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

[beowabbit]

As it happens, my dryer does vent into the basement, via a little canister with holes in it. In the summer, you can feel the difference in humidity in the basement when the dryer’s just run.

When I bought the house there was (and still is, for that matter) an uninstalled dryer vent sitting next to the dryer. But there’s not enough space between the stone of the foundation and the first-story floor to install it. (I’m guessing one of the previous owners discovered that, and then set up the little bucket-with-holes solution.)

In the winter, I’d be leaving the basement door open while I dried to get some humidity in the rest of the house if it weren’t for Chickenfinger.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Odd, everyone in this thread is all LINT! OH DEAR GOD, LINT! But it seems a filter, and being reliable about cleaning the filter, would take care of that.

Remind me again why CF can't go in the basement? Is there a breech where she could escape to the outdoors?