I live in the high desert where it’s dry and bitterly cold in the winter, during the morning hours. This sounds very appealing.
I tried this years ago. Makes the room super humid but warmer.
That was my thought. I wonder if there is some way to safely incorporate a bulk supply of desiccant to one of these indoor filters to cut down on that
You beat me to it. I tried before with disastrous results, mold and mildew.
@@tonytable1537 the dryer blows quite a bit of air. The best bet would be something the size of a refrigerator with drying agent.
I've tried the method with the blue filter store bought product (exactly the same as pictured here). While it technically does work, I would think very, very few people *should* try this. We have a very large dedicated laundry room (13-14 ft ceilings), and only have 2 people in a 4000 ft2 house (so, not a ton of moisture). When using this method, our laundry room (door open) got so humid that it actually rusted an ironing board we keep in there so badly that it would not slide open again, and had to be replaced. I have a smart home air quality meter, and the first few minutes of the dryer cycle, the humidity spiked to super high levels.
We have a vent to the outside, but I think it's wasteful to dump all that heated air outside during the winter (heating season). Unfortunately, exposing your home and belongings to such high humidity is just rarely going to be a good move. Maybe only in the situations where your winter indoor air gets so dry that you otherwise need to run a humidifier. The problem with the above method (DIY humidifier) is that the humidity will be concentrated where your dryer is, and probably not disperse throughout the house fast enough.
Good thought, will work out badly for most. [Note: after a couple months, I bailed on this DIY hack, and bought a proper heat pump dryer, which is the right way to go ventless or avoid wasting heated air]
I have used the DYI version to heat my garage for the last 10 years. What I learned from you... adding a screen to the vent holes. IT is recommended to keep the bucket at least half full of water.
Why is water required?
@@chickchoccatches the lint
My dryer exhaust vents out to my garage. What did you use to attach the exhaust hose from the wall going to the bucket?
Love your fix tips and subscribed. Here is a super simple way for electric dryers: rubberband a lady's Leg nylon stocking onto end of exhaust hose. Be sure to leave whole below knee portion. So dust goes into foot and air goes thru stocking. Easy to clean and Lots of heat! Yep some dust gets past, but very little and less than in my garage anyways. God Bless
I use this in the winter. Also The clothes get dry much sooner. You also aren’t pulling warm air from the house and dumping it outside.
I would think that the wall mounted filter has a little tray on the bottom to catch the moisture coming out of the dryer and then you could dump it when it's full. Kinda like a dehumidifier has the same tray that you dump the water.
That's kind of what it's there for (also as a water trap to filter lint), but it only catches moisture that's condensed out of the air. The air that passes through the filter will still be saturated with lots of moisture, which means wherever you do your laundry will get humid very quickly. Most people don't have laundry areas where it's wise to do this.
I live in the desert & we have no humidity! I have put a pr of pantyhose or tights on the end of the pipe going to the dryer & then directing the moist air into the house for decades. It works fine. When the pantyhose fills with lint, I toss it. Too hot to do this in the summer. Instead I run a couple of cool mist humidifiers. The moisture helps my asthma. In a locale that has humidity already, too much moisture can cause issues.
I’m using the Better Vent one,which is identical to the Funmas. It’s great in the winter but not so much when it gets hot in the summer. Also, I have to turn a fan on and open the door of the laundry room for better ventilation otherwise the heat,humid air gets trapped. This is a temporary solution until I purchase a heat pump dryer.
Is that heat pump dryer called a Clothes Line?
I used the first suggestion FORTY years ago. I believe you should put water in the bottom to catch lint.
One problem with venting inside, who wants HOT air in the HOT summer.
Otherwise, I do like the channel.
Edited for spelling.
I love this idea I would rather have one with moisture because it would also catch any lint that was coming through the tube. Downside is in the summertime you need to get behind your machine again and change it out because no one wants that hot air blowing in when it's 95° outside
I am going to try the Home depot method. It seem much cheaper than the other products and would work just as good. Thanks Fix This House!
Those have been floating around since the 70's. Pumping the moisture into your house is an invitation to mold. Building codes say VTO. Vent to outside.
Thanks for sharing. Just be wary of the humidity being released into the home as well.
