Question From A Non-Home Owner

[plumtreeblossom]

Dryers pump their hot air outside of the house. So my question would be: during the winter months (in areas where winter is cold), why not have that warm air released inside the house instead, providing an additional source of both heat and humidity for that rooms and rooms near it?

What don't I know?

Comments

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

http://www.askthebuilder.com/228_Clothes_Dryer_Vents_-_Simple_Solutions.shtml

"Clothes dryer exhaust can cause major problems within a house. In your case you have two imminent hazards. One is a fire hazard with respect to the massive quantities of exposed fabric lint dust. An open flame could turn your attic into an inferno within seconds. I also suspect that you will have mildew growing in short order. The dryer pumps a large amount of humid air into the attic with each load of laundry that is dried. This warm, moist air is exactly the tropical climate that mildew thrives upon."

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

That was my thought, too. I nearly always see fluff gathered in the grass outside dryer exhaust.

[mizarchivist]

Yep, what I was going to say