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Old 04-03-13, 10:13 PM   #90
mejunkhound
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Did not read thru this entire thread, so maybe direct venting into living space already covered.

Driers (have 2 connected) are in basement, used only in winter, solar clothes dryer (aka clotheslines) used in the summer.

Driers are ventied directly into the basement, and have been for the last 35 years. Ducts into a box with a couple of 16" by 20 inch furnace filters. Workshop and lots of power tools inthe basement, never have had a rusting or humidity problem. Never use the driers in the summer, as the solar option is best as seasons permits.

I'm in Seattle area. My parents in central IL have vented their dryer directly into the finished basement during the heating season ever since they had a dryer in the early 1960's, zero problems. Pop only uses a big box with 2-3 layers of window screen to catch the lint.
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