I use a Better Vent which almost looks like the FUNMAS but a little different design. I had to use an atypical type of vent because my dryer is in an odd space and vents into the garage. I live in Florida and let me tell you that the garage in the summer without venting a dryer into it gets well over 100 degrees and all the humidity that goes with it sucks, big time! I understand wanting hot air to come back inside maybe for the winter, but even then venting a dryer into your house sounds crazy to me. To combat the humidity I installed a window AC and dehumidifier in the garage for the summer just to keep it bearable. I thought about hiring a contractor to build a roof stack vent but not do I not want to to spend that much money, I know it's going to eventually get clogged. It sucks three ways to Wednesday, but it is what it is...thanks for the video, I found it entertaining but what the heck do you do in the summer? Just let it vent inside your house with the AC on full blast, the moisture and humidity it creates is freaking nuts.
Yes, helpful man.
My wife and I appreciate the quality that you put into your videos, and the helps. From Oregon, 👍🇺🇸✝️
where i live we only have a week at most of very cold weather, so i use the small white one in the closed kitchen, in this case the humidity is very welcome. If i were going to do this more often i would probably use my dehumidifier (which i usually save for the horrid summers).
My DYI dryer vent is even much simpler than yours! I live in a dry climate & need all the humidity I can get...especially in winter!. Start--cut hose to preferred length & tie a cord around with a loop--then clip the loop to a hook or other easy access for movement. The End of Hose has a Fabric Netting 'Sock' that is about 18 inches long---Half going up the hose & secured with easy to remove elastic band. The other half swings freely into a bucket or trash can. when the fabric 'sock' is full of lint, hold over trash can & pull inside out, shake well. Launder with Other 'socks'! Attach a second one to the hose as before! I have made 4 of these fabric socks & just keep rotating. :D
I tried these contraptions. DON'T!! The moisture will cause way more issues than you think. Run as short of a vent outside, and keep clean. That's the proper way. The right way. This is NOT!!
I agree, the heat that comes out is very humid and would fog up the windows of my house.
My first thought was that it sounds like an invitation to mold.
i think the 2nd one is designed to draw the moisture out and dump it in that drawer, (he said you add water to it, but if i remember the amazon ads the moist air collects there and you dump it after a while)
but yeah , this adds a lot of moisture into the air, there was a Holmes on Homes episode where a dryer was basically causing mold due to this.
Also sure it adds heat in the winter, but what about summer lol, my A/C barely can keep up, im sure adding a few thousand BTUs of additional heat will make for a pleasant summer.
I think this depends on how dry your climate is. Many places would not want anymore humidity in your house but I don’t think it’s a problem if you live in a desert climate.
I tried didn’t work too much moisture in my house
Appreciate the difference ideas. That must cost money and time. Super helpful. Already have the system in info but your video inspire me to do one myself. A better version thanks to your expertise and ideas.
Thank you for this. We have to install a bucket vent because our current set up trying to vent outside won't work b/c of distance and cement walls. This has been very helpful..
Those might be OK if you live in very dry area (SW parts US) and for short time. The moisture is incredible.
I can close the door to my laundry room WITH outside vent. The walls will drip moisture...
We've used a indoor vent for years during the winter. We heat with coal which is bone dry.
Only use this if you have problems with excessively dry indoor air and need extra humidity, otherwise you will have mould and possibly rotting issues in cold spots. Ideally, you'd use a heat exchanger to ditch moisture. Better yet, if you can afford it, get a condensing dryer which uses a heat pump to heat the air so it can pick up moisture, then cool it to condense moisture, rinse and repeat without external air flow, only needs a drain line to dump the condensate if you don't want to have to manually empty the tank.
Might be ok for single person households that don't do a ton of laundry. It would be sort of like having a hot shower for an hour at a time... that sort of steam, heat and humidity. If you can get a reasonably high powered (150w+) fan to dry the place out when you do it. It looks like it would be an appealing solution to where my grandparents used to live where they were not allowed to have their own washer and dryer in their condos because of the lack of venting. Some people managed to do it anyway. But that was in Florida where you don't need the heat and the humidity would be an issue. So you'd have to manage that stuff if you had to operate somewhere that you couldn't vent. Then again for the less frequent maybe just run the ducting out a window or something like that.
That's good if you live in a cold state,but not good for warm places like Florida..
Awesome!! Thank you! I will make the bucket one for the dryer we got for work, without a way to vent it:)
I really like the DIY version, but our utility space is very limited. I'm not sure where I would put the bucket. The FUNMAS 3-in-1 looks promising because I could mount it on the wall above the dryer. Gonna have to do some head scratching on this. Thanks for the video.
Seems like at switch in the venting needs to be added to toggle the hot air outside during the summer. I do like the value of keeping the heat in doors during the heating season.
Thanks; yours is the best video I have seen on the topic, and thanks for telling us WHY it is not suitable for gas dryers (that pesky carbon monoxide.)
I am looking for a summer/winter heat diverter that can be accessed/set-up above the top of the dryer (so I don't have to climb behind it twice a year, as I am limited on space. Do you have such a video or have you seen any, or seen a product for this? I thought I saw a device on Amazon a few months ago, but can not find it now.
Fantastic I have always wondered about doing this. Now what about in the summer when its cool at night and I want to cool my house with outside air but the noise from cars is to much to open the windows ? I have been told "not" to cool your house with a power intake fan for some reason I have no idea why ?
I bought the one you were holding the square one with the little blue filters sticking out of. I only use my dryer in the winter and it's only me so I don't have any problems with humidity. I suppose if I used it in the summertime I would want it vented out I wouldn't want any mildew or mold growing
I bought on from Canadian tire and it leaked , so i made my own until I evict the squirrels from my vent duct .And have it cleaned . A dehumidifier would be good to get rid of the moisture .
How much should you put in the container please? This is a great idea
Great idea saving all that heat !!!👍👍
The DYI looks good, but I wouldn't use it is a little too bulky the wall mount would be the best
Im gonna build the bucket one
If you have an older home and can’t direct vent outside and use an indoor vent. You absolutely should be using a dehumidifier in the space that’s being vented to. If the vent is inside your main living space you need to use a dehumidifier alongside a purifier capable of removing VOCs.
NEVER use bleach for clothes if you vent indoors.
In Ontario Canada, it’s illegal to run dryer vents to inside homes.
Because of the Natural Gas.
What about in the summer when you are air conditioning your home?
I've tried the FUNMAS, it irritated my lungs (I have asthma), I imagine it wasn't able to catch all the lint micro particles. Using it also left moisture on the walls and ceiling of the space I was using it in, this was in a fairly arid climate.
I had same results along with mold and mildew which are horrible for asthma.
I REALLY LIKED THIS ONE .... and I plan to use this one 👍
I really like your video but is this safe to use in a garage? What about the humidity coming out if the dryer? Wouldn’t that create mold? Thank you again! Jose
Great video very helpful. In some cases venting outside is next to impossible these are very good options
Isn't the moisture from the dryer action bad for other items in the house like electrical appliances?
This would be OK in a very cold, dry climate. Not a good idea in Houston.
I tried this. It made my laundry room steamy hot. I would like to stream the dryer hot air into my HVAC duct so it will circulate evenly through the entire house. The lint will have to be filtered out before the hot air enters the HVAC ducting. Will it work?
Why hose/ duct connection on the top? For bucket it is okay.
I think a better idea would be to add an in-line radiator to the exhaust to heat the house but still dump the dryer air outside
Yeah, wait until the humidity kicks in and creates mold, mildew and start peeling wood apart. Not all hot air is good!
Excellent video Brother
Better to change out your dryer to a heatpump dryer.
And when the outside temp is 85+?
My mom used to use old pantyhose to catch the lint and heat the basement. It was a rental never do this to a house you own moisture will cause mold.
Let's see if i understand the sequence of drying WET clothes ..... first of all , they are wet ! The heating element evaporates the moisture from the clothes , the vent transters the moisture outside so it doesn't accumulate anywhere else ! Yes there well be some captured heat but , it's no different than a vaporizer you'd use to relieve a stuffy head cold ! This is inviting mold and mildew into the house because they both thrive in a wet and warm environment ! And lastly .... it's a challenge to keep the house cool in the summer time and this would only compound that
Do not use these, the humidity in your home will be far too high.
Not sure about this. What energy I save, will be spent right back, since my dehumidifier will be running non stop!
Do forget to turn on your laundry fan for the humidity to escape from this indoor venting method.
I created something like that and let me tell you the mildew it created in my basement and spores you have to have a humidifier on because that throws out a lot of dust from the clothes you won’t see it right away but you will see it within a wk definitely bad idea run that outside the experts ran it out for a reason. That could maybe work if you’re not drying anything but honestly that’s a bad idea over all just buy a space heater! Because someone could try to use that has source of heat next thing you know their house is on fire 🔥 not everyone is that bright you know. If ain’t broke don’t fix it get a space heater if your cold 🥶 and don’t over load your outlet keep a space heater separate from everything else you want to plug 🔌 in don’t plug anything in the same outlet as the space heater has it will be too much power through one outlet and will cause a fire 🔥 behind your wall if you over load and outlet and it’s not gfic sorry buddy didn’t mean to shade your video but health wise not everyone’s home is like yours. I’m just tryna save lives here!
Wouldn't these devices let all the moisture into the house?
Yes.
Only problem i see is the amount of humidity this will put in your house
Isn't there CO2 that gets vented outside too? My smoke alarms get set off if the exhaust hose for the laundry drier has a hole in the tin foil.
No. Lots of things can set off a smoke alarm, but dryers do not create CO2, unless they're natural gas dryers, of course.
Keeping the heat inside the house in the summer in the south......yea...I don't think so.
What about summer time your adding a lot of heat to your home making your ac work harder
This will pump a massive amount of humidity into your house and cause major issues.
And grab a dehumidifier while out shopping for this device.
This is a VERY bad idea for cold climate insulated house. You need to get right of as much humidity as possible. The risk of mold WAY WAY outweigh any potential minimal gain of keeping the heat inside. The real solution is to buy those new "heat pump" dryers (or the new combo ventless Washer-Dryer). Dont risk your health and house to save a few bucks people! Once you get mold, its super hard to get rid of.
You never showed any of them running
But I need LESS heat and humidity in my house, 95% of the year. Venting outside is a lifesaver.
Venting warm moist air into the home is not recommended as it can result in mold build up.
I must have missed something as I was only kinda watching in beginning but you kept saying put water into at least two different. Products. I would think you would want to keep those areas empty to remove excess water, not fill them up with extra water
Same question I had guess it’s to attract the link that the dryer screen doesn’t catch.
Why would you PUT water into the bucket or the little tray on the commercial one? There is going to be all of the water from your clothes drying going through that vent, and some will condense in that filter and drain into the bucket or tray. Makes no sense to add water before.
I think that bucket one is going to be really messy also, with the combination of dryer lint AND moisture condensing and falling into the bucket. I would not just pour that water down your drain or in the toilet either. That discharged lint is a major source of clogs in old houses with cast iron sewer piping. Ask me how I know that! I had to run my clothes washer for many years with a panty hose filter on the washer discharge hose because the lint from the washer itself would clog our drains, until we had a major operation done to replace and sleeve, and in some cases bypass all of our old cast iron piping.
We have to be careful as these contraptions can cause dryer fires. We don't have enough data to support these type of vents.
Nope! Far too much humidity. This is perhaps worse that the bathroom vent that is lazily vented into the attic space. I repeat. NO!
Here’s a thought, hear me out:
If you’re going to hook up your electrical dryer ALONG with the indoor venting kit in the kitchen, why don’t you TURN ON the microwave exhaust fan as well while the dryer runs? 🤷🏻♀️
I mean our bathrooms have exhaust fans and we live in the day and age of kitchen having exhaust fans too.
But hey, to each their own.
You will be pumping a large amount of water vaper into the house, which isn't good.
Older homes and especially apartments built prior to the 70s often lack direct exhaust vents. Not ideal but sometimes it’s the only solution to having an indoor dryer.
This shouldn’t be used in homes built in the past 30 years.
Dumb idea…BEST IDEA - THEY NOW HAVE HEAT PUMP DRYERS!! Not only do they use 1/4 or less energy but they don’t need to vent outside AT ALL. They simply condense the water vapour and drain it in the sink. The heat is recycled so no need for a leaky external vent. And no need to emit water and air particles inside to create mold.
Holy. Just wait until a building inspector comes by a home with this when the time comes for an insurance claim related to mold or fire.
Claim denniiiied 😅
Hide everything
This is a bad idea... although this possible it reduces air quality and adds too much moisture to the air. I would not do this, especially if you have asthma or any kind of lung issues.
please stop with the interruptions
Yikes. This creates more problems than it solves. Plus it's against code; and for good reason. Bad idea.
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Don’t do this. Very bad idea. This will lead to too much humidity in your house and you will get mold!
Dumbest idea ever. The dryer air is full of moisture and causes more problems with steam and mould than it’s worth